Nib #2668

[smudgy]

Is it just my particular specimen, or is this a REALLY wet medium?

[Gerry]

Hi Vanessa.

 

The 2668 that I have isn't particularly wet - though it is 'medium'. I expect that it is your particular nib. What ink are you using?

 

Gerry

[Elaine]

Ditto what Gerry said.

[Brian Anderson]

I've had nibs runn the dry side of fine, and the wet side of fine, so I'm not surprised by a wet side of medium. Sometimes, Esterbrook nibs aren't terribly consistent and this type of thing can happen.

 

Are you using a more watery ink?

 

Best-

Brian

[smudgy]

Thank you for the replies. I first tried Ottoman Azure in it, and now Diamine Tropical Blue. The Diamine, of course, is much more watery, and made it seem all the more wet. Even with the Noodler's, though, I thought it was wetter than my other medium nib pens.

[KCat]

my 2668s are wet mediums, also, Vanessa.

[Blackhill]

It seems to me that 2668 was the most popular nib. Out of 21 nibs, I have 7 of them. I decided to have a closer look at them with the aid of a loupe.

 

All of mine are in good shape, but I saw distinct difference amongst them. A couple were slightly right oblique, some others looked almost like stub nibs, and a couple of them looked much finer than the rest.

 

I don't know why it took me so long for the penny to drop, but then I realized we are talking about used items that are approximately 50 to 65 years old.

 

They couldn't possibly write the same -- they all have been used in different environments and under varying circumstances. Some will have been altered to make them wet or dry writers (hey, we do it, probably others before us did, too). They all would have worn down differently, dependent upon how the person using them wrote. And some would have had heavy use, some light use, and some no use at all.

 

Just my two cents worth. :meow:

 

Cheers,

Laura