Best extra fine pen?

[vision35]

What are your favorite extra fine nib fountain pens?

 

I have a Sailor 1911 fine and it's great but I prefer to have eitehr a piston fill or a pen with a better grade converter, such as on the Namiki Bamboo.

 

Pelikan and Lamy fine and extra fines are too narrow.

 

Any other great, smooth extra fines to recommend?

 

They may be c/c fill, but as I said, I'd especially love one with piston or a unique converter.

[Blade Runner]

Try an Aurora Optima or oversized 88.

You need to try their nibs first hand to determine

your line width criterion.

In my hands, their M writes like a F,

and their F writes like an XF.

[saintsimon]

OMAS Paragon with 18K EF nibs - I am very satisfied with mine on my celluloid 'The Cinema' LE. If you buy it as a celluloid, you'll get a full-size, lightweight, haptically pleasant, beautifull, relliable piston-filler with a smooth EF :)9

 

Of course, the Aurora Optima is also a great pen, although you can expect a somewhat toothier nib.

Edited September 10, 2006 by saintsimon

[Titivillus]

OMAS Paragon with 18K EF nibs - I am very satisfied with mine on my celluloid 'The Cinema' LE. If you buy it as a celluloid, you'll get a full-size, lightweight, haptically pleasant, beautifull, relliable piston-filler with a smooth EF :)9

 

Of course, the Aurora Optima is also a great pen, although you can expect a somewhat toothier nib.

Second the OMAS EF but mine is the oversized 360, (dropped it into the debris after the storm and except for some small dings still works great.)

 

 

I just gor a Delta 20th anniv with EF nib and it is very smooth but is a C/C 'though it does come in a lateral lever filler.

 

K

[æon]

What do you mean by saying Lamy and Pelikan Extra fines are too narrow? You mean that the pen bodies are too thin? Try a Pelikan M1000 or a MB 149, both considered oversized.

[gylyf]

Let me second the Aurora Optima recommendation. I've been writing with mine for the past two weeks and love it. It took a little while to get used to the tooth, and some of it has disappeared as I've been writing with it. The F is now quite smooth, but with a hint of feedback. The F borders on an EF, as Jeen pointed out. Best,

David

Edited September 10, 2006 by parrhesia

[kivanck]

I've a v'ntage Pelikan 140 with EF nib. Great pen with springy 14K nib - but you should try if it 's the right EF for you.

[vision35]

What do you mean by saying Lamy and Pelikan Extra fines are too narrow? You mean that the pen bodies are too thin? Try a Pelikan M1000 or a MB 149, both considered oversized.

Whoops, I meant that the Lamy and Pelikan EFs are too broad. Especially the Lamy 2000, its EF is like a M or B in the Sailor.

[Phthalo]

Another vote for Aurora - there is something special about their nibs. I think all my future EF nib purchases will be on Aurora or Sailor pens.

[Nimrud]

How about a Pilot Custom 823 fine? It has an interesting plunger fill and is a demonstrator to boot. I have a medium and it writes more like a medium fine.

[cmeisenzahl]

I love my Lamy 2000 XF.