Dangermouse
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Just got a delivery of new nibs in the post from Lou - I can't find the original thread, so I thought I'd reply here with pics of the first transplant patient.
I did these two churchills about a month ago out of some crosscut osage orange I got from a friend (thanks woodenink!
). After finishing them, I filled the fountain pen and tried writing with it, and found it was almost unusable, the nib was terrible - scratchy, and intermittent ink flow [xx(]. I downloaded the 'behind the nib' articles and tried tuning it, which improved it considerably, but it was still pretty ordinary.
Eventually, I took the plunge and asked Lou for a few packs of nibs. The fountain pen from this set is the first (been home 30 minutes so far, so havent had a chance to do any others).
First impressions - fantastic! The new nibs are a whole new ball game. Veeeerrry nice to write with, with no adjustment needed. [8D]
I also have to say thanks to Lou for generously including a pair of vacuum converters, I have a choice pair of pens in mind for those ones!
The pens have been sanded to 1500 grit and coated with rustin's plastic finish (CA used as a sealer/stabiliser before the finish). Here's the pair in all their splendor:
The new nib installed:
And the final result:
I did these two churchills about a month ago out of some crosscut osage orange I got from a friend (thanks woodenink!
). After finishing them, I filled the fountain pen and tried writing with it, and found it was almost unusable, the nib was terrible - scratchy, and intermittent ink flow [xx(]. I downloaded the 'behind the nib' articles and tried tuning it, which improved it considerably, but it was still pretty ordinary.Eventually, I took the plunge and asked Lou for a few packs of nibs. The fountain pen from this set is the first (been home 30 minutes so far, so havent had a chance to do any others).
First impressions - fantastic! The new nibs are a whole new ball game. Veeeerrry nice to write with, with no adjustment needed. [8D]
I also have to say thanks to Lou for generously including a pair of vacuum converters, I have a choice pair of pens in mind for those ones!
The pens have been sanded to 1500 grit and coated with rustin's plastic finish (CA used as a sealer/stabiliser before the finish). Here's the pair in all their splendor:
The new nib installed:
And the final result:
