SPECIAL Old Nibs

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This selection of old (but new/unused) dip nibs are for all styles of Calligraphy. You will find nibs here for Italic, Copperplate, Sketching, Mapping & for fine lettering. Now on sale and all at the one price of $4.00 each, UNLESS WE ARE OFFERING A "SPECIAL SET" OF NIBS, THEN THE SET IS MARKED WITH ITS OWN PRICE. The latest newly added nibs are to be found at the end of this page.

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Brandauer First class No.9 nib.

A handwriting nib with a harder spring tip.

Brandauer First Class No9
Brandauer First Class No9

$4.00 each

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1x Brandauer First Class No9

Eastford's "Scribe" Australia nib.

A handwriting nib with a harder spring tip.

Eastford's Scribe Australia nib
Eastford's Scribe Australia nib

$4.00 each

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1x Eastford's Scribe Australia nib

Eastford's Australian No.9, made in Australia.

A handwriting nib with a harder spring tip.

Eastford Australia No9 nib
Eastford Australia No9 nib

$4.00 each

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1x Eastford's Australia No9 nib

THIS NEXT 3x NIBS ARE THE FAMOUS GILLOTT BRAND...

Joseph Gillott 404 M nib,
an excellent copperplaters nib with a medium springiness.

Gillott 404 nib
Gillott 404 (old Nibs)

$4.00 each

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1x Gillott 404 nib

Joseph Gillott 659, superfine tipped for Mapping, Sketches, really Fine lettering,
uses a special handle with a tubular socket.

Gillott 659 nib
Gillott 659

$4.00 Just 4x LEFT

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1x Gillott 659 nib

Gillott 290, a fine yet flexible drawing or mapping, fine lettering nib)

Gillott 290 nib
Gillott 290

$4.00 each

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1x Gillott 290 nib

William Mitchell Universal Lithographic No.0620, a stainless steel mapping and sketching nib. Gives a sharp, crisp line when used for sketching. A bit much on the soft side for a copperplaters nib.
This is the original model of the Gillott blue spring steel 1950.

William Mitchell Universal Lithographic No.0620
William Mitchell Universal Lithographic 0620

$4.00 each

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1x William Mitchell Universal Lithographic 0620

William Mitchell "Gresham" 0938F
Stainless steel nib, spoon tipped handwriting nib

William Mitchell Gresham 0938F
William Mitchell Gresham 0938F

$4.00 each

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1x William Mitchell Gresham 0938F

William Mitchell "Pedigree University" 0605M Grey
A large handwriting nib with a hard springiness

William Mitchell Pedigree University 0605M Grey
William Mitchell Pedigree University 0605M Grey

$4.00 each

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1x William Mitchell Pedigree University 0605M Grey

C. Brandauer & Co Ltd "Review Pen" No.183
A large copperplate nib with a medium-hard spring, gilt coated

Brandauer Review Pen 183
Brandauer Review Pen 183

$4.00 each

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1x Brandauer Review Pen 183

C. Brandauer & Co Ltd "J" nib No.251
A copperplate/handwriting nib with a medium-hard spring, black finished

Brandauer J251
Brandauer J251

$4.00 each

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1x Brandauer J251

Sands & McDougall, Chronicle nib
A large copperplate nib with a medium spring action, smooth flowing

Sands McDougall Chronicle
Sands McDougall Chronicle

$4.00 each

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1x Sands McDougall Chronicle

Brandauer 518 nib.
A fine pointed drawing/mapping nib, very soft tipped

Brandauer 518 nib
Brandauer 518 nib

$4.00 each

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1x Brandauer 518 nib

William Mitchell's No. 0985 nib.
A Stainless Steel nib known as a "Silveroid" Olympic pen. This nib is a special LEFT OBLIQUE italic nib, with a tip width of approximately 0.8mm. So its ideal for left handers or Arabic calligraphy

William Mitchell No. 0985
William Mitchell 0985

$4.00 each

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1x William Mitchell 0985

Dryad Handicrafts, Leicester nib.
A Stainless Steel nib with an italic square cut tip. This nib is in size 1 1/2, the tip width is approximately 2.75mm.

Dryad Handicrafts Leicester 1.5
Dryad Leicester 1.5

$4.00 each

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1x Dryad Leicester 1.5

Ishikawa "Zebra" No.5 nib.
It has the words 'School Pen' on the back. A Nickel coated, hard spring nib for handwriting

Zebra No.5
Zebra No 5

$4.00 each

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1x Zebra No 5

Hinks & Wells No.86 EF nib.
A Bronze nib, with a hard spring tip for handwriting

Hinks & Wells No.86EF
Hinks & Wells No.86EF

$4.00 Only 2x left

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1x Hinks & Wells No.86EF

Hinks & Wells "G" Fine nib.
A Bronze nib, with a hard spring tip for handwriting

Hinks & Wells G-Fine
Hinks & Wells G-Fine

$4.00 each

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1x Hinks & Wells G-Fine

Eastford's Vana No.10 nib.
A Bronze nib, with a hard spring nib for handwriting

Eastford Vana 10
Eastford's Vana No.10 nib

$4.00 each

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1x Eastford's Vana No.10 nib

Phillip Poole "Original" 50 Antique nib set.


