Which Three Nibs Would You Recommend As "must Have"

[Hobbitgate]

If you had to choose your key nibs to buy and use for Spencerian what would they be?

[C de La Licorne]

Select from vintage Mabie Todd, Warranted, Waterman "Black", or some vintage MB or Soennecken…

[Hobbitgate]

sorry what I meant was nibs for an oblique pen holder

[Algester]

for a newb I say the Nikko G, I havent tried the Zebra G especially the titanium plated one but I trust my Nikko G better, next if you can get a Cito Fein or the Pfannen, along with a Steno nib (Brause) these are good nibs for starting as they are in the Semi-flex range but still requires pressure

 

next for the intermediate Esterbrook 538, Speedball imeperial 101 then the Rose feidern or the Rose nib

if you just want something for general writing I still say get a Nikko Saji nib
these nibs will generally fit a universal holder if you have one, but the Nikko will fit the standard Speedball holder

Edited January 10, 2015 by Algester

[Hobbitgate]

Thank you. I'll start to research where to buy them. I do have the standard Speedball holder which I've been using to practice with but also plan to now upgrade to a new Hofer that's better quality. I was looking at one that Michael Shull sells and will check out some of the ones listed on IAMPETH

[mvarela]

I don't think any three nibs will cover all your bases. Just some questions you need to answer before you can think of choosing nibs:

How much experience do you have with pointed pens? At what sizes will you be writing? How much shading do you do? Do you have a light hand or a heavy hand? There are probably more considerations...

 

I have a bit of a nib obsession, and I can tell you that no single set of three nibs would cover all my needs (well, "fancies" would be a better term) when doing Spencerian (and I'm not even that good at it).

[Randal6393]

I use Copperplate and Italic, so my choices are different. However, the pointed nibs are the Zebra G, Brause Rose, and Leonardt Principal EF. Love the Mitchell Round-hand for Italic. Whatever nibs one selects, though, it's use and practice that make the writing pop and come alive.

 

Best of luck,