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I was just wondering the same thing today about the TWSBI nibs; I'm about to get one myself. I think I'm leaning towards the F nib (I like Fs).

My TWSBI F is pretty much an fine...maybe hair wider than some of my other fines. My next (colored!) TWSBI will be an M or a B (or better yet, a stub! :cloud9: ).

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Hi, all;

 

Contemplating buying myself a Twsbi, and possibly another one as a gift, but I'm not sure which nib sizes are good.

 

Can anyone give comparisons to, say, Lamy Safari/Al-Star nib sizes? (I have these in EF, F and M, so we can share a common benchmark.) Alternatively, a scanned handwriting sample might work well too.

 

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Hi Lewis, try the following link, it may answer your questions about nib widths;

http://dizzypen.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/twsbi-diamond-530-a-mini-review/

 

I'm thinking about buying one of these fountain pens, and I live in Australia too, just wondering where you sourced yours?

 

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Hi, all;

 

Contemplating buying myself a Twsbi, and possibly another one as a gift, but I'm not sure which nib sizes are good.

 

Can anyone give comparisons to, say, Lamy Safari/Al-Star nib sizes? (I have these in EF, F and M, so we can share a common benchmark.) Alternatively, a scanned handwriting sample might work well too.

 

Thanks!

- Lewis.

Hi Lewis, try the following link, it may answer your questions about nib widths;

http://dizzypen.word...-a-mini-review/

 

I'm thinking about buying one of these fountain pens, and I live in Australia too, just wondering where you sourced yours?

 

Best regards,

Steve.

 

P.S. Gotta Love Physics!!

 

SJH:

 

Twsbi's store on ebay is the best way to get them in Australia - it's basically "Twsbi Direct".

 

I haven't actually bought mine yet - I might buy it when I finish moving to Perth. (Currently in QLD. ;) )

 

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Well I am about finished with my second filling if the TWSBI piston filler, XF nib. As I mentioned before the nib is way too wide to be an XF, so I think it will go into hiatus after it runs out of ink and gets a good cleaning. I am sorry I am not happier with it, but I guess if I was looking for a wider line I would like it. It does look nice, is very well made, and writes ok for what it is (maybe a medium).

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ugh, i want to get one of the colored twsbi's right now, but i'm still hesitant to even get my first because the ef's supposedly run wide.

 

 

i use asian ef and f nibs all the time -- hero 616 and VP w/f nib are perfect...any suggestions? maybe pendemonium grind...blab, but that's an extra $20+

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Can anyone give comparisons to, say, Lamy Safari/Al-Star nib sizes? (I have these in EF, F and M, so we can share a common benchmark.) Alternatively, a scanned handwriting sample might work well too.

 

How about both? (Please pardon the scrawl.) I find the TWSBI "F" perhaps the smallest touch wider than the LAMY, but only just. Also, the faded bit at the start of the LAMY sample is due to having just dipped the pen for this test.

 

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PS (added later): looking at it again, I have no idea why I found the TWSBI wider. They look the same to me, or perhaps even wider on the LAMY side!

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I Just received my new nibs that are for the "TWSBI mini" only I am using them as replacement nibs on a few of my non- TWSBI pens. The TWSBI mini nib is a perfect fine nib just like the Lamy except a lot smoother and the 1.1 Stub nib for the TWSBI mini is a wonderful nib to add to my collection. I think the new TWSBI nibs are best and for the money they can't be beat.

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The F nib on my TWSBI Vac 700 is slightly finer than the one on my Omas 360, and decidedly finer than the one on my Pelikan M1000. I just got this pen this week, and was pleasantly surprised to find a second, medium, nib in the box.

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