Well, I was surprised to see how wet and thick the Med. nib on my Namiki
Vanishing Point was. I haven't used the med nib in awhile and it turned out
wetter than my Van Gogh Maxi and My Conklin Nozac. It also could be that
this med. nib has seen daily use for almost 5 years previous to me retiring it a
few months ago and could be considered well broken in!! My Visconti is still by
far a smoother writer and lays down the perfect amount of ink. The Conklin
and VP equaled each other in smoothness, second to my Van Gogh.

My VP Fine Nib is still to me an extra fine which is a little toothy for cursive
writing. However, I use the fine nib in my Vanishing Point now to successfully
prevent leak-through while writing in my Molskine Journal.

Pix were taken with 2 different camera settings. When trying to show the
whiteness of the paper you end up drowning out the ink, the camera almost
sees through it too. So, I took another batch showing the blackness of the ink,
which came out almost closer to what it really is. I have come to find out
writing samples are not that easy to get accurately and takes a great deal of
time to do correctly.

Here’s to the future and new VP owners out there. I remember what it was like
making your first fountain pen purchase and for most of us newer and younger
generation it was the Namiki Vanishing Point. I also remember what it was like
to bang your head deciding which nib to get with it!!!!

Scott.

Hi Scott,

Very nice demonstration that all nibs are not created equal. I enjoy the comparisons of writing samples between different nib widths, especially when I don't own any of the pens being compared.

thanks,
French

What ink(s) and paper were used?

Really nice photos.

Calvin

I used Omas Black except for the Fine Nib Namiki which was Visconti Black.
Both inks flow very well in all my pens.

Paper was Boise 20lb bright white multipurpose and a fast ink absorbing paper
at that.

Scott.

I am suprise too about how thick the medium nib of Namiki is. For my personal experiance ink has a lot to do with it. When I switch PR ink to Aurora (black) my sailor medium nib became much wetter and a little bit thicker than before.

People often make the generalization that the Japanese M is more the the American / European F. This does not seem to be the case with your demonstration. The VP medium looks like, or very similar to, all the other mediums as far as line width. Thanks for a great post.

Thanks for this Pinarello. My first VP is on its way to me from TMann, and it has both fine and medium nibs. Your post will help hold me over until the Post Office can deliver.

Very nice demonstrations! Thanks

The good news is that you can replace the nib section in the VP for about $20. Why not buy a couple and see which one you like!!

Excellent comparison, thank you.

I have a broad nib on my VP and the line is thick and wet.

I was thinking of getting a medium nib too, but looking at your examples the line that my broad nib producesd doesnt look much different from the medium.

I think I will hold off now and if I decide to get another nib go for the fine.

Dawn

I found this to be very true, as I had read in numerous places how much smaller Japanese nibs were, so when I ordered my VP last year I asked for the broad nib. I was suprised to find that it truly was a broad nib. It's nice, but sometimes a bit too thick of a line for writing down creative thoughts at a rapid pace. I recently baought a medium nib for it, which I am currently breaking in.


J. Haney