Hi everyone,

On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Mashburn wrote,

> From: "Mashburn" <omc01093@...>
>
> Andrew J. Gnoza, III wrote,
>
> > One interesting "tip' was passed on to me by David Howes is that the
> > screw-in Osmiroid nibs are interchangeable with the older Esterbrook
> > nibs. and attached a JPG of the current Osmiroid nib styles.
>
> As best I can tell, this is NOT true of the CURRENT nib units. Old
> Osmiroid nib units (pre late 70s or early 80s) DO seamlessly interchange
> with old Esterbrook nibs. The new Osmiroids -- as illustrated in the JPG
> -- DO NOT seamlessly interchange.
>
> As far as I know (and please correct me if you know better), Osmiroid
> cannot supply the old nib units.

The Osmiroid nibs that interchange with the Esterbrooks are the ones for
the Osmiroid "65" fountain pen from the 1960s and 70s. The pen and
its nib units are no longer in production and no longer available. As
far as I know, the pen went out of production ca. 1980-82.

George..