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1. How wide are the nibs? I am looking for something a just a little finer than a Lamy safari fine.

2. How reliable are the 1.5 versions? No leaks?

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1.- I have a fine and a medium, both a true fine and medium. Lamy nibs tend to go wider I think (all mines do at least) so the fine nib of twsbi may be what you are looking for.

 

2.- I got two, no leaks at all or problem whatsoever.

In my current rotation:

Pelikan 400 Brown Tortoise/14K Fine/J. Herbin Cafe des Iles

Lamy 2000/14K Medium/Lamy Blue-Black

Sailor 1911 Large burgundy/21K Naginata Togi Medium/Diamine Oxblood

Montblanc 146/14K Fine/Montblanc Racing Green

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Delta Passion/18K Broad/Diamine Syrah

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I have a medium which seems to me a 'true' medium......it does however seem to me a bit of a dry writer.....which could of course be the Pelikan BB that I'm using.... :rolleyes:

 

The 1.5 seems ok at the minute.....but mine has not been in long.......I only swopped when the 1.3 started to leak.. :rolleyes:

 

+1 on the fine as your nib choice.....from your description anyway.. :thumbup:

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I went with the EF and it writes as such.

As far as reliability of the 1.5 version, so far so good, and I often have the pen in my pocket or in my bag no case.

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I've have a 1.5 seal holding a load of Herbin Vert Empire at bay without relief for the past three months. We may, I think, declare them reliable.

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The M that I have is "just a little finer than a Lamy safari fine", so if that is what you are after it's perfect.

 

I've certainly seen no leaks or anything like that with it.

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I have a medium which seems to me a 'true' medium......it does however seem to me a bit of a dry writer.....

 

What do you define as a 'true' medium?

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I'd say that mine, an M nib, is about the same breadth as my Waterman Kultur M. The pen is quite new, but the piston seems ok so far.

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I would like to thank everyone who gave their insight as to the size of the nib. I ended up getting a fine point and, on Christmas day, got the pen, adjusted the flow and it is truly the exact size nib I was looking for.

 

Thank you to everybody,

 

F.C

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I would like to thank everyone who gave their insight as to the size of the nib. I ended up getting a fine point and, on Christmas day, got the pen, adjusted the flow and it is truly the exact size nib I was looking for.

 

Thank you to everybody,

 

F.C

 

Congratulations :bunny01: Merry Christmas & Happy New Year :thumbup:

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I have found that about 50% of the TWSBI nibs (maybe more) tend towards being Dry and feeling "sandy" when you write.

 

With some adjustment for the flow and a little smoothing, they are lovely but depending on the ink, you could end up with the nib laying down a slightly broader line. By the time I adjusted my Fine, it ended up writing like a medium.

 

These days, the mediums that I use - I restrain myself when I adjust them so that they get good flow without becoming too broad in their lines.

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