Brandon25
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I vaguely alluded to this in another thread, but didn't want to hijack it, so I'll ask here: My friend has a dip pen that came in a calligraphy set with nibs and ink from something like Time Life or whatever. Anyway, the pen handle (the main body of wood) is sad looking, crooked, etc. so I told her I would look into making her a dip pen. However, the info I've seen so far looks different than what she has.
What I understand so far is that the nibs are the different tips you take in and out to make different lines in calligraphy. The nib holder is what you stick the nibs into, and it stays in the wood permanently.
My question comes in that I have yet to see a holder like the one she has in her pen. It looks like a brass tube with three little brass tines or tangs or teeth that may or may not be spring-loaded? If you take the nib out, the teeth touch each other, even overlap. They spread out to accept the nib when you push the nib in. I think her nibs are flat on the top, not round.
I wouldn't mind using a regular nib holder except I think she'd have to buy all new nibs, which she would not do, I'm sure. Does anyone have any clue what I'm talking about with this type of nib holder, and if so, any info about where I can get one?
If I have no success, I may have to harvest the one from her current pen, but I'd hate to damage it in the process and leave her with no options.
Thanks in advance.
Brandon
What I understand so far is that the nibs are the different tips you take in and out to make different lines in calligraphy. The nib holder is what you stick the nibs into, and it stays in the wood permanently.
My question comes in that I have yet to see a holder like the one she has in her pen. It looks like a brass tube with three little brass tines or tangs or teeth that may or may not be spring-loaded? If you take the nib out, the teeth touch each other, even overlap. They spread out to accept the nib when you push the nib in. I think her nibs are flat on the top, not round.
I wouldn't mind using a regular nib holder except I think she'd have to buy all new nibs, which she would not do, I'm sure. Does anyone have any clue what I'm talking about with this type of nib holder, and if so, any info about where I can get one?
If I have no success, I may have to harvest the one from her current pen, but I'd hate to damage it in the process and leave her with no options.
Thanks in advance.
Brandon
They should be there now.