Trading post

[Inked botanicals]

Hello everyone!

I've just received a full box of vintage Departamentale Cement้e 2552 and I really think that 144 nibs are sooo many for just myself! So, if anyone is interested I am willing to trade.

Also, I have quite an amount of Vandyke crystals (for making walnut ink) and a lot of powdered arabic gum. I think all that things would be easy to ship anywhere in a common letter.

I'll take anything you have to offer, maybe nibs, ink samples, any material I can try (I love trying new things!) or maybe a nice calligraphied quote to frame and hang on my walls 

[Kim C.]

Hello everyone!

I've just received a full box of vintage Departamentale Cement้e 2552 and I really think that 144 nibs are sooo many for just myself! So, if anyone is interested I am willing to trade.

Also, I have quite an amount of Vandyke crystals (for making walnut ink) and a lot of powdered arabic gum. I think all that things would be easy to ship anywhere in a common letter.

I'll take anything you have to offer, maybe nibs, ink samples, any material I can try (I love trying new things!) or maybe a nice calligraphied quote to frame and hang on my walls 

Hi Alba!  I would love to try out some of your 2552s.  I don't have any nibs to trade, but could send you paper goods in exchange if you're interested. 

[Entropy]

Pretty new here but here's the different nibs I've amassed so far along with my own notes about how much I like them:

