Speedball B-6 Classic Fountain Pen
Draw and letter with a Speedball B-6 nib fitted to our Classic Fountain Pen. Speedball produces 28 nibs they call "Broad Edge Lettering nibs" that provide a wide variety of line widths and shapes. These nibs are classic dip nibs surrounded with a brass reservoir that holds more ink onto the nib. Not all the nibs in this series are broad edge, for example, the B-6 nib supported by this pen. Up to half the nibs in the series could be classified by more appropriate names, such as pointed and ball shaped.
The B-6 nib emulates a pointed flexible nib, so it is the easiest nib for us to support using a traditional ink feed. This is the first pen we've made to support a Speedball nib. We intend to support the other Speedball nibs in subsequent pens we will release in early 2026.
If you want to pump more ink to the Speedball B-6 nib, consider our Speedball B-6 Pump Pen, which provides a pump device that lets you increase the flow of ink and paint.
We provide a Speedball B-6 nib that we have modified in this pen. If you want to use your own Speedball B-6 nibs, you need to prepare the nib firs. You must remove the brass tab on the bottom of the nib so our feed fits securely under the nib and feeds ink correctly to the nib.
It's not difficult to do - just pull up on the open end of the brass tab under the nib, then bend it back and forth until the metal fatigues and breaks off where the tab joins the nib.
You can also remove the top tab. You no longer need the tabs to hold ink. Again, just pry up the open end of the tab, wiggle it back and forth, and it will break off at the base.
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