PenBBS 456 Nib Swap for a Schmidt Fine

[@weejohnoo]

Glad you now have a pen you will enjoy. The ability to swap nibs is one of the things I love about fountain pens. A spot of tinkering often brings great results!

[@InkquiringMinds]

wee john I agree! I love tinkering with stuff like this. Not all experiments are successful, but with these less expensive pens, nothing is a disaster either.

[@kapirk2244]

Successful combo! That’s good to know. Thanks!

[@InkquiringMinds]

KA Pirk Thanks! I wrote with the Schmidt nib for a month and then swapped back to the original PenBBS fine after tweaking it a bit.

[@YoYo-mp2tn]

do pilot stainlesss steel nibs fit here? Those nibs that fit on pilot metropolitan, penmanship, prera and more.

[@InkquiringMinds]

No. Those are proprietary Pilot nibs and are a lot smaller than #6 size.

[@YoYo-mp2tn]

@@InkquiringMinds thanks for the reply! Are the nibs that bad that you need to change it?

[@InkquiringMinds]

Not at all. It was a swap experiment. The PenBBS fine nibs are awesome. I’ve swapped the Moonman nibs from two M800s and three M600s to the PenBBS fine nibs.

[@YoYo-mp2tn]

@@InkquiringMinds ohh nice

[@chrisrap52]

Initially, the F Schmidt nib in the M600 was not to my liking. A little smoothing & a lot of writing & it became OK, not great but usable. Looks like it works better in the PenBBS than in the Moonman. The Moonman #6 in the 352 continues to write well. The EF was not a nib I could like. I have the M Fuliwen in a few pens, one PenBBS & I like it. Smooth, wet & soft.

[@edcscrivinor2280]

Moonman nib in PenBBS pen. Sounds like a worthwhile pursuit.

[@InkquiringMinds]

Thank you, chrisrap52!

[@chrisrap52]

@@InkquiringMinds Doug, cleaning up old comments? Nice EOY activity. Enjoyed your look at 2020. Look forward to what we do in 2021. Stay safe & healthy my friend.

[@InkquiringMinds]

@@chrisrap52 It is impossible. Some of them go back 10 years! LOL Have a great new year Chris. I look forward to your videos in 2021!

[@edcscrivinor2280]

that went well

[@InkquiringMinds]

Indeed! It is always a happy moment when you can go from "Oh no!" to "That's better" in one day after a purchase.

[@magnoliamike]

I’m guessing that was your signature at the very end you blurred out

[@InkquiringMinds]

Yes. Back then I was happily signing my name at the end of the videos until I was advised that it was inadvisable. LOL. So I went black and blurred them all.

[@magnoliamike]

Douglas Rathbun lol don’t blame ya one bit! Can never be too careful my man