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My handwriting is a Namiki medium. It's the same width as my Pelikan M200 medium, but finer than my Pelikan M605 medium. In the same way, a Lamy medium is too wide, and a fine is too fine. Do others find themselves in the same predicament? Since I can't buy the nib of the correct size, can I have a nibmeister grind one, or can I do something myself? Or should I just see a shrink?

 

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Hi Doug ...

Essentially I choose from my available assortment of nib sizes and FPs when I have a need for that . (paper quality, feathering or what not , and length of letter being written , etc ) I have a Lamy F nib (I think) which I ground myself to a narrower size. I use that for when I need to write small or when the paper feathers badly. Its the dryest of all of my other FP nibs and it serves that purpose. I used a Dremel tool to carefully grind down its width. Followed by fine sandpaper dry then wet ... Some may balk at this , but ..... well ..... whatever works for me .....

So , if its any consolation, yes , this nib width is now an in between size ....

 

If you feel up to it, you can buy a Dremel tool (with variable speed) and try out yrself.... on your inexpensive Lamy Safari nibs first ....

 

If you really need that in-between size on yr more expensive FPs, you may wish to have it ground by a nibmeister.... But I frankly think you really don't need to do that .. Just buy another brand of FP , it shld meet yr preferences since you would have beefed up yr range of nib choices and sizes ...

 

Another example for grinding down a nib width is when the nib has become broader from heavy use. My Osmiroid sketchpen has been serving me faithfully for years and had become wider than when it was new owing to frequent use. So I used the same Dremel tool to re-shape it.

 

With regards to whether U need a shrink .....

Actually ALL shrinks suffer from this "right size or not nibwidth psychoneurosis" ... Its consistently evident during their shrink sessions when they pretend to listen to their patients' ramblings on their comfortale (expensive) Corbusier couches. Notice they always use clipboards? Its to enable them to quickly flip and hide their testpage of nibwidth analyses whenever they feel the slightest threat of being found out. The couches exist to serve that sole purpose by making the patient recline and face the ceiling so that they can never never see whats on their shrinks' clipboard pages. Some shrinks have subsequent pages of Sudoku or Crosswords or Wordsearch underneath.

Most of them shrinks are also in fact active members undergoing rehabilitation in many of the chapters of "Nibwidth Anonymous". They are the ones who look most doctor-like and often reply unhesitatingly that they are merely observers on invitation of the presiding counsellor.... when in fact they are the ones needing the most attention...

 

So ... you are perfectly not abnormal ... you definitely don't need to see a shrink.

What you really , really need is a Dremel tool. (batteries included but have to charge them up first before use)

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I would advise against coming at your pens with a Dremel tool. It takes a lot of skill to adjust a nib with one.

 

If you're talking about one or two pens, I'd take them to a nibmeister at a pen show if at all possible. That way the nib can be adjusted to your preference and you can test it out right away and have it adjusted some more if it's still not right for you. If not in person, sending it off would work as well.

 

If this is going to be an ongoing thing, then I suggest you learn how to do it yourself. However, start with many many junk pens. You will ruin nibs at first.

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