Should I Use Octavian M Nib? Can We Use M Nib From 1993 Mb For Note Taking And Workhorse? (Not Letters Or Scribbles)

[Hwan]

I have been an EF nib lover for my entire FP life.

 

I started collecting fountain pens since I was a teen.

 

I've always chosen EF nib if possible. F nib was my the only choice when if the pen was what I have been looking for and I couldn't afford an EF nib.

 

I bought Agatha, Hemingway, Proust all in F nib and they were still broader than my taste.

 

Otherwise, my solitaire MB legrands and other pelikans had to be EF.

 

But I was a teenager schooler at that time. My papers were all cheapy notes or A4 papers where a stroke of an EF nib would spread to a F nib.

Also my major subjects were mathematics, languages, physics which I had to write a lot of small characters in timid lines.

 

 

Now I'm going to turn thirty in several years and that writing habit hasn't been changed at all.

I have sold most of my FPs and only two pelikan M800 have been sitting on my desk over the years. Both are EF.

 

I decided to buy a costly limited FP after a long time and bought an Octavian M nib.

I kinda regret that I bought a M nib for Octavian.

 

 

My worry is if I should just keep this pen stored NOS or should I ink it.

I contacted my local montblanc boutique for nib replacement to F, but it would take almost a year with $400.

 

Does anyone have same experience like this? Starting from EF, and then moving to M with their writing environment unchanged (writing on notes and using FP for workhorse, not just letters and scribbles.)

[Paul80]

're changing the nib, it would be cheaper and quicker to have the current M nib reground to F or XF

[zaddick]

Tastes change. I started with M or F and now prefer my BB, O3B, and wider nibs. I'd say try it for a while. If you hate it, a professional can grind the tip to an EF or EEF without issue for about $50 and maybe a month wait time.

[Hwan]

Tastes change. I started with M or F and now prefer my BB, O3B, and wider nibs. I'd say try it for a while. If you hate it, a professional can grind the tip to an EF or EEF without issue for about $50 and maybe a month wait time.

 

 

Thank you for the reply.

Did your penmanship and usage of fountain pen (i.g. less use it for workhorse and writing) as your nib preference grow wider?

[Hwan]

're changing the nib, it would be cheaper and quicker to have the current M nib reground to F or XF

 

 

I think that grinding / polishing a nib degrades the beauty of the fountain pen... But I will also include that within my consideration, thanks!

[Boris-Ludwig]

Hwan,

 

Zaddick is giving you good advice in terms of the possibility of your tastes changing.

 

Although my use of a fountain pen is only over a year or so, making me a relative newbie, in that time I've come to enjoy using an M nib even for every day note taking and signing documents. It took some learning like any acquired taste but I wouldn't change it now and I still enjoy using my F nib pens too.

 

Good luck

[thygreyt]

Tastes change. I started with M or F and now prefer my BB, O3B, and wider nibs. I'd say try it for a while. If you hate it, a professional can grind the tip to an EF or EEF without issue for about $50 and maybe a month wait time.

I fully agree... I started on japanese fine nibs, now i use OBBs... and simply because i have not had the opportunity to use a OBBB... lol.

[zaddick]

 

 

Thank you for the reply.

Did your penmanship and usage of fountain pen (i.g. less use it for workhorse and writing) as your nib preference grow wider?

My penmanship is not great, and I plan to improve, but using an oblique or stub improves my legibility immediately. I write as much or more as I have since primary school so it's not like I am just signing documents. I do not do complex math or physics, however, so that may remain a reason for keeping narrower pens if you do.

 

Right now on my desk I have the following nib widths:

 

MB: F, OM, BB, OBB, OBBB, OBB

Sailor: naginata MF, and M with a stub grind

 

I also have several MB EF nibs from the 1960s as they have a mix flexibility. My point is they all have a place for me and I like choices to meet my immediate need.

[SpecTP]

I have been an EF nib lover for my entire FP life.

 

I started collecting fountain pens since I was a teen.

 

I've always chosen EF nib if possible. F nib was my the only choice when if the pen was what I have been looking for and I couldn't afford an EF nib.

 

I bought Agatha, Hemingway, Proust all in F nib and they were still broader than my taste.

 

Otherwise, my solitaire MB legrands and other pelikans had to be EF.

 

But I was a teenager schooler at that time. My papers were all cheapy notes or A4 papers where a stroke of an EF nib would spread to a F nib.

Also my major subjects were mathematics, languages, physics which I had to write a lot of small characters in timid lines.

 

 

Now I'm going to turn thirty in several years and that writing habit hasn't been changed at all.

I have sold most of my FPs and only two pelikan M800 have been sitting on my desk over the years. Both are EF.

 

I decided to buy a costly limited FP after a long time and bought an Octavian M nib.

I kinda regret that I bought a M nib for Octavian.

 

 

My worry is if I should just keep this pen stored NOS or should I ink it.

I contacted my local montblanc boutique for nib replacement to F, but it would take almost a year with $400.

 

Does anyone have same experience like this? Starting from EF, and then moving to M with their writing environment unchanged (writing on notes and using FP for workhorse, not just letters and scribbles.)

 

find a nibmeister and have it ground to your preference and writing style. you'll appreciate the pen more and have more satisfaction in using it

[LargeSofa]

Ink it or get rid of it. Otherwise what is the point... I use med, broad, fine, everyday. What size paper are using and what type of paper or notebook. I don't think I would ever buy an EF. Med will be great. I love my Octavian. Also check out the Pelikan Gaudi. M800 sized.

[Michael R.]

Use it!

 

Mine might be a medium as well but writes finer than most medium Montblanc nibs.

 

If it writes too broad for you have it reground.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

[Hwan]

Use it!

 

Mine might be a medium as well but writes finer than most medium Montblanc nibs.

 

If it writes too broad for you have it reground.

 

Cheers

 

Michael

 

 

Thank you for your advice.

I did hear that the two limited edition MIB that were produced in 1993;'octavian and agatha' have nibs that are finer than their marked nib size.

So I was assuming that Octavian M might be finer than other MB M nibs. But not as fine as other MB F nibs, right?

[Hwan]

Ink it or get rid of it. Otherwise what is the point... I use med, broad, fine, everyday. What size paper are using and what type of paper or notebook. I don't think I would ever buy an EF. Med will be great. I love my Octavian. Also check out the Pelikan Gaudi. M800 sized.

 

 

Thank you for helping me make my decision

[jchch1950]

If want to use a pen on a daily basis it shall be one that you like .It is always possible that a writing mode will change but that is not always the case.