Cheapie Fountain Pens

I'm looking for a seller of dirt-cheap fountain pens. I want to practice
my nib work, so cheaper is better. Can you give me any leads? Thanks.

CH

"Clawhound" wrote in message
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I'm looking for a seller of dirt-cheap fountain pens. I want to practice
my nib work, so cheaper is better. Can you give me any leads? Thanks.

CH

well - the only problem with this is that most of the dirt cheap FPs I've
found (as I wanted to do the same) had either rolled-tip nibs (not actual
tipping) or were "Iridium Pt. Germany" nibs. I found these hard to turn
into decent nibs of any sort. I suppose with more patience it's doable but
I got very frustrated with trying to make something of these - they just
didn't smooth well like some of the better nibs. I think this means the
tipping has a tendency to get pitted when grinding or something.

BUT - that said, there are plenty out there - check out
www.pencloseout.com - there seem to be a plethora of cheapos there. I would
find out thought if they actually have tipping material rather than rolled
tips. Rolled tips can still be ground - they will just have to be bare
steel nibs - probably more suitable for sharp italic nibs. The worker bee
gets good press but I dont' know what sort of nib it has.

if you can go to ebay - that's a good place to look too. Not all IPG nibs
are the same either so you might find some that are more conducive to
grinding than the ones I found.