Ouch!
#3
Posted 02 July 2013 - 03:02 AM
That poor nib! It's bleeding!
Hope the nib survives the demonstration.
-d
Email: isaacson@frontiernet.net
#6
Posted 02 July 2013 - 12:22 PM
http://www.ebay.com/...=item27d46b85e8
And to think, I have felt guilty flexing a pen on my fingernail at pen shows before!
#11
Posted 02 July 2013 - 11:18 PM
Well, I think I need to chime in here. Believe me and I say to you folks out there in the FP Board land that I get about one email a week from folks wanting their nib to go to this exact extreme. Suffice it to say I always discuss/tell the potential abuser/user that this is not what a pen with flex is designed to do.
Often is the case, many believe that their "tools" can make up for a lack of skill and practice.
Greg Minuskin
greg@gregminuskin.com
www.gregminuskin.com
#13
Posted 03 July 2013 - 02:47 AM
Actually, Greg, *all* nibs can bend this far.
Most just stay bent, though . . . .
Yep, that would be the "yield point" of the material - the point where elastic deformation becomes permanent plastic deformation.
Sorry, but I feel compelled to use my engineering education occasionally, since I am retired from actual work.
Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.
Regards,
Allan
#14
Posted 03 July 2013 - 04:03 AM
Only problem is that most of this examples have been done with steel dip pens. These are much more flexible than a 14ct. nib ever can be.Just my two cents...
Christof
Edited by Christof Z, 03 July 2013 - 04:04 AM.
#16
Posted 03 July 2013 - 01:09 PM
That poor pen had 75 bids and sold for $418. The second pen had 20 bids and sold for $510. Amazing.
I have a pile of black 12's and 52's with flex nibs. Really must start ebaying them. I won't kill the nibs, but easy enough to show major flex...
-d
Email: isaacson@frontiernet.net
#17
Posted 03 July 2013 - 02:09 PM
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That poor pen had 75 bids and sold for $418. The second pen had 20 bids and sold for $510. Amazing.
Amazing... Have been noticing this "sales technique" for a while. I have some nice pens languishing on the bay with plenty of flex and wondered if I needed to torture them to get any attention.... Guess they will have to languish and hopefully, eventually, sell for a reasonable amount. Maybe we should organize. Call it the SPCP Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Pens.
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