Greg Minuskin

Here is the weekly special! First one gets it for $175.00 plus shipping! Box, paperwork, ready to go, brand new!
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Abi has a real fondness for smooth, broad ball retips on many of his Montblanc nibs. This 75th Anniversary 149 Montblanc nib is now sporting one of these broad ball retips, and for sure Abi says below he is so happy with it, thank you Abi!

Dear Greg,

Received the Masterpiece work of art in the mail today

Thank you so much for the lightning speed retipping and delivery. I appreciate it very much.
The nib is incredibly smooth and simply glides on paper. An absolute beauty not just to behold, but more importantly to write with.
The nib is a delight when put to paper Greg. I want to thank you so much for doing such an excellent job, as always !
I came home today, and have been writing with it all evening. It is just amazing. It clearly shows how much care and dedication you put into your work Greg.

All the pens so far in my rotation have your wonderful nibs on them, and I would not think of using anything else.

Thank you so much again for accepting my request, and for being so fast with everything Greg.

My sincere regards and thanks,

– Abi

Wow, check out these pens! Email asap for pricing as they will not last long! The Wahl green deco band oversized is sporting one of my smooth triple broad stub/italic nibs for $550.00. The Carter’s pen is original with the original nib/tipping, ready to write and enjoy. Both pens have no cracks on the cap lips, new ink sacs installed, $410.00., The Carter’s clip is worn on the ball. Amazing conditions for such rare pens!
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Pen deals of the week! My “picker” found a pile of pens in a road buy recently. Make offers on the follow pens pictured! The blue pen is a large Carter’s Lapis Blue with a #8 nib, $350.00. The all metal pen is a Moore’s Safety pen, works, only $420.00!!

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So, you think your nib is in good shape, then it is removed from the pen, and it comes out in pieces! What caused this? On older pens with hard rubber sections, the sections often shrink, squeezing the nib and the feed. The feed, being hard rubber as well, is usually not affected, but the gold, being brittle, is stressed, and pictured above is the usual result. Mostly though cracked nibs stay in one piece and just need the crack sealed up. It is a rare case when the nib completely cracks through and is in pieces.

For those nibs that are just cracked, but still whole, I can fix them for only $40-$55 each plus postage, and the turn around time is just two weeks! Email me today for your crack repair needs today.

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Killer Deal! I have just one of these wonderful Namiki Falcon pens modified with an extra fine, needlepoint regrind, and superflexed. This pen can do amazing things, with a practiced hand. Only $250.00 plus shipping. Check out the photos below on what this pen can do! Email me asap as this pen will go quickly. The last two pens I put up on this site sold in about 1 1/2 hours!
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Often I receive pens that just will not write; the tines are too close together, keeping the ink from flowing. In order correct this, I have to often remove the nib and carefully adjust the tines to the feed/section in order to get the tines slightly apart, so that ink will flow. As you can see in the above photo, there is ink between the tines on this fine Pilot 742 nib. Before, the tines were not aligned, and too close together. Now the owner of this pen will have a smooth writing experience with a consistent ink flow.

Do you have this problem with your pen? Let me know, and I can assist you with just a 1-2 week turn around, and a cost of around $50-80 plus postage for each pen. Quick service with fair pricing will make your pen feel like a dream

Greg,

I retrieved my pen at the post office this morning and just finished a test drive. I love it! You hit the sweet spot between line variation and smoothness, and it feels right in my hand now. Guess I’ll have to buy more ink to take advantage of the bold line it lays down

Thanks again,

Mike D.

This nib started out as a factory broad oblique. Mike D. was just not used to the “oblique” aspects of the nib, and requested to have the nib reground to a stub. The challenge with this sort or regrind is that many times the vintage tipping material, in order to create a broad oblique, has tipping material that is also “oblique” in that one tine has more material on it then the other, kinda of lopsided if you would.

So, to grind this nib straight, while making sure you do not loose tipping material/the balance of the nib, some planning has to be taken in order to do it right the first time. I usually photo the nib to be ground, print the photo, and then draw on the photo the steps/angles to regrind in order to maximize the original tipping, in this case, a straight regrind/stub creation.
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