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Shangas

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Hey guys,

 

In my ongoing quest to find the perfect Duofold (Duofold fund has now reached $300AUD in cash), I have a question or two to ask about nibs. I read through R. Binder's site, but that didn't really give me the answers I was looking for.

 

The pens that I write with must invariably have a fine or at least a medium nib. Even though my writing is quite large, if the nib is too broad, the ink feathers and all the words and letters run together and my semi-legible scribble becomes...bletch! A huge black messy globble of ink.

 

So anyway, now that you know why I go after fine nibs, I have a question about flexible nibs. You see, while browsing eBay, I noticed pens being advertised with "...semi-flexible medium-fine nibs...", and my question is - How flexible is "semi-flexible"? What exactly ARE the grades or levels of a nib's flexibility?

 

I ask because if it's not much, I may consider buying a pen with such a nib, but my problem stems from the fact that I am HOPELESS writing with flex-nibs. Try as I might, I simply CANNOT do it. If the nib has a small level of flexibility, I'll be able to handle it, but if it's anything higher than that, I'd be completely hopeless...*cough*wetnoodlez*cough-cough*

 

I hope someone/two/three/four...can answer my question about flex-nibs. If you guys could provide writing-samples of the different levels of flexibility, that would be awesome, because it'll give me something to see so that I can make up my mind.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Shangas.

 

 

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I find that different people have different ratings of nib flex. So I don't know what to believe anymore...

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I can't really provide any writing samples but this website, which is linked from FPN'er antoniosz' signature has a nice article about it:

 

http://azfp.blogspot.com/search?updated-mi...p;max-results=1

 

You'll find antoniosz' video on a "wet noodle" nib there too.

 

Also, Richard Binder's website richardspens.com has an nice "Flex vs. Italic" article on flex nibs under Reference Info.

 

Hope these help.

 

 

I hope someone/two/three/four...can answer my question about flex-nibs. If you guys could provide writing-samples of the different levels of flexibility, that would be awesome, because it'll give me something to see so that I can make up my mind.
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