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Having owned many...A TWSBI Mini with EF nib. Fifty USD and holds a ton of ink.

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I have had great a experience with my Twsbi EF, I think you would do well to follow FountainPages advice. Another option might be a Pilot Metropolitan, I think the smallest nib they have is F. That said they do run pretty small.

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If you want portable, go with Kaweco Sport series, cheap and realiable. Hold ton of ink if you convert it into eyedropper.

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I'd say Pilot 78G Fine - it is Japanese fine, more like western EF. Cheap and well behaved.

 

Personally, i never like 78G. The nib is on the dry side and tend to scratchy. I only tried 3 of them and feel the same, especially when using dry ink like 4001.

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I have a kaweco sport and i find the EF broad i would go more fore a pilot or twsbi

the f nib on the metro is better then the f on the 78g?

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I have a kaweco sport and i find the EF broad i would go more fore a pilot or twsbi

the f nib on the metro is better then the f on the 78g?

 

Have both and i could say yes.

 

But if you find the EF on Kaweco is broad, then MR F is about the same or a little bit broader.

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The Pilot Prera is nice and pocket-sized, and obviously those Pilot nibs come pretty fine. Ink capacity is a potential downside, though.

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Personally, i never like 78G. The nib is on the dry side and tend to scratchy. I only tried 3 of them and feel the same, especially when using dry ink like 4001.

They're very easy to adjust, both for scratchiness (none of mine are now), and for wetnessosity.

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