ONLY ONE OF THESE SETS IS LEFT - BUY IT NOW BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE DOES.
An assorted nib set, having mixed types of nibs for Copperplate, Handwriting and Italic (square cut tipped) nibs. There are 50x unique nibs here, all from the old days of penmanship.
SPECIAL PRICE OF AUD$130.00.
P.Poole 50 nib set
Phillip Poole 50 Set

$130.00 each

Parcel code 1
1x Phillip Poole 50 Set

See the following list:

Bower Orient Pen F
Bower Standard pen 45
Brandauer "Hardest of All"
Brandauer 183 Review pen
Brandauer 9 First Class
Brandauer Globe 536
Brandauer Hard 115245 "1H "
Brandauer Magazine pen 299
Brandauer Punch pen 333
Brandauer Scribbler
Brandauer Times pen 531
Brause Islerohn Pfannenfeder 50
Empire pen Co. The big four series. Favourite No.2
Esterbrook Radio pen 968
Gillott Public pen 292
Gillotts smaller school pen1088
Goode 801 EF
Goode A8 EF
Goode No.92EF
Hinks & Wells 1473 EF
Hinks & Wells Aluminium 1732F
Hinks & Wells Leicester pen 2198F
Hinks & Wells Pluma O'Highlis 555 EF
Hinks & Wells School pen 2M
Hinks & Wells Speedwell warranted M

Hinks & Wells The Devon pen 2134F
Hughes Ajusto 103M
Hughes Devils own
John Mitchell 475
Leonardt 506 EF
Leonardt 8121 F
Leonardt All pointed 526 EF
Macniven & Cameron "G"
Macniven & Cameron OH "Index finger"
Macniven & Cameron Waverley
Mallat Depose F
Myers Estrella 226T
Perry 1601 EF
Perry Italic Osmiroid fine (left hand)
Perry Viaduct 19M
Roeder Kugelzack 53
Sands & McDougall Aerial pen
Sveriges 300 M
Westbrooks Mercury 202
William Mitchell "Z" B
William Mitchell 0785
William Mitchell Pedigree 0505
William Mitchell Pedigree 0605
William Mitchell Selected R (square cut tip)
William Mitchell Stainless steel 0950 M


Perry 777 EF Iridinoid nib.
A Stainless steel nib named as Incorrodible on the box, with a hard spring nib for handwriting. This nib also has a spoon shaped tip, which stops the nib catching on paper. Its unusual shape serves as an ink reservoir, extending 'run-time' per dip in ink.

Perry Iridinoid 777
Perry Iridinoid 777 EF

$4.00 each

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1x Perry Iridinoid 777 EF

Macniven & Cameron Waverley nib.
A bronze colour spring steel nib, with a hard spring nib for handwriting. This nib also has a SPOON SHAPED TIP, which stops the nib catching on paper. This by the way was Rudyard Kipling's favourite nib when writing his books.

Macniven & Cameron Waverley
Macniven Cameron Waverley

$4.00 each

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1x Macniven Cameron Waverley

William Mitchel Pedigree, size 5 1/2.
The small size square-cut Italic, Roundhand nib, made of stainless steel, with the fine tip size 5 1/2

William Mitchell Pedigree S/S 5 1/2
WM Pedigree 5.5 Roundhand

$4.00 each

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1x WM Pedigree 5.5 Roundhand
This nib is identical in size and shape to todays W/M Roundhand nibs, except this one is stainless steel, todays nibs are spring steel.


Hinks & Wells The Devon pen.
A bronze coloured, spring steel nib, similar in every aspect to William Mitchell's Post Office nib. The nib has a hard spring for handwriting.

Hinks & Wells Devon
Hinks & Wells Devon

$4.00 each

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1x Hinks & Wells Devon

Hinks & Wells School Pen 1F.
A bronze coloured, spring steel nib, similar in every aspect to William Mitchell's Post Office nib. It has a hard spring nib for handwriting.

Hinks & Wells School Pen 1F
Hinks & Wells School 1F

$4.00 each

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1x Hinks & Wells School 1F

Esterbrook's Relief 314.
A bronze coated, spring steel nib, similar in every aspect to William Mitchell's (also bronze coated) Italic Pen nib. The 314 has an 0.8mm fine italic square-cut tip.

Esterbrook Relief 314
Esterbrook Relief 314

$4.00 each

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1x Esterbrook Relief 314

William Mitchell Polygraph No.0227F.
A stainless steel nib, with a small spoon tip which stops the sharp end piercing paper while writing. Made for handwriting, with an extra hard spring

W/M Polygraph No.0227F
W/M Polygraph No.0227F

$4.00 Just 2x LEFT

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1x W/M Polygraph No.0227F

William Mitchell Pedigree 'Manifold Slip' No.0505.
A spring steel nib, having a 'not so sharp' tip. Made for handwriting, with an extra hard spring

W/M Pedigree Manifold Slip No.0505
W/M Pedigree Manifold Slip No.0505

$4.00 each

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1x W/M Pedigree Manifold Slip No.0505

Last minor update March 2021