I asked this yesterday in the marketplace and thought I'd have a better chance of an answer here.

Is there a difference between a Fine Medium Naginata Togi nib and the 21Kt Fine Medium nib that I plan on ordering on a 1911 ?

Lloyd,

You should fine your answer here. And indicated links on that page.

Is that of any help?

I have some Sailor myself now and they are excellent writers.

Regards

I have a 1911 with a Togi M nib and a 1911 with a regular M nib and I can tell you that the Togi is a much broader, wetter nib than the standard Sailor medium, though both are very smooth and have great, and very consistent, inkflow. I assume the same would be true of the Fine-Medium Togi and the regular Fine-Medium -- the Togi would be broader and wetter.

As far as I know, the Togi nibs are hand made and the regular nibs are not.

The feeds appear to be the same, though I've never taken one apart to look "under the hood."

You can also get the Togi nibs with multiple points -- cross-cut nibs. These are very wet and make a line that is broader on the cross-stroke than on the down-stroke (called an "architect's nib," according to Mottishaw's website). They are quite a bit more expensive, however.

The ones with the metal plate on top are meant to keep the nib from drying out as quickly if the pen is left uncapped for an extended period of time.