I’ve recently started using a fountain pen again after a long time away.

My main pen for a while has been a Mont Blanc Homage to Chopin, rollerball.
I plan On buying a Meisterstuck fountain pen in the near future, either the Homage to Chopin or one slightly larger. I plan on trying a few before making that decision.

For now I am trying to gather a bit of information in the various types of nibs.
From what I can gather from the Mont Blanc website
{Link here:Mont Blanc Nib Information}
there are five sizes of nibs: EF, F, M, B and BB. The E, F, and M nibs are listed as being rounded.
In addition the M, B and BB nibs also have an “Oblique” version. In the brief descriptions on the Mont Blanc website the description of the oblique versions of these nibs has this description:



My question is: What is the benefit (advantage?) of using an oblique nib? The oblique appears to be a blunter tip. Does this work best for one style of writing over another? Or, does the rounded nib verses the oblique nib come down to a personal preference?
I tend to write in what I’d call standard cursive. Would this affect which nib type I’d be looking to choose?

Thanks in advance for any information, and for being patient and answering a rookie's questions .

I am two hours away from the nearest boutique so expect that I will need to try pens in a local stationary or jewelry store rather than travel all that way. This is why I am trying to gather as much information as I can in advance.

Oblique nibs are designed for folks that have a tendency to rotate the pen, this usually isn't a problem with round nibs but with stubs and italics it can be. There are left & right footed oblique's and various degrees of footing, They can be related to both rounded nibs and line variation nibs, so it's not technically a Rounded vs. Oblique scenario. But typically it is used on italic and stub line variation nibs.

Check out Richard Binders web site. He has an awesome explanation of oblique nibs under his Specialty Nibs section.

Thank you for the reply AJP

I have also read Richard's reference pages and now have a better understanding of the various types of nibs.
From what Ive read it seems a rounded M is most likely in my future, but I'll be trying a few different pens and nib sizes.