Swappable nibs are an old idea. How about a pen that has the second nib stored in the pen body itself?
To be honest, I'm not sure what they were thinking here. I mean, yes, it's nice to have some flexibility - the Esterbrook J is famous for its swappable nibs. But do you really need to keep it in the pen?
Here's what the advertisement had to say:
"It lets you write the style you want in seconds - tiny fine numbers with one point or bold, flowing letters with the other point!" Because people will totally swap an inky nib on the fly. Yeah, right.
The actual quality of the nib is great for being untipped steel. It writes soft and smooth with good flow. Considering how worn the rest of the pen is, I'm surprised both nibs are in such good shape. (The previous owner clearly favored the medium one.)
One drawback of the design is that there's not much room for the ink sac. So even with a #20 sac, capacity is low. I guess that's the price we pay for innovation.
If you want to read more about the Imperial Pen Company, and this pen in particular, PenHero has an interesting article here:
