Visconti "fine" Nibs

[OneRiotOneRanger]

Has anyone else recently purchased a Visconti (in my case, three Rembrandts) fountain pen with a so-called fine nib which produces a medium line? I like Viscontis - some of you may recall my having written an article to that effect some while ago - but am just not happy with a medium nib. Ideally, I'd like Visconti to say "oops, sorry" and replace the nibs. Anyone had any such luck? Anyone devised any other useful alternatives? Would a teeth gnashing contest make me feel better, do you think?

 

Thanks

 

Paul Bloch

[Lubee]

They are what they are wet and wide. Same on all my Visconti's - Van Gogh, 2 x Dali's and Wall St.

Edited June 23, 2016 by Lubee

[Mulrich]

My Visconti Fs have been pretty consistently Fs. For me it's harder to tell the differences between F and EF.

[jterrasa]

That is the nature of a Visconti F.... Wet and broader than most.... The quality of the paper and ink characteristics, of course, have a lot to do with the final width of the line....

[KBeezie]

Or in my case a Visconti 23k Pd Medium that writes a western fine line.

[OneRiotOneRanger]

First, thanks to those who provided their input.

 

Second, I have tried lots of resources to get answers. I even pinged Dante del Vecchio on his Facebook account (he was not happy).

 

As most know (and I learned), the difference in size between a Visconti fine and medium nib is less than on most other brands, and, acquiring a Visconti XF nib is a sometime thing. That said, a young man named Brandon at Coles customer service came through, and my nibs are on their way back to him. The solution: 1) replace the so-called fine nibs with XF, if they are available (usually only found in the calligraphy sets, and not a stock item, but - perhaps - a couple may be laying around) or 2) if XF nibs are not available, it will go to a nibmeister - on their dime, rather than mine.

 

While they do not compete head-to-head with the Snowflake folks, they are following their lead it seems, stressing style, rather than substance. And why not just make a fine nib .4mm, rather than .5?

 

I just bought a new Jeep Renegade (and waited four months for it), now made by Fiat. And, not surprisingly, the front and rear headrests are different sizes! No they're not, but I think I may start a new urban myth about Italian craftsmanship.

[PaganArcher]

First off, love the screen name if it is indeed the reference to an excellent literary series I think it is.

 

Secondly, and on topic, my only Visconti is a fine and fairly true to form. But I'm glad yours are being sorted out.

[PAKMAN]

All my Visconti Fines have been too wet to make a fine line. Mike Matsuyama has tuned each of them for me to produce the fine line I desire.

[welcmhm]

I have two, one is probably a medium on most brands, and the other is probably more of a wet medium. My medium is probably closer to a broad, but the difference between all three is subtle. However, my Pelikans are even more generous than the Viscontis. I think you just have to experiment to see what you like from different brands.

 

An excellent resource, though Visconti is not listed (I'd estimate them at a bit smaller than Pelikan), is available at nibs.com:

 

http://www.nibs.com/TippingSizespage.htm