Need Opinion On This Nib Please

[csgebhart]

I purchased several Nemosine Singularity pens on close out to get a variety of nib sizes. The medium nib looks odd to me, although it seems to write ok. The tip looks bent upwards to me. Has anyone seen a nib that looks like this? Is this normal? Usually, the little round part at the tip is below the rest of the nib, isnt it?

 

Edited September 19, 2019 by csgebhart

[Bo Bo Olson]

Some folks still write with a fountain pen held vertical like a ball point.

 

Back in the Day....'50's the Germans had that Kugel/ball on the top of their nib to go with a bit fatter point, so one could write like a pencil....those new fangled ball points were just coming in.

 

I've two semi-flex Kugel nibbed pens from that era...both KM....there are KF and I think KEF....not read about a KB...but the bottom was flat, which yours looks like.

The K nibs do write a bit fatter than the regular stub nibs of the era, especially on the sideway's types of lines.like an L stroke or such.

 

Does yours have any flex to it?.............If so it could be a copy of in style of those vintage German nibs.

There should be a small coating of Iridium on the flat bottom to = the old Kugel nibs.

That allowed the writer to write on the flat part like a stubbed fountain pen, or write with it held more vertical for them who 'like a pencil'.

[A Smug Dill]

The tip looks bent upwards to me.

The metal plate that is the body of the nib in the photo looks flat and straight to me. The nib simply has a bigger volume of tipping material above the plane than below, which shouldn't be a problem in terms of how it performs as a writing instrument.

 

Usually, the little round part at the tip is below the rest of the nib, isnt it?

Usually there is tipping material both above and below the plane.

[csgebhart]

Some folks still write with a fountain pen held vertical like a ball point.

 

Does yours have any flex to it?.............If so it could be a copy of in style of those vintage German nibs.

There should be a small coating of Iridium on the flat bottom to = the old Kugel nibs.

That allowed the writer to write on the flat part like a stubbed fountain pen, or write with it held more vertical for them who 'like a pencil'.

No, no flex to speak of. Thanks for the reply.

[csgebhart]

The metal plate that is the body of the nib in the photo looks flat and straight to me. The nib simply has a bigger volume of tipping material above the plane than below, which shouldn't be a problem in terms of how it performs as a writing instrument.Usually there is tipping material both above and below the plane.

I was debating whether to keep the pen or not; I’m returning two of the others in this shipment because the nibs are very scratchy. But I think I will keep this one. Thanks.

[BDarchitect]

I have a Pilot Custom 912 with a Waverly nib that is intentionally turned up at the tip. This is supposed to put more of the tipping surface on the page when holding the pen in a more vertical orientation or, for lefty underwriters like me, when pushing the pen into the page on upstrokes. I find it very smooth and satisfying to use. Mine has a similar appearance to yours, not exactly the same, but my nib is definitely turned up slightly at the tip.

[A Smug Dill]

The plate on a Fude nib is visibly bent at the tip, before it disappears into the ball of tipping material. I see no bend in csgebhart's nib in the photo.

 

The plate on a Delike bent nib is more or less straight right to the end, but the tipping material is welded onto it such that there is no tipping material below the plane of the plate.

Edited September 19, 2019 by A Smug Dill

[jekostas]

I purchased several Nemosine Singularity pens on close out to get a variety of nib sizes. The medium nib looks odd to me, although it seems to write ok. The tip looks bent upwards to me. Has anyone seen a nib that looks like this? Is this normal? Usually, the little round part at the tip is below the rest of the nib, isnt it?

 

 

If the nib writes fine it's of little consequence.

[csgebhart]

If the nib writes fine it's of little consequence.

I was worried at first that something might happen to it if there was something wrong with it, but that’s what I finally decided. Thanks.