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On Point With GoPens #22
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On Point With GoPens #22

On Point My Swan fountain pen has a weird black rod on top of the nib. What is that? Mabie Todd pens sometimes have an under over feed - in addition to the feed that the nib sits on, there is a feed on top to guarantee ink flow as the nib is flexed. There were also Gold top feeds - a thin gold channel on top of the nib, which served the same purpose, by moving ink to the tip.

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