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Am I The Only One Who Really Dislikes Laser Etched Nibs?

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OK, not all of them, but most combine a look that I don't find attractive with a coarse texture in the image area that not only lacks aesthetic charm, but may hold ink or even corrode in some cases.

 

I do strongly prefer old school stamped nib designs though...

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So many restoration projects...

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Now that you've mentioned it... yeah, don't really care for it. I'd prefer a totally clear, clean, and polished nib to that.

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Does anyone actually prefer them would be more to the point... :P

Yes. The manufacturers.

 

(I don't like them; they look cheap.)

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There is just that something in a stamped or engraved nib. I think it could be a remnant of when they were done by hand. At any rate, the material is worked with, not laser zapped. Seems to take the personality and character out of it and instead of the writer giving the nib it's character the logo steals the show. Just speculating.

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I loathe them! I have a huge Wahl decoband in wild celluloid with silver trim -- big honking no. 8 nib included. It has a huge laser engraved area right in the middle. Until you clean the pen, the nib is the color of the last ink you dipped it into. What genius thought THAT would be a good idea?

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Laser engraving lacks soul, like a laser printed letter vs handwritten.

 

 

I loathe them! I have a huge Wahl decoband in wild celluloid with silver trim -- big honking no. 8 nib included. It has a huge laser engraved area right in the middle. Until you clean the pen, the nib is the color of the last ink you dipped it into. What genius thought THAT would be a good idea?

Would save me needing to label the pen with what ink I filled it with, I guess. :)

 

But I also gotta label it with 'when' so that won't help.

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Yes. The manufacturers.

 

Of course they like them...

 

Instead of making up a metal stamping die for each client company, they can use a single press run to make the nibs for all, and just use a software controlled laser head to imprint the client name.

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In...now a days seldom; I buy old used pens I don't have to worry about that. Wouldn't buy any....never been impressed with any laser work I've seen over the years; all cheap looking to the once skilled workers no one can afford to pay anymore.

Cheaper than paying a fortune for a tool maker.........more bonus money.........look how much money went into the bonus when that overpaid tool maker was fired.

 

 

I got spoiled as a kid back in the '50's when I saw an Ithaca 37 with 'basic' hand engraving, and later was much disappointing Remington Wing master Deluxe just ain't, engraved in laser. Way back in the when it too was hand engraved.

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I agree that laser etched nibs aren't very attractive because most of them aren't cut to a depth that makes the design stand out. Though to be honest, with the few pens that have such nibs, I would rather not have the design/brand on the nib! On the other hand, I have a custom wax seal that was laser engraved, and because the laser cut to a deeper depth than less quality laser etched seals, the impressions it creates are crisp and defined as one would expect from a traditional wax seal. It's really a matter of time taken and depth of cut, over process....

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