Unusual nibs

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Elbow-Oblique Pens

The pronounced right-hand slope the copperplate hand requires can be helped by the ‘elbow-oblique’ pen which is held at one angle while the nib points in another. Alternatively you may use the Oblique Penholder together with any suitable pointed nib.

Josiah Mason, No. 622 / 623

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Price
3,90 €

Fine stroke, medium flexibility.

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Price
3,90 €

Medium stroke, medium flexibility.

Brause & Co, No. 538 F

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Price
2,90 €

Fine stroke, little flexibility.

Th. W. Petersen & Co, Contor Oblique Pen

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Price
2,90 €

Fine stroke, little flexibility.

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Price
2,90 €

Medium stroke, little flexibility.

Geo. W. Hughes, No. 1000 F, Kontor Oblique Pen

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Price
3,00 €

Fine stroke, medium flexibility.

Göthes Kontorspenna EF, Gilt

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Price
3,50 €

Very fine stroke, little flexibility.

A. Sommerville & Co, No. 791, Oblique Pen

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Price
3,90 €

Very fine stroke, medium flexibility.

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Price
3,90 €

Fine stroke, medium flexibility.

F. Soennecken, No. 181 F, Normalfeder

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Price
3,90 €

Fine stroke, little flexibility.

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MJB, No. 1010, Oblicua

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Price
1,90 €

Fine stroke, hardly flexible.

Oblicua Boira, No. 1016, Extra Rapida

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Gilbert & Blanzy-Poure, No. 1278 EF, Plume Zig Zag

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Price
3,90 €

Very fine stroke, very high flexibility.

Unbekannter Hersteller, No. 555, Oblicua, Ibis

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Type 1

Price
3,50 €

Fine stroke, very high flexibility.

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Antike Kalligrafie Spitzfeder, Ellenbogenfeder, Oblicua, No. 555, Ibis, Typ 2

Type 2

Price
3,50 €

Fine stroke, very high flexibility.

Baignol & Farjon, No. 2800 EF, Baionnette

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Type 2

Price
3,00 €

Very fine stroke, high flexibility.

Musical nibs

This kind of nib has been designed for drawing musical notes. It has a double split nib tip, which allows for an extreme wide range of stroke widths and the possibility of writing very creative scripts:

Musical writing pen, detail with script sample

As of recently the William Mitchell No. 0268 is again being manufactured.

F. Soennecken, No. 98

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Antike Kalligrafie Notenfeder, F. Soennecken, No. 98
Price
4,50 €

Broad stroke, very high flexibility.

Brause & Co, No. 521, Notenfeder

William Mitchell, No. 0268, Music Writing Pen

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Price
2,50 €

Broad stroke, high flexibilty.

Music ruling nibs

Music ruling nibs are used for the drawing of music lines. For the drawing of decoratations they are suitable to a limited extent.

Music ruling pen, Brause & Co, No. 68

Brause & Co, Notenlinienfeder No. 68

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Price
2,45 €

Diese Feder zieht 5 Striche nebeneinander, wobei die 2 äußeren Striche etwas verstärkt sind.

Square pointed nibs

Rectangular pointed nibs, which have been invented by the German Calligrapher Karlgeorg Hoefer, create a very special stroke. A description can be found here. Unfortunately these nibs are no longer manufactured and are very rare to be found. The similar square pointed "Speedball A-Series" is still being manufactured in the US.

A. Sommerville & Co, No. 952-8

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Antike Kalligrafie Schreibfeder mit quadratischer Schreibfläche, A. Sommerville & Co, No. 952-8
Price
3,50 €

1.8mm wide, not flexible. The nib has a square pointed, double split nib tip. The double split nib tip enables for a faster and lighter ink flow.

Brause & Co, No. 505

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Price
3,90 €

3mm wide, hardly flexible.

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Price
3,00 €

4mm wide, little flexibility.

C. Howard Hunt Pen Co, Speedball Pens, A-Serie

Speedball A-Series nibs have a square pointed nib tip. A-0 to A-4 nibs have a double split nib tip, enabling for a lighter and faster ink flow.

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A-5, 0.7mm

Price
3,20 €
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A-4, 1.1mm

Price
3,20 €
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A-3, 1.95mm

Price
3,20 €
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A-2, 2.4mm

Price
3,20 €
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A-1, 3.2mm

Price
3,20 €
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A-0, 5.2mm

Price
3,20 €

These nibs have little flexibility.

Collectables

Librairie Générale des Écoles, Meaux

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Price
5,90 €

Very fine stroke, little flexibilty.

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Brause & Co, Christian IX-Pen EF

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Price
4,90 €

Very fine stroke, little flexibility.

F. Soennecken, No. 400

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Price
12,00 €

This nib creates 3 parallel lines of different thickness. The total stroke width of all lines together is 4.5mm.

A. Sommerville & Co, No. 757 EF, Lincoln Pen

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Price
5,90 €

Very fine stroke, high flexibility.

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Centric Pens

For these nibs special holders are required, which are not being manufactured anymore.

John Walker & Co, No. 95 J, Centric Pen

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Price
2,50 €

Left cut nib, 1.3mm wide, little flexibility.

A special holder for these nibs is not available !

John Walker & Co, No. 90, Centric Pen

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Price
2,50 €

Fine stroke, medium flexibility. With tiny spots of rust. Nib tip is squeaky-clean.

A special holder for these nibs is not available !

John Walker & Co, No. 82, Centric Pen

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Price
2,00 €

Broad stroke, medium flexibility. With tiny spots of rust. Nib tip is squeaky-clean.

A special holder for these nibs is not available !

Oval pointed nibs

Oval pointed nibs create an interesting and unusual stroke, but are also not being manufactured anymore.

C. Howard Hunt Pen Co, Speedball Pens, D-Serie

Speedball D-Series nibs have an oval pointed nib tip. D-0 to D-4 nibs have a double split nib tip, enabling for a lighter and faster ink flow.

Other Unusual Nibs

Josiah Mason, No. 208 Medium

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Price
2,90 €

Medium stroke, hardly flexible.

C. Brandauer & Co, No. 17 EF

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Price
3,90 €

Very fine stroke, high flexibility.

James Truscott and Son Ltd., Curve Point M

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Price
2,90 €

Fine stroke, little flexibility.