jyreene
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I was trying something new. I was going to use a rapidograph nib for a pen. A friend of mine requested an architecture themed pen for one of his friends that is graduating soon with a degree in architecture. So Jonathon Brooks mentioned a rapidograph pen since they are used in art and technical drawings.
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I have a Koh-I-Noor and thought I had measured the threads correctly 3/8 x 36. I was off. Got to trying to thread the section in and....nope. The section is too big but not by much (the ink cartridge fit...and is stuck...in the body). So obviously I was wrong on the threads. I still may try and find a different tool for it but I'm going to walk away from that portion for now (unless someone with better measuring skills and a rapidograph pen wants to measure it).
That said I am looking into sketch fountain pen nibs because they have been used for technical drawings (way back) by some people. I have found the nib on the Osmiroid 75 (Osmiroid 75 sketch pen. | Leigh Reyes. My Life As a Verb. and a close up http://www.leighreyes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/nibfrontandback.jpg) but that one site is the only one I can find with that overfeed on the nib. The closest I can find is the Osmiroid Roller Tip nib but none of the ones I see have the overfeed. See photo below. I do know the threads I need for an Osmiroid and have ordered that tap.
Okay all that said does anyone recommendations for a nib that would be good for technical drawings? I know I could just throw a pen together with an XF nib but the research I've done is mixed on how effective that is.
Thanks in advance.
Technical pen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I have a Koh-I-Noor and thought I had measured the threads correctly 3/8 x 36. I was off. Got to trying to thread the section in and....nope. The section is too big but not by much (the ink cartridge fit...and is stuck...in the body). So obviously I was wrong on the threads. I still may try and find a different tool for it but I'm going to walk away from that portion for now (unless someone with better measuring skills and a rapidograph pen wants to measure it).
That said I am looking into sketch fountain pen nibs because they have been used for technical drawings (way back) by some people. I have found the nib on the Osmiroid 75 (Osmiroid 75 sketch pen. | Leigh Reyes. My Life As a Verb. and a close up http://www.leighreyes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/nibfrontandback.jpg) but that one site is the only one I can find with that overfeed on the nib. The closest I can find is the Osmiroid Roller Tip nib but none of the ones I see have the overfeed. See photo below. I do know the threads I need for an Osmiroid and have ordered that tap.
Okay all that said does anyone recommendations for a nib that would be good for technical drawings? I know I could just throw a pen together with an XF nib but the research I've done is mixed on how effective that is.
Thanks in advance.
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