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17

Some days you feel nibbish

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This week has been sort of a “nibs” week. Well, every week sees its fair share of nibs, but yesterday I pulled a repair order for two, count ’em TWO, ultrafine italics. One pen (nib section, actually) was a Sailor, the other (just the nib unit) was from a Levenger. I had to find a section to screw the Levenger piece into, which is why the following photo shows what looks like the front end of a slightly strange Bexley BX701.

The Sailor, as you see it in the photo, is a 0.34 mm cursive italic, and the Levenger is 0.40. The client’s accompanying note indicates that these nibs will get excellent use by someone whose handwriting justifies their size and shape. Which is why this sort of thing is so much fun to do…

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