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My handwriting looks better when I use a cursive italic nib. I have ground my three main users to something between CI and stub. I'll have to get one professionally done just to see how mine compare.

 

Dan

 

Yep, I should get a nib reground professionally and see how it works compared to my own efforts as well. Just haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

Must admit -- I love the experience of putting the exact tip I want onto a pen that doesn't write as well as I would like. Makes it worth the risk of the pen and the effort involved in learning to grind my own pens.

 

Enjoy,

Yours,
Randal

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Yes, nibs make a difference. But I find the amount of coffee intake makes more of a difference. Before the first cup, the letters make no sense, they just run together haphazardly. After the 1st cup, order and discipline kick in. But after about the 3rd cup, randomity and nerves overwhelm the line and I have to rest awhile to recover.

 

But maybe with a cursive Italic nib it will be different. Let me check... (reaches for coffee cup).

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

 

~ Bernard Shaw.

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Yes, I believe so. My writing looks much better with stub nibs. I'm a very firm stub convert these days.....

The same with me. Those vintage German nibs from the 1950s/1960s are best for me.

 

Actually, a stub requires one to be a bit more careful of nib placement and writing direction than a standard nib, NOT the other way around....

 

And this is exactly why it improves my handwriting considerably. A round nib allows fast writing and the faster it gets the more illegible it is. Being forced to write more carefully makes my handwriting legible.

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