Do You Usually Use A Broad Nib?

[lapis]

I use only Bs. Exceptions: when an M fulfills he bill too. Or, when a BB is unnoticeably wider. Depends, of course on the pen, and, on the craftmanship (i.e. individuality) of the company in question.

 

Mike

[ravantra]

Join the "B"Cause …

[nm4]

In my experience a perfectly tuned B-nib is hard to beat. that said if they're a little too wet they can be a real nuisance. I had an M200 B-nib that just gushed on the page...even my rather large writing looked messy. On the other hand I have a few Jinhaos with B-nibs and a Pelikan OB that are just fantastic.

 

Personally I like having a variety of nibs. There are times when I can appreciate a delicate fine line such as a Pilot F-nib...and other times where a nice broad line hits the spot.

 

NM

[georges zaslavsky]

used f and ef nibs most of the time. I use ef nibs for faster writing and consuming less ink. I also have a couple of stubs, obliques and broad nibs but most of my collection is composed of ef, f and m nibs.

Edited April 12, 2011 by georges zaslavsky

[mirko]

In general F is too narrow for my handwriting, while Broad is too space-consuming on the page. But , ohhh, the feel of a (wide) medium nib on decent paper :clap1:

The most perfect nibs I have at the moment are the Medium on my Pilot 823, the Medium on my Parker 51 mk III.

 

But a special mention to my Medium Fine Naginata Togi Emperor on my Sailor 1911 (which is a MF on the downstroke, and wide medium on the sidestroke. If the paper is not too absorbing, that is perfection, not too much horizontal space in writing, and an insanely great smoothness!

[Bronze]

- I use italics and stubs almost exclusively. Occasionally I'll use a regular broad or medium roundpoint. I never use F or EF nibs.

[JonB55198]

I use B nibs for "thank you cards" and hand written notes or when I want to enjoy the color of an ink and seeing a wet line get put down on my clairefontaine notebook. I use EF when I am taking notes for class so that I can write equations and draw graphs easily. I really don't like using M much because it seems to be a "jack of all trades and a master of none". but that's just my $0.02

 

-Jonathan

[Wickwack]

My pen case has room for both a Bold (Aurora 88), a flexible EF (Namiki Falcon), and a pair of reading glasses. Unless I'm signing something (the EF is filled with MB iron gall), it's pretty much a toss up which one I'll grab.

 

The last few days, though, I've been writing at home using a dip pen (Blackwell oblique holder, Leonardt Principal nib) which flexes from a hair fine XXF to BBB: the best of both worlds. Too bad, it's a little sloppy to carry inked in my pocket.

 

A sample of that writing........with the dip pen.........would be wonderful to see - please?

 

Check out the Learning Copperplate forum - spectacular examples of dipped pen writing!

[Jimmy James]

I'm a M to B guy. A lot of the time, a broad nib just isn't readily available (like for the first four of my five TWSBIs, Snorkels -- have you ever tried to find a broad?, or my collection of Parker Frontiers). Medium is the narrowest I prefer for general use though I do have some XFs, Fs, and F-Ms that get occasional use for reasons involving liking the pen or the nib on it, special uses, or sentimental reasons.

 

My favorite nib by a pretty far margin is the stubby B on my Lamy 2000. I get the idea it's not a full on stub, but I like the part-stub thing from how it works! In fact, I'm a pretty big fan of the stubby nibs on every Lamy piston filler I own (two ratios and one 99 in addition to the 2000, but those are all mediums). I also like my broad nibbed Vanishing Point and broad nibs on my Pelikans. The one TWSBI broad I have seems more like a M-B to me.

[JefferyS]

I'll have to pop for a Bexley with a B nib. They are pretty pens for a bargain price, and Binder will make sure that the nib isn't bad before it ships. The Bexley Elegancia is much prettier than the Aurora Ipsilon for about the same price.

[monochromejournal]

Just received a Cross Verve with B nib and I'm extremely pleased. I've primarily been a F-M nib user and decided to get a B to diversify my options. The 18C Namiki nib on the Verve is stunning, extremely wet and smooth with modest line variation given the size and shape of the tipping materials.

 

I also have a stub on it's way from Bryant and I suspect although I'll always have need for a finer nibs, the broad and stub may become my regular go to pens.

[Bisquitlips]

Fines were all I used at one time just a few years ago. That was until I tried my first oblique and italic.

 

Afterward I took several of my nicer pen$ to a meister and had them ground to perfection. Such a joy to write with!

 

Not to mention my handwriting needed all the help it could get! An OM works nicely for that purpose.

[JefferyS]

Fines were all I used at one time just a few years ago. That was until I tried my first oblique and italic.

 

Afterward I took several of my nicer pen$ to a meister and had them ground to perfection. Such a joy to write with!

 

Not to mention my handwriting needed all the help it could get! An OM works nicely for that purpose.

Ground from a fine to something finer than a fine, or just polished to a very smooth fine?

[JonB55198]

In my pen case, I usually carry an EF, F, M, B and usually a stub that is 1.1. Usually there will be a Noodler's flex pen in there too. I try to keep one nib for almost every purpose with me and ready to go.

 

That being said, I like writing with a B nib some of the time if I am writing note cards or testing ink. It really lets you see the shading in the ink. If I am taking notes at a lecture of some sort, I usually like EF so that I can mark up the powerpoint handouts and write my own notes on the tiny slides. M nib, is probably my least favorite because it does nothing well.

[Dimitrios_P]

I was always using a M for the College.

 

When I started to take notes or writing small stories by watching people I was not able to write fast so I tried a F and all the world changed for me. I loved the precision and the all feeling of writing fast with an instrument that its hard to do.

 

I do own a B nib pen but I use it only for greeting cards and short letters.

 

I am not able to use it everyday.