Are there pens modern pens out there that the nibs are like vintage?

[Bryant]

I was curious if anyone knows of any modern pens that have the same flexi style of nib that a lot vintage pens have. Also, the vintage pens that have flex, does this come from decades of use, or where they like this out of the box?

I just have never seen or used a modern pen that has the same feel as a vintage one. I know you can get the nib modified, which I plan on doing here in the next few weeks. But do any pen makers do this out of the box, or am I one of the few that like Flex?

 

-Bry

[Rapt]

:roflmho:

 

Based on how fast flex nib pens sell on here, and elsewhere and the fact that many nib tuners offer added flex as an option I'd say you aren't alone.

 

From what I've seen doing research the closest "modern" pen to have flex is the Pilot Custom pens with the FA nib, but from what I've read its not that vintage feel. The closest way to get modern pens to behave that way is with a custom nib from Richard Binder or others.

 

Vintage pens with flex would have been flexy then too. Its not the result of use/age.

[ANM]

I was curious if anyone knows of any modern pens that have the same flexi style of nib that a lot vintage pens have. Also, the vintage pens that have flex, does this come from decades of use, or where they like this out of the box?

I just have never seen or used a modern pen that has the same feel as a vintage one. I know you can get the nib modified, which I plan on doing here in the next few weeks. But do any pen makers do this out of the box, or am I one of the few that like Flex?

 

-Bry

 

 

 

I have never found a modern flex that measures up to vintage flex and I have never met a vintage flex that can hold a candle to some of the older flex dip pens. I believe flex pens come from the way they are tempered and cut, not from long usage. In fact I think if a nib changed over time, it would be due to metal fatigue and that would not be a good thing for the nib... or the owner of the pen.

 

[georges zaslavsky]

Omas, Montegrappa, Sailor, Namiki and Pelikan pens have a very good amount of springiness and/or flex in my opinion. Nowadays many pen brands manufacture rigid and very void of character nibs. You have to testwrite as many penbrands as possible to get a precise idea of what is a modern flexible pen or not.

[Splicer]

Take a look at this thread and in particular the scan on this post. The Custom 742 is the best I've used, but even it is nowhere near what the dip pens do.

[Titivillus]

I was curious if anyone knows of any modern pens that have the same flexi style of nib that a lot vintage pens have. Also, the vintage pens that have flex, does this come from decades of use, or where they like this out of the box?

I just have never seen or used a modern pen that has the same feel as a vintage one. I know you can get the nib modified, which I plan on doing here in the next few weeks. But do any pen makers do this out of the box, or am I one of the few that like Flex?

 

-Bry

 

 

Short answer is no :ltcapd: as there does not seem to be a modern pen company interested in producing flexible nibs. There was an apocryphal story that the OMAS flexy pen that was made for Levenger had an large return rate because people couldn't write with it and sprung the nib.

 

So you might find some modern soft nibs but not true flexible nibs. I just got an Aiken from Rick Krantz that no modern nib I have written with holds a candle to.

 

Kurt

 

 

 

 

[Jeff Muscato]

Richard Binder offers flexible Pelikan nibs:

Flexible Pelikan Nibs

 

He also offers M200 barrels if you want to build a new pen.

[QM2]

Omas, Montegrappa, Sailor, Namiki and Pelikan pens have a very good amount of springiness and/or flex in my opinion.

 

You think that Sailor has flex?.. Gosh, which Sailor have you been using? I would not describe my Sapporo & 1911s as in the least bit flexible.

 

Nakaya and Danitrio flexi-nibs have quite a bit of flex, but compared to vintage nibs they are "semi-flex", from what I know about these things.

 

QM2

 

 

 

 

Edited March 30, 2008 by QM2

[sumgaikid]

My Aurora Sole(bellissima!)has what I would consider semi-flex,but I'm not sure if the previous owner had the nib fixed by Richard or not.

 

John

[georges zaslavsky]

You think that Sailor has flex?.. Gosh, which Sailor have you been using? I

QM2

I testwrote a King of Pen which was fitted with a Naginata Togi nib which was the best japanese nib I ever wrote with. Its nib was and is way superior to Namiki's Emperor nib.

Edited March 30, 2008 by georges zaslavsky