Greg Minuskin

So, you are thinking of a Namiki Falcon pen, and wondering what “other” things you can do with it? Well, how about a line drawing? Pictured below is a view through a hotel room in Seattle, and my wife Janet using one of her custom Namiki Falcon pens that is reground to an extra fine, Needlepoint, with flex. She proceeded to sketch the harbor with her Namiki Falcon using jet black Montblanc ink. Later she used a water brush to shade certain areas and then filled it in with color

While I can make a great Namiki Falcon pen to your exacting needs, it is up to you to create the artwork
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A New Baby! What a joyous event, and what better way to celebrate the arrival of a child but with a fountain pen. Just like the newborn baby, which you will cherish for years to come, so too with a custom fountain pen.

One such client of mine decided that this would be a great way to celebrate the arrival of their new baby girl, with a custom reground Namiki Falcon. Once I reground the pen to a nice superflex, extra fine/needlepoint, my wife Janet tested the pen with a writing sample to pay tribute to the new owner’s newborn baby girl pictured below.
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Do you have a graduation or special event that you could honor with a new pen in your life, and modified by me to your needs? Let me know, my turn around time is only 2-3 weeks, sometimes much sooner. No rush fees here either, and I do not go away for an extended summer holiday so that I may better serve you and your pen needs! Currently I have two Pilot Namiki Falcon pen in stock ready to go!
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Wow! Check this out! Here is a second pen I made as I figured out how to do a music nib on a Pilot Namiki Falcon pen. This pen is for sale. I made this nib a bit sharp on the cross stroke, for lettering, so the nib is position sensitive to rotation. Email asap!

I want to thank Greg Minuskin for the nib work he provided on two of my recent fountain pen purchases: an ’80s era MB 146 and a ’70s era MB 149.

Both pens were in great shape, but the nibs on each skipped a bit and required a heavier hand to lay down a consistent line. After some research I decided to turn to Greg for help — and I’m SO happy with the results. These pens are now flawless writers — excellent adjustments that really bring these two pens to life.

So thank you Greg for your great nib work and the quick turnaround! I’m sure I’ll be turning to you in the future for any nibwork I need.

Cheers,
darryl

So, you have this really nice, and rare nib, and it has a tail crack? Don’t rely on someone to botch the repair with a welding torch; I have my own, much safer, patented method of sealing up those cracks where they will never open up again.

Photos below of a rare Chilton Wingflow nib with a crack in the tail. Actually, this crack did not go all the way through, which is a more difficult crack to repair.

Sure do not see these pens that often! Let alone three of them together. Such is the world of Chilton collectors, very rare pens indeed, in any condition.

One of these pens is a rare Ford V8 model, denoted by the “V8″ logo on the cap.

I have restored the nibs to these pens, retipping them with standard sizes, fine and medium. Also I have restored the filling system (very unique, and quite efficient!) New ink sacs fill completely, and quickly too. Enjoy the photos and I hope to hear from you soon with your pen that needs repair.

Now here is a curious pen that came in for a stub regrind today. Marked as a Tiffany “Atlas” pen, sporting a custom nib design too, see photos.

As I am sure many of your can recognize, this is actually a Pelikan M800 black, with a slightly more fancy, faceted back end/gold piston body near the rear of the pen, and of course the nib. I bet for a fraction of the cost of this pen, one can purchase a nice M800 and get the same performance, then again, it is not a Tiffany & Co.

After I reground medium nib to a nice stub which will provide the owner years of writing pleasure with some character. By the way, the turn around time was just two days for this regrind, and no extra/rush charge either!