Custom Cursive Italic Vp By Pendleton

[River]

I recently received a custom CI VP ground by Pendleton.

 

This is my first time buying a custom nib and I am very pleased!!!

 

The width is perfect. It is smooth enough for regular writing without slowing down (unlike the 1.1 Lamy nib or a crisp italic Manuscript calligraphy pen that I have).

 

It is almost as smooth as a round nib, it gets much better line variation, and much more shading (nice!).

 

Here is a quick writing sample on Clairefontaine french ruled paper:

 

I used Noodler's Navy ink. For comparison I also wrote with a regular round pen (a nice-writing chinese pen that I have), also with Noodler's Navy.

 

Notice the difference in line variation and shading between the two. Thank you Mr. Pendleton! I will definitely conciser more custom nibs in the future.

 

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/Riversplitter/CustomNib.jpg

[ehemem]

Nice writing sample. What is the size of the nib? Smaller than 1.1mm?

[River]

Yes. It is a medium VP, which Pendleton made into a Cursive Italic. I'd estimate that it is a .8mm but I'm not positive.

 

I usually use fine nibs, but I find that the line variation of the CI nib gives enough definition to my letters that the form is not lost with a wider nib. I guess the small cross strokes make room for the wider down strokes.

[fabrimedeiros]

Wow, nice CI strokes!

 

I've been thinking over past two months in order a VP Broad Cursive Italic (1.3-1.5mm) from a good nibmeister. I guess it'll be necessary a retipping. VP Broad tip nib (from factory) is too narrow to grind it to a 1.5 CI nib. Minuskin is the man for this job!

Edited July 30, 2011 by fabrimedeiros

[nightwing]

I also had one of my nibs ground to a stub by Pendleton recently, and it is great! It's a medium Edison nib, so there isn't a lot of line variation, but it's definitely there. It's a lot of fun to write with!