Legacy GoPens Blog

Vintage Pen Montblanc 149 Celluloid

Vintage Pen Montblanc 149 Celluloid This vintage pen is a 1955 Meisterstück 149 piston-filler in Celluloid. This was an early production model, while Montblanc pens were still being hand made by m...

On Point With Go Pens #69

The fine flexible nib on my pen keeps catching the paper when I'm writing, and then ink splatters everywhere. Sometimes the tines get misaligned. What am I doing wrong? With nibs that accomm...

Pelikan 100 Fine Flex Nib

I was writing quotes with pens that I already have but I get asked about flex nibs all the time, and having bought a few of my favorite vintage flex pens from Go Pens here, I thought I'd highlight ...

On Point With GoPens #22

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 ...

One Person's Dream Nib...

I love this quote. I saw it while reading a fountain pen book and thought it was great, and very true. I don't know what my dream nib is, because I like too many - sometimes I like really broad, cr...

Handwritten Post - Music Nib Notes

One of my favorite kinds of nibs: the music nib. I think they look great, they write so wonderfully, and that flex...! I know. It's supposed to be for music nibs. One can do nifty things with an ob...

Handwritten Post: It's Not Just Flex

Maybe you're not interested in flexible nibs. That's okay. I can look past that and still like you. However, vintage pens offer much more than just flex nibs! You can also fine hard nibs as well, l...

Handwritten Post: Soft-, Springy-, Extra-Flessible-Flex Nib

If you're looking for a flexible nib in a modern or vintage pen, you probably see a lot of nibs described as soft, springy, or extra-flessible. Although these offer some line variation and snap bac...

Vintage Flex vs. Modern Flex

It's interesting to compare vintage flex nibs to modern flex nibs. My preferred, unmodified modern flexible nib is the OMAS extra flessible nib (in this case, an extra-fine). The OMAS nib is a 14KT...