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The key is some say after months...the nib has changed. A nib is as it is, from the start, a regular flex, a springy (more bend than regular flex with less tine spread) or semi-flex.

There is no 'breaking in'. There is of course breaking.

Any such change is from springing the nib....perhaps only a little bit...perhaps one stage under bent for good. The nib is on the way to ruin, from jack hammering; sooner or later it will remain sprung. .

 

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I agree with mhphoto: It seems that when it comes to certain 14k, 18k and 21k nibs, there is a "breaking in" period where the metal eases and becomes just SLIGHTLY more flexible.

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My, relatively new, 3 month old Lamy 2000 fine nib, doesn't have flex, it isn't soft either. The soft nibs I have are a Pilot Custom 74 SFM nib and Pelikan 200 M nibs. My Lamy has slight line variation which is the result of a slight stub feature of the nib and to a lesser degree of the pressure exerted on the nib. The pressure necessary to bring this about is more than that applied on other 'soft' nibs. In my case, this also means that my hand slides down the section of the Lamy pen.

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:D When you buy old used vintage pens...then those are 'pre-broken in' ;) .

 

Modern pens I have...the modern semi-nail 605 is still the same....(lack of use...having so many better nibs), as is the 'true springy nibbed' MB Woolf.....the nail Townsend is still in the box.

 

I'd not noticed my bought new P-75 becoming broken in...of course it was in solitary confinement of my wife's jewelry case for decades.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

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