What Is Your Favorite Nib Type?

[Kuhataparunks]

A lot of people like different types of nibs, but what is your personal favorite nib, perhaps specifically on a certain pen?

 

For me, I really like very thin nibs, and the Pilot Penmanship EF nib does really well for me. I'd just like if it was a tad stiffer

[sail0rm00n]

I have really small handwriting so I favor Japanese pens in extra fine or fine.

[jar]

Whatever happens to be on the pen I'm using at that moment.

[Joe in Seattle]

It depends on the paper and ink that I am using – I have widths from extra fine to medium.

 

Generally, I prefer a European extra fine or a Japanese fine for general writing.

 

Pilot, MYU 90, in F is virtually perfect. It's almost like writing with the wet ball bearing.

[fountainpagan]

Mainly XF and F, but I have some Medium/fine flexible vintage nibs which give me perfect satisfaction.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Semi-flex or 'flexi'/maxi-semi-flex....F gets used in some how with out really wishing it, they were on pens I "needed". I have them in a mix from EF to OBB....I learned to like F finally.

 

Semi-vintage and or vintage springy regular flex M&F (oft narrower than modern) often give more shading than the wetter semi-flex or 'flexi'.

 

I do like a nice vintage German OB with some tad of flex.

 

Do not like nails or modern semi-nails that some with out experience with vintage might think is 'regular flex', but is not, it is only what is now being made, like a modern semi-nail 400 or 600.

Semi-nail (like a P-75) is made because the ball point users can't bend it as easy as 'true' regular flex.

Edited August 31, 2014 by Bo Bo Olson

[arran]

A juicy Fine Japanese nib and 0.8-1.0 mm crisp cursive italics

[Beckwith]

1.1mm italic, although I can only really use those when writing personal correspondence or notes. I find myself defaulting to fine nibs when I need to write something for work.

[phonelady61]

Am I the only one who likes a medium nib ? Yep medium nib on a heavy pen .

[Kuhataparunks]

Am I the only one who likes a medium nib ? Yep medium nib on a heavy pen .

I feel like I'm among the few who like fine nibs. I am a little sad I don't like the broader nibs because they add a lot more character to one's writing

[SujiCorp12345]

Western EF / Japanese F are my favourites.

[Baric]

For everyday writing, I favor a Medium or Broad with a left oblique grind. I tend to stay away from the Japanese Fines and smaller, I find them too scratchy for the most part.

 

I do like to experiment a bit and have recently found that I enjoy a good stub or cursive italic nib. I have quite an array of different nibs for my Pelikan M600, just to play with. I just love the interchangeable Pelikan screw in nibs.

[dannyboy]

I tend to prefer nibs that are ground to cursive italic or to be more specific--left oblique cursive italic 20 degrees. But I love ANY nib if it's smooth and responding well with great flow.

[carlos.q]

No favorite at all. It all depends what I'm using the pen for:

1. EF/F P51 for writing on crappy paper.

2. F M205 for EDC.

3. M Pelikan 400 for expressive writing.

4. B Pelikan 400NN for nice paper.

5. BB Montblanc 234 1/2 for signatures.

Different tools for different uses!

[ac12]

normally, a US Parker Fine

signature where I have the space, a Lamy 1.1 stub italic

fancy, a Nikko G or Hiro 41 nib in an oblique dip pen holder

[estie1948]

An extra fine nib such as the Japanese make. What I use most is an Esterbrook 9550 extra fine which is not as fine as the Japanese extra fine nibs.

 

-David.

[Blue_Moon]

Italic stubs - fine, medium, or broad, depending on what I'm in the mood for.

[Aurko]

I usually use Japanese fines, but if I have paper that's good enough I mix it up with some cursive italics, stubs, and flex/semi-flex (XF-BB ish) to add a little bit of flair.

I have to say though, as fun as those nibs are, I like the feeling of my Japanese fines the most, tied with a nice vintage semiflex nib. One feels extraordinarily precise, and the other is just a joyride and you can feel the rhythm of your writing. I do a lot of math and technical drawing stuff, so for that my favourite has to be the Japanese fine (specifically Sailor's), but when I write for fun I really like the feeling of my Pick Pen Co. Combo pen with a 14k springy/almost semiflex nib.

[lovemy51]

fine flex for me

[Gaslight]

I love small stubs, 0.7-0.9mm

2nd place would be a fine-flex