Speedball Classic Fountain Pen
Note: This pen will be fulfilled beginning January 6, 2024.
Draw and letter with a Speedball Broad Edge nib fitted to our Classic Fountain Pen. These popular nibs are designed for a wide range of artistic expression including calligraphy, lettering, drawing, flourishing and engrossing. There are 28 different Speedball nibs divided into four categories:
- A series for six widths of monolike and Gothic lettering
- B series for eight widths of the 2nd edition of the Speedball Textbook rounded lettering style
- C series right handed for the 4th edition of the Speedball Textbook lettering style using six different tips for right handed writers
- C series left handed for the 4th edition of the Speedball Textbook lettering style using five different tips for left handed writers
Here are some examples.
You can find more details on the Speedball web site.
We provide Speedball C-5 nibs in our Speedball pens, which are designed for drawing and emulate a somewhat flexible and somewhat pointed nib. The brass tabs on the top and bottom of the nib are designed to serve as reservoirs that hold ink or paint when you dip the nib into a container.
You no longer need the tabs now that you can use our Classic Fountain Pen that feeds ink to the Speedball nib directly. You can remove the brass tabs if you want to since you no longer need them. This gives your nib a cleaner look, but it's not necessary. Some people like to keep the tabs intact so they store extra ink on the nib.
You can order additional C-5 Speedball nibs.
Back story
Speedball produced a fountain pen for their nibs a long time ago, as shown below.
Use the lever to fill the sac with ink. Press the gold button to squeeze the sac and expel a. drop of ink from the tip of the tube extending along the side of the Speedball nib. You should twist the pen slightly so the tube outlet is directly above the gap between the nib and brass tab on top of the nib. Keep pressing the button until the nib is coated with ink. There is no direct feed to the nib, which is inserted into a spring grip. Very fancy, doesn't work very, but the pen is a collector's item.
Benefits
- Use any ink - even India ink and most drawing paints - you cannot plug up this pen
- Slip nibs in and out to change the shape of your drawn line
- Easy to clean - disassemble the pen to clean it in 10 seconds, and reassemble in another 10 seconds
- Large capacity reservoir lets you draw all day - remove the reservoir to double your carrying capacity - carry capped reservoirs for additional supply
- This is a durable and hardy pen designed to last a lifetime - you drop the pen and it won't break or crack
What you get
- One Classic Fountain Pen
- One Speedball nib C-5
- One Speedball specialty feed
- Instructions for use
Other nibs you can use:
- Use our large nib feed for:
- Brause nibs Rose, Bandzug and Ornamental nibs
- Hunt drawing nibs 22B, 56, and 101 (Imperial)
- Manga G nibs by Nikko, Tachikawa and Zebra
- Principal nibs made by Leonardt
- Our Sketch nibs and Music nibs, which emulate Manga G nibs but move over the paper easily in all directions
- Use our specialty feeds for:
- Brause Blue Pumpkin nibs
- Brause Blue Pumpkin nibs
- Use our adaptors for smaller nibs:
- Crowquills
- Hawk quills
- Gillott 303 nibs
- Our Quill nibs
Optional accessories
- Attach our Brush Tool to the back of your Classic Fountain Pen to wash your drawings with water or diluted ink, or paint your drawings with watercolor - for more details see using our Brush Tool
For more information
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