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Hi i have nakaya BB which J. Mottishaw ground into a lovely stub. It really has fantastic line variation but since getting a couple of semi-flex pelikans, i have began to like the "fexi" sort of nibs. I am wondering if anyone has added flex to a nakaya BB stub before and what sort of results it yielded.

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Nakaya nibs are very hard to flex (at least for me) because of the design of the nibs (I think). The tines are relatively short and they are flat across the top of the nib. Flex nibs have a very characteristic shape that's longer and narrower with very long tines. The Nakaya nibs are the opposite.

 

However I am wondering whether you're referring to the nib being elastic rather than flexy? I have a broad elastic nib on my Nakaya, bought at Maruzen Nihonbashi, and the nib is one of the most pleasurable experience of all of my pens. It has great bounce. The tines does not spread much but because of the cut outs, it has a fantastic writing experience. Almost like a car with air suspension.

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Thats a good analogy. .. guess its kind of what i am after, with line variation. Wonder if the soft version will fit the bill.

 

And could you post an example of the kind of line variation that could be achieved with you nib. Thanks

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No, but I do love it. Vintage flex is not comparable to modern nibs. Water,am is the definition for me and this is not like vintage Semi-flex. Great and great variation and some flex, but no definitely doesn't compare to vintage flex. Same story on Omas which I love too, not vintage.....

 

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"Soft" option is only offered in the xf, f and m. And since i have the BB stub, i am deciding if i want to send back to J. Mottishaw to add flex. His view was adding flex to an already broad nib would just be an increase in flow and not much of an increase in line width. But he did go on to say that the "soft" nibs are pretty close to the stock semi- flex pelikans...

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His view was adding flex to an already broad nib would just be an increase in flow and not much of an increase in line width.

That's my experience as well. Line variation is almost not noticeable (never had a Spencerian mod though)

Greetings,

Michael

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great flow and some variation, but the Flexible Left Obliques to me offer the greatest variation. Mine are kind of bastardized and they carry a little less smoothness, but are by far my favorite nibs. At first I was hesitant as I have never been a fan of Obliques, but I love mine. 4 have flex and 1 is just an oblique, I also have 4 stubs and a soft nib

too. The obliques are really cool with flex even the BB, absolutely love them.....

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