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Gold Value in FP Nibs WAS Storing fountain pens with ink in them?
jon fabian a écrit : In article . com, "virgiliopoeta" wrote: I note with approval that the absurd business of nibs weighing only 1/20 or 1/10 gram is now abandoned by all - though with very bad grace (as usual) by BL. One has only to calculate the relative specific gravities and surface areas of nibs relative to say, a copper penny, then compare their thickness to a penny, and if necessary to a razor blade (flatter than a nib and easier to compare), to know that a gold nib can scarcely weigh much less than half a gram, and can easily weigh much more. Only a very thin, small flexible gold nib can be got out at less than half a gram or so. Try to babooozle 'em with bull**** all you want, Vergie, but I actually took the trouble of weighing a few nibs: So did I - many years ago when I was a child. I am puzzled by your aggressive tone. After first making a fool of yourself by asserting that gold nibs weigh little more than feathers, your later results are now in rough agreement with the figures I have given, which are well known to penmeisters. I would not place too much reliance on even your later results however, for you do not seem to understand scales very well. If you will reread my post, the figures I gave are for medium, open nibs, not small, hooded nibs. At all periods, even before the advent of the stainless steel nib, the vast majority of nibs have been made of steel, not gold. Anyone so ignorant of pens as to dispute this need not be taken seriously. I make it a practice of replying only _once_ to aggressive, ignorant or insulting correspondants. I make an exception only when the fellow seems to have something to contribute, or when I am in a fey mood. You deserve _one_ reply merely for your endless - although somewhat unreliable - weighing of nibs. |
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