Finer Nibs Vs. Broader Nibs: What Do You Prefer?

[BaronWulfraed]

In true Canadian fashion, I'm planted firmly in the middle: Medium nibs for me!

 

European medium or Japanese medium?

[Tonhao5]

I have more medium pens than fine and extra fine pens, but it definitely depends on what I'm writing and for what purpose. For note taking or writing official documents a finer pen is useful, but for leisurely writing medium and broad pens are much more fun to write with. Also, Asian alphabets like Chinese and Korean benefit from a fine nib, whereas English cursive is easier with a medium. As others have said not all mediums are the same - maybe you could try a Japanese medium and see if that works for note taking too?

Edited July 26, 2019 by Tonhao5

[tinta]

For all my working life it was either a Bic Fine or a Pelikan 400 NN OBB.

When I became interested in fountain pens again, I wanted to recapture my old fondness for the OBB, but by this time my hand control & writing style had changed.

 

Then I discovered the stubbish nib in sizes from factory MS & 1.1 mm. down to reground BB, B & M nibs (stubs & a few CIs), that have kept getting narrower & finer. The size of my writing has kept pace with the "downsizing" of my nibs, also getting more compact.

 

In general, I prefer an edged nib to a ball-tip nib. Nowadays 0.4 mm. to 0.6 mm. wide stubs serve me the best for daily writing chores. I keep a couple of wider italics (1.1mm) a stub & a CI, for writing or printing greeting cards, labels & such.

Edited July 27, 2019 by tinta