This was a very special treat! A UK member of the FPN has purchased one of my pens and asked for a regrind of the fine nib to italic cursive around 0.9mm or as near as I could get with the available tipping. What a pen! - the three engraved gold bands and gold cap [...]
Okay - this is the plunger with the pin half pushed out
This is what you should have once the pin comes out and you’ve separated the front and back parts. The perished washer is bottom centre, and its replacement is bottom right
Pop the small hard washer on first with the replacement on top
Put the front [...]
02 Mar, 2009
Posted by: admin In: Fountain Pens
As there has been some interest in the Italic guideline sheet which I posted a couple of days ago, I felt that an explanation as to how I arrived at the format, might be useful.
Italic lettering derives from the Roman and as it began to be written at speed, so it naturally began to slope [...]
Italic Grid Paper
Here is the download for the italic writing grid paper. The grid paper was provided by Caliken on the FPN and I have simply converted to pdf for easier printing.
Italic Grid Paper (6mm) - right click and save as
Italic Grid Paper (3mm) - right click and save as.
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I have just picked up two great Sheaffer pens, now in lovely condition both with Sheaffer converters fitted. The plain black is the standard no-nonsense fountain pen but with a Fine Italic nib. The pick of the two is the fine example of the Vintage model - full gold trimmings, nib, clip and gold end [...]
Well although I do some of my own regrinding, I decided to try Mike over at Mike-it-Work in the USA. He has got some excellent reviews over on FPN and with the current 13 week waiting time with Richard Binder, thought I would try something new. Here is the vac that I have sent. I`ll [...]
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