Paper Quality Conerns?

[cwhite5]

I'm done studying for the week and was reading through random threads on here when I came across a thread with people yelling "NO" at the idea of using brown paper bags to do nib smoothing as it will likely do damage.

 

It made me think of the no-name index cards from our campus bookstore I'd just been using for flashcards, in general a whole lot lately, that seem kind of rough in texture. Could this pose a risk similar to the brown paper bag?

 

Basically, does poor quality paper pose a risk to nibs and their tipping?

 

(I'm using a Parker Sonnet with an 18k medium nib.)

Edited November 23, 2013 by cwhite5

[ceac]

just my 10 cents ... My gutfeeling tells me that the rougher the paper the more wear it will pose on the nib.

But then again I suppose your nib is Iridium (or likewise) tipped and Iridium is mucho hard and durable so it will take a whole lot of writing before it wears down ...

 

Had never heard of smoothing a nib on a brown paper bag ... could have saved me some money on Mylar paper and buffsticks

[jar]

The index cards should be fine. Rough and abrasive are not synonymous. The problem with brown paper bags is that there is no calibration, you just don't know what you will be getting and in just a few minutes you can really much up a pen.