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Nemosine #5 1.1 stub $15: https://www.birminghampens.com/collections/nibs/products/nemosine-german-nib-5-1-1mm-stub

 

Or buy this cheap pen, and throw away the pen: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gothic-parallel-art-flower-body-Flat-Tip-Duckbill-Tibetan-Arabic-Fountain-Pens/263653870474?hash=item3d62fecb8a:m:mICdGHZbF_63DiS3BYKP6bQ

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Dang, I paid $2.39 for those pens and they are GREAT so for less than $2, you are right they are worth it for just the nib.

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Nemosine makes a #5 stub that writes amazingly, I've never gotten a nemosine nib that didn't write PERFECTLY out of the box. And I have probably twenty nemosine nibs, they're my go-to steel #6 nib because I love the butterfly engraving and sizes ranging from an amazing extra fine to odd stuff like 0.6 and 0.8 stubs. In his #5 size, it's only EF, F, M, and an untipped 1.1.

 

I got one of the stubs recently and it was perfect.

Those little $2 bamboo pens are surprisingly good, too. They can be a tad dry but are easy to fix, and I've yet to get one that wasn't smooth (I have about 15 of those nibs.)

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The untipped 1.1 was the stub you referred to "getting recently"? Was it smooth w/no tipping and ok for everyday use?

 

Nemosine makes a #5 stub that writes amazingly, I've never gotten a nemosine nib that didn't write PERFECTLY out of the box. And I have probably twenty nemosine nibs, they're my go-to steel #6 nib because I love the butterfly engraving and sizes ranging from an amazing extra fine to odd stuff like 0.6 and 0.8 stubs. In his #5 size, it's only EF, F, M, and an untipped 1.1.

 

I got one of the stubs recently and it was perfect.

Those little $2 bamboo pens are surprisingly good, too. They can be a tad dry but are easy to fix, and I've yet to get one that wasn't smooth (I have about 15 of those nibs.)

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The untipped 1.1 was the stub you referred to "getting recently"? Was it smooth w/no tipping and ok for everyday use?

 

 

Yuuuuup. Really good writer. I've never had a nemosine nib that wasn't perfectly tuned right out of the box. They tend to be tuned towards writing a little dry, but never skip, and they're easy to make wetter.

 

Untipped steel wears so slowly that it's fine. I don't think it's great if you have small or cramped writing, that's where I think the #6 0.6 stub that nemosine makes is king. But if you are used to stubs (or willing to learn to accomodate them, they work better with wider handwriting or printing) then it's a great stub.

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Yuuuuup. Really good writer. I've never had a nemosine nib that wasn't perfectly tuned right out of the box. They tend to be tuned towards writing a little dry, but never skip, and they're easy to make wetter.

 

Untipped steel wears so slowly that it's fine. I don't think it's great if you have small or cramped writing, that's where I think the #6 0.6 stub that nemosine makes is king. But if you are used to stubs (or willing to learn to accomodate them, they work better with wider handwriting or printing) then it's a great stub.

Mine showed up last week. I agree with what you said, but I'll add that these are the softest steel nibs I've seen. When aligning the tines there is almost no spring back. If anybody tries to flex write with one of these they will spring it easily.

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Mine showed up last week. I agree with what you said, but I'll add that these are the softest steel nibs I've seen. When aligning the tines there is almost no spring back. If anybody tries to flex write with one of these they will spring it easily.

 

Opposite of that. They aren't soft, they're nails. They aren't meant to be flexed whatsoever. All of my nemosine nibs are rock hard.

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The untipped 1.1 was the stub you referred to "getting recently"? Was it smooth w/no tipping and ok for everyday use?

 

 

 

Steel stubs normally don't have tipping and it's normally not an issue.

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I'm using the one from the $2.39 ebay pen and it is fab.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Opposite of that. They aren't soft, they're nails. They aren't meant to be flexed whatsoever. All of my nemosine nibs are rock hard.

Oops. I thought you were talking about the $2 Chinese pens with a stub nib. Yes the Nimosines are nails. Also I didn't mean they were soft to write with, just that if you pushed hard enough to flex, it would spring it.

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Do they call it the "cursive calligraphy"?

I am having a hard time finding a nib as you describe on their site...

Thanks for your advice and assistance!

 

I just got a franklin-christoph.com 1.1 #5 stub. I like it and it is pretty smooth.

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Do they call it the "cursive calligraphy"?

I am having a hard time finding a nib as you describe on their site...

Thanks for your advice and assistance!

 

Yes exactly! Those are all stubs.

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