Beats All Bank
Brause 361 “Blue Pumpkin” - Finer hairlines, medium flex 8+/10
Brause 8 Rustica - Big nib, fatter hairlines, mid flex 7+/10
Eagle Pen co. E10 Falcon
Eagle Pen co. E110 Lyceum
Eagle Pen co. E130
Eagle Pen co. E370 College Fine hairlines, medium flex 9/10
Eagle Pen co. E40 Bank – Big nib, avg hairline, stiff  7/10
Eagle Pen co. E460 Medium Elastic - Fine hairlines, mid/stiff flex 8+/10
Eagle Pen co. E740 Tutor - Avg hairline, very stiff 7/10
Eagle Pencil co E830 Bulb Point – Big nib, avg hairlines, stiff flex 7-/10
Eagle Pencil co. E870 Muscular – Big nib, thinner hairlines, very stiff flex 8/10
Esterbrook 048 Falcon
Esterbrook 1045 Ventricular – Fine hairlines, stiff 8/10
Esterbrook 128 -Very fine hairlines, soft/mid flex 9+/10
Esterbrook 14 Bank
Esterbrook 354 Finest hairlines, very soft flex 9+/10
Esterbrook 355- Very fine  hairlines, soft flex, somewhat scratchy 9/10
Esterbrook 356 - Fine hairlines, soft flex, somewhat scratchy 9/10
Esterbrook 358 - Fine hairlines, soft flex 9+/10
Esterbrook 520 Penesco – Avg hairlines, stiff flex 7/10
Esterbrook 555 Accountant - Avg hairlines, very stiff 7/10
Esterbrook 707 Modified Slant
Esterbrook 794 School – Avg hairlines, very stiff 8+/10
Esterbrook 818- Fine hairlines, soft/mid flex 9+/10
Gilbert Blanzy 2500 Sergeant Major – Fine hairlines, mid flex 7/10
Gillott 1045 Ventricular - Fatter hairlines, stiff 6/10
Gillott 1068A Rigid - Avg hairlines, very stiff 8/10
Gillott 170 (Vintage) – Fine hairlines, soft flex, somewhat scratchy 8/10
Gillott 291 (Vintage) – Finest hairlines, very soft flex 8+/10
Gillott 294 Public Pen – Very fat hairlines, soft/mid flex 6/10
Gillott 303 (Modern) – Very fine hairlines, soft flex 8/10
Gillott 303 (Vintage) – Very fine hairlines, soft flex 9+/10
Gillott 404 (Vintage) – Very thin hairlines, soft/mid flex 9/10
Gillott Principality (Vintage) – Finest hairlines, soft flex 10/10
Gillott Principal EF – Fine hairlines, soft flex 8+/10
Henry Sermajor – Fine hairlines, mid/soft flex 8/10
Hunt 11 Semi-Slant
Hunt 12 Primary – thinner hairlines, very stiff flex 7/10
Hunt 16 Spearpoint – Big nib, avg hairlines, stiff 6/10
Hunt 11 Semi-Slant
Hunt 17 Success
Hunt 100 Artist (Vintage) – Finest hairlines,  very soft flex. somewhat scratchy 9/10
Hunt 101 Imperial (Vintage)
Hunt 101 Imperial (Modern) – Very fine hairline, soft flex 8/10
Hunt 102 Crow Quill (Vintage)
Hunt 103 Mapping (Modern) – Finest hairlines, softest flex, very scratchy 7/10
Hunt 103 Mapping (Vintage) – Finest hairlines, softest flex, somewhat scratchy 8/10
Hunt 1861 Pennsylvania
Hunt 20 Century
Hunt 21 Companion
Hunt 23 Superfine
Hunt 26 Sun
Hunt 27 Journal
Hunt 28 Common Sense
Hunt 3 State
Hunt 30 Round Pointed
Hunt 38 Recorder
Hunt 42 Rigid
Hunt 44 Graphic
Hunt 47 EZ Writer – Big nib, avg hairlines, stiff flex 8/10
Hunt 5 Droop Point
Hunt 54 Strand
Hunt 55 Scholar
Hunt 55 Success
Hunt 56 School (Vintage) – Very fine hairline, soft flex 9/10
Hunt 59EF University
Hunt 512 Ex Fine Globe – Avg hairlines, medium flex 7/10
Hunt 60 Ideal
Hunt 61 Yale
Hunt 62 Vassar
Hunt 66 Vertical
Hunt 68
Hunt 69 – Very fine hairlines, very stiff flex 7-/10
Hunt 7 Tribune
Hunt 75 Quill
Hunt 79 Dispatch
Hunt 86 EF Rapid Writer – Big Nib, Finer hairlines, stiff flex 8/10
Hunt 9 Homer
Hunt 95 Lady Falcon
Hunt 99 Drawing
Hunt X-21 Silverine -Finer hairlines, medium flex 9/10
Hunt X-24 Silverine
Leonardt 111 EF – Fine hairlines, stiff flex 8+/10
Leonardt 30 – Avg hairlines, medium flex 7/10
Leonardt/Hiro 41 “Crown” - Avg hairlines, mid/soft flex 6/10
Leonardt Principal EF (Modern) – Very fine hairlines, soft flex, somewhat scratchy 8/10
Leonardt Principal EF (Vintage) – Very fine hairlines, soft flex 9/10
Miller Bros. 1 Manifold
Miller Bros. 27
Miller Bros. 30
Miller Bros. 135 Utility Pen
Nikko G – Very thin hairlines, med/stiff flex 8+/10
Perry co. 792
Plume Diamante – Very thin hairlines, soft flex 9/10
Shirley's 9 Bowl Point
Soennecken 1355 EF - Big nib, fatter hairlines, mid flex 7/10
Spencerian 1 – Very fine Hairlines, soft/mid flex 10/10
Spencerian 3 Commercial
Spencerian 35B Royal Pen
Spencerian 5 School- Finest hairlines, stiff flex 9/10
Spencerian 69 Elementary – Very fine hairlines, stiff flex 8/10
Turner and Harrison 39
Zebra G – Very thin hairlines, stiff flex 8+/10
Zebra G Titanium – Very thin hairlines, stiff/mid flex 9/10

I have particularly large quantities of pre 1950 Hunt 103, 22, and 56, Esterbrook 354, 355, Eagle Pen Company E370, E870, E830. I also have a decent sized bag of brand new Mitchell broad edge nibs I haven't yet sorted.

Looking for Spencerian 1, 2, Gillott 303 (vintage), 404 (vintage), Leonardt Principal EF (modern), Brause Rose, Brause 66EF, Gillott Victoria, Blanzy 2552, Brandauer 516, Esterbrook A1, 128, 357, 358 and books on pointed pen. I'd also gladly consider any of the "dream nibs" I don't have listed, inkwells, and nice nib holders. Hell, make an offer if you see something you like. Can't hurt to ask.

Will update as stuff comes in. It's part of my new year's resolution to inventory it all.

[melanie jane]

Hi, I can swap you some Blanzy 2552s for pretty much any of the nibs you've listed, but I'm in the UK, so may not be worth it unless you wanted quite a few?

[Entropy]

For anyone who has not seen it yet I've posted a nib book and a complete list of my (large and growing) collection of vintage nibs in under "nib boutique" in the members only area.