The "wavily" nib is optionally available with pens like the Custom 742, as in this eBay auction. It seems to have a nib that's slightly turned upward, in a way like the Sheaffer Triumph nib. Does anyone know how this nib writes, in comparison with ordinary Pilot nibs?

Don

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=38217
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=32545 combines with the picture http://ujuku.ath.cx/ujuku-shop/kaimono/fou...eg/Kind_Nib.jpg
That picture, and some pictures of the nib itself, from http://ujuku.ath.cx/ujuku-shop/kaimono/fou...2000R_flame.htm

I had thought someone had posted a review with that nib but I couldln't find it. Please post at least a picture or two, and your impressions. I hope you like it!

I wish I had one! I was just asking to see if someone had tried it. I see from the other thread that it's something along the lines of the Sailor Fude nib, which I've also never tried.

Don

Hi,

My understanding is that "Wavily" is an approximation of "Waverly" (as "Sutab" is an approximation of "Stub"). The "Waverly" nib is named after a turned-up dip nib design originated by the Waverly Pen Company of England. This is the relevant glossary entry from Richard Binder's site: An open nib whose tip is curved upward slightly so that the nib presents to the paper at what appears to be a lower angle of elevation. This design, introduced by the Waverley Pen Company (British), results in smoother performance. It also offers more usable surface toward the end of the tip so that the nib works better for users who hold the pen at a high angle of elevation, and it is consequently well adapted to many left-handed writers.

My experience with Waverly nibs (not including the Pilot version, let me point out) is that the nib turn-up is much less pronounced than that of the Asian calligraphy nibs intended to simulate the effect of a brush (e.g. Sailor Super Script). As excarnate points out, the turn-up of the Sheaffer Triumph nib is similar in spirit, although the pre-Triumph open Sheaffer turn-up nib is probably more of a true Waverly - by virtue of being an open design. Those Sheaffers are remarkably smooth, so - being familiar with Pilot's across-the-board nib quality - I'd expect a Pilot Wavily to be every bit as nice.

Cheers,

Jon

The Wavily nib doesn't have as much of a bend as most asian calligraphy pens, including the Sailor Fude nib. I have a Duke 209 calligraphy nib, which gives a nice brush-like line to chinese script, if you get the angle of the pen right. It's a bit finicky to use, though. You need to find a happy medium between thin and scratchy (too steep) and a big old smeary splodge (too low). Somewhere in the middle there, you get a nice line with varation that imitates brush-strokes.

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I'm not sure that's the intention with the Wavily. Its bend seems too shallow, to me. It's probably intended to allow smoothness at a steeper angle, as Jon points out.

Thanks for the comments. This is what I was trying to find out.

I have the cheap Sailor calligraphy pen, as well as several Triumph nibs (although wonderful, not at all the same idea!), and also one of Richard Binder's "Condor" nibs that's curved in the opposite direction. The Sailor pen does quite a good job with Chinese characters, as does the Condor nib, but neither is perfect. Best of all, it turns out, is a cheap disposable Zebra extra-fine point brush-pen, which is closest to a miniature brush. But it's not really a fountain pen, of course.At some point I should post a comparison of the brush-like strokes with these nibs.

Don