Hero's "calligraphy" nib?

[kissing]

Hi Not too long ago, I made a post here about a Hero 285 fountain pen:

 

http://isellpens.com/Images/Hero/HERO%20285.JPG

 

Hero #M285  $9.99 

         

The Hero #M285 is considered a mid sized pen. This is a black lacquer with gold accents and clip. This has a snap on type cap. This is a medium-to-light weight pen.The hooded calligraphy nib is very special made nib that looks like it was bent. This so-called "art" or calligraphy nib, which has a kind of a swoop to it, similar to the Sailor Tagi nib, so that the thickness of the line varies according to the angle the pen is held. You can use same nib to write different lines. The effect is meant to be like a brush that one would write Chinese calligraphy with, and can write medium to broad, and have super ink flow. This has a permanent aeromatic converter and can only use bottle ink. It measures  5 3/4" posted.

 

from isellpens.com

 

Now, a nearby Newsagency near my house had a Hero 285 for sale. I had a good look at the nib, and it seemed like an ordinary 'iridium' tipped nib. I was sure it was a Hero 285, because it had the model number written on the pen, and it looks the same as in that photo.

 

Is what I saw the "calligraphy" nib? Or is there a possibility that this pen is available in different nib types? I'm asking this, because previously someone had told me that the "calligraphy" nibs are untipped, and are bent upwards like the Sailor Superscript, or Binder's Condor. Could someone explain to me, or lead me to a link, that explains Sailor Tagi nibs?

 

Thanks

[Nimrud]

Hi Kissing,

 

I'm not sure what you saw, so I can't answer your question whether the pen marked as the Hero 285 which you saw at your local newsagent's store sports a calligraphy nib. It could have been that.

 

However, I'd like to point out two things:

 

Firstly, the pen in the pic does look like a 'calligraphy' or 'art' nib, which is a bent-upwards nib. This is like the Sailor Superscript nib.

 

Secondly, it is NOT like a Sailor Togi (sp) nib. The Sailor Naginata-togi nibs are not bent (except for the Concord nibs, and those like the Binder Condor are bent downwards not upwards).

 

What characterises a Togi nib is the fact that it has a large, shaped tipping which looks like a 'sword', hence the name 'Naginata-togi'. Some Togi nibs are actually made up of multiple nibs stacked on top of each other and slit by hand so you get a cross slit at the tipping surface. Examples of these nibs include the Cross, King Eagle and King Cobra nibs. A good explanation of these nibs can be found at nibs.com.

 

A calligraphy nib is very different, although it works on the same principle of increasing the area of contact between nib and paper along the axis of the nib.