Is it worth it?
Yup... and has been improving over the last year...
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Pen is inked right now, though I do have some letters to write. As soon as it is dry, I'll get some pix of the nib to satisfy the dimple police here.
BowlingBallBaby
I and many others will be interested to see any images that you are able to post.
( We are never see them anywhere else )
A Great Many Thanks
Last edited by proteus; April 1st, 2021 at 02:51 AM.
I have no idea what a "dimple" would look like on this nib, but I have disassembled the pen for the benefit of the hive. Here ya go.
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Last edited by BowlingBallBaby; April 3rd, 2021 at 08:51 AM. Reason: images
proteus (April 3rd, 2021)
Many Thanks for your efforts and images.
Perhaps I am wrong, your nib to me looks like a standard 51 nib
That's what I would have expected, but will all this talk of "dimples" and such, I figured I would post some pics. Thanks!
proteus (April 5th, 2021)
Again Many Thanks, BowlingBallBaby
In the past I have own a P51 with a nib that had a perfect sphere on the end of it.
You could write at any angle ( even upside down ) the result was the same - extra broad.
I have long since sold it.
Still have a P45 with the same type of nib, perfect sphere, this one writes broad.
As for a few dimples on a P51 nib, they are hardly that interesting...........
Last edited by proteus; April 5th, 2021 at 02:17 PM.
The images are a little hard to tell, as the 'dimples' are very small bumps one on either side right where the curve of the nib transitions to the straight line to the back of the nib. Yours does not appear to have these little bumps. Nibs made before late 1953 and after 1957-58 do not have them, only the period in between those dates. This was a design addition to correct the placement of the hood to allow proper flow.
The boy from the farm, a friend of mine, loves to be a bit secretive. This information I gleaned from a short article in a recent issue of The Pennant (magazine of the Pen Collectors of America) which he may very well have had a hand in.
HTH
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proteus (April 6th, 2021)
JS
A great many thanks for taking the time to explain and illuminate.
It was very kind of you.
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