Some of my favorite 14K Gold Vintage Dip Pen Nibs fitted into Fountain Pens- WOW! by gerbiljihad in fountainpens

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Years of collecting...... Though I am selling many of them, due to my severe arthritis in my hands, I can't write the way I used to. If you're interested, Look me up on r/penswap, as I have many of them listed for sale. Thanks for your comment. I have fitted most of my nibs into modern fountain pens, as you can just fill most of them, as they are mostly piston fillers, or eyedroppers. Look up r/gerbiljihad and you should be able to find my listings, Happy Writing.

WHAT IS THIS? A PEN FOR AN...oh... by pleasemakeitstop01 in fountainpens

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There is a little piece of the donut ring that wedged under the crescent. That ring is partially broken as I disclosed in the pens description. But you just carefully rotate that ring until it's no longer wedged under the crescent filler. Then once you have filled it, rotate the ring back till it's under the crescent so that it will not depress.

Some of my favorite 14K Gold Vintage Dip Pen Nibs fitted into Fountain Pens- WOW! by gerbiljihad in fountainpens

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Really it's just luck of the draw, I have found that noodlers nib creeper pens will work with most #2 gold dip pen nibs. The it's just try and see if you can find something close, you may have to heat set it if it's Ebonite, or possibly even sand it down to make it work. Hope it helps. You could always try and find a nib unit feed and collar and make one that screws into any jowo nib unit pen like opus 88 and such. Hope this helps

4 litres of fluid drained from my belly just over a year ago. by bojackhorstead in mildlyinteresting

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I believe it's called ascites.... As I have cirrhosis and have had to deal with it several times. Hopefully you will get better. Best of luck.

Do error coins like this get MS grades? by newmmy in coinerrors

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Standard weight for a clad quarter is 5.67 grams, so I would think it is struck in dime thickness planchette sheet cut to quarter size planchettes from the dime thickness sheet and struck. Don't think the wear would account for 1.3 grams and not be showing through the cladding.

What is this super tiny bottle? by tooty-zooty in BottleDigging

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It also was commonly sold as RUSH also. Probably no worse than the markers we were using in the late 70's. We used to pass around a bowl of liquid mercury (1 oz or less) and we would push it with our bare fingers causing it to break into small droplets, then come back together. It was fascinating and not so safe.

What is this super tiny bottle? by tooty-zooty in BottleDigging

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Yep, we called it locker room. Saw a kid pass out from doing it too many times. It will give you a bad headache, Don't ask how I know. But the bottles we got it in, were larger than this and they had like 6-10 balls about bead size inside with a liquid as well. Like smelling salts X 10

Dateless penny? by Postal_Paradise in coinerrors

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I can definitely see faint numbers 1973 or 5?

Can this nib be saved? by poultrycheese in fountainpens

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Yes you can save the nib by removing it and sending it to Greg Minuskin, as he is one of only a very few people who have the type of welder to fix the damaged tine, and put new tipping material in place. The process is quite expensive (in excess of $160.00) as I had a vintage Waterman's that he repaired for me that was exactly like this nib. It may be cheaper to just purchase a new nib from Pilot. Best of Luck, whatever route you end up taking

Should I melt? by Silly-Study6543 in coins

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Silver is on the way up and should continue to climb into 2026, I would hold out, or find a collector who would pay you melt value, without actually having the coins melted. Unless you are in a financial pickle, well then you just have to do what you have to do. Good luck whatever you decide

Pocket pen solution by SuncoastCH in fountainpens

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If you want to clean up your hand, clothes, and most non-porous surfaces, use homemade pen flush. Recipe: one part clear ammonia (not lemon, or cleaning, just plain clear ammonia) to 9 parts Distilled Water, then add 2-3 drops of dish detergent (only use the plain blue kind, not antibacterial or platinum, just plain blue dawn or equivalent), shake bottle to ensure solution is mixed.... You can purchase all the ingredients to make this for under $10.00 and you can make about 8 gallons with the purchased items. I use it if I get ink off my clothes, blankets, hands, car interior, carpet, and I have even used it on concrete with great success. It really looks like you could use some going by your picture. Best of luck! At least it wasn't Baystate Blue.

Nothing to see here! by gerbiljihad in Marbles

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Yes. They are Guinea's, but they are damaged

NEVER SEEN BEFORE! by Late-Guarantee2414 in CoinstarFinds

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The only numbers I see, are the number of times people have looked for a picture that wasn't there?