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i have a beautiful black Winston. Unfortunately, try as I might, I just can't get on with the nib. It feels almost fragile to me. I am a tad heavy handed but no other pen feels like this. So much so that the excellent Oxonian has had the pen and re ground it to an oblique from the original broad. No better. In fact I struggle to keep the tines aligned. I'd hate to part with it but what else can I do? Any suggestions? Is there, for instance, anywhere that I can buy a replacement, as I may have just got a rogue nib.

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Modern Conway Stewart nibs do have a bit of "spring" to them, and are rather longer tined than some pens, so with your "heavy-hand" you may not be the right candidate for one. If you can't seem to use a lighter hand/less pressure, I'm afraid you may have to give up on it.

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i have a beautiful black Winston. Unfortunately, try as I might, I just can't get on with the nib. It feels almost fragile to me. I am a tad heavy handed but no other pen feels like this. So much so that the excellent Oxonian has had the pen and re ground it to an oblique from the original broad. No better. In fact I struggle to keep the tines aligned. I'd hate to part with it but what else can I do? Any suggestions? Is there, for instance, anywhere that I can buy a replacement, as I may have just got a rogue nib.

I have the same issue with my Winston. My nib is medium but I feel that it is more fragile than my other Conway Stewart nibs. Maybe it's to do with the fact that the pen itself is the heaviest of my pens and it 'feels' as though I should be holding it tighter and putting more pressure on the nib?

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The best advice I think I can give you is to learn to write light handed. A good fountainpen needs no pressure from the writer, it's own weight should be enough.

 

Writing with (almost) no pressure will be very much appreciated by your hand muscles (less writing cramps...)

 

D.ick

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