Big Nibs—Please Educate Me

[vondauster]

The weird thing is how the Bexley Jitterbug looks, as the nib is interchangeable with the pearlesse (I have one of those as a replacement for a leaky piston Scheherazade that I still sorely miss). Especially unposted, the nib is like 1/4 the length of the pen (or seems like).

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/6980679780_1bf759cd2d_n.jpg

 

I take it this combination still caps without issue? Cool.

 

Oh, and slightly unrelated, there is a new Bexley "City" line on Richard Binder's site. These look interesting!

 

Will

[radellaf]

Yep, the expensive pen's nib is gold, but not any bigger than the steel nib the Jitterbug comes with. So, no problem with the cap over the nib. I just worry about posting the cap, with no cap band for strain relief.

 

The Pilot 823 smoke is the most elegant looking large nib IMHO, as might be inferred from my avatar.

[rbadger332]

raging.dragon said:

 

"I like big nibs. In large part because I like big pens, and I find big pens look best with a big nib."

 

And conversely, I have a Bexley Pearlese bought from Richard Binder (actually "Barbara's Attic") which is a little bit over 5" in length, but has a superb two-tone #8 steel nib that writes as well as any of my pens, and that is saying something. But the big nib is a little surprising when you first open the pen. Handles great, though.

 

Oh, and the Visconti Homo Sapiens, original bronze, also has a ginormous 23k palladium nib. Also a great writer.

 

Will

I've got a Steel Age Midi, and I still consider the nib huge. But the Palladium nib is just.....

[Tokugawa]

Has anyone got a picture with all these big nibs in it - just to see how they compare with each other? Preferably with a ruler included so one can get a sense of size as well. Thanks in advance.

[humsin]

raging.dragon said:

 

"I like big nibs. In large part because I like big pens, and I find big pens look best with a big nib."

 

And conversely, I have a Bexley Pearlese bought from Richard Binder (actually "Barbara's Attic") which is a little bit over 5" in length, but has a superb two-tone #8 steel nib that writes as well as any of my pens, and that is saying something. But the big nib is a little surprising when you first open the pen. Handles great, though.

 

Oh, and the Visconti Homo Sapiens, original bronze, also has a ginormous 23k palladium nib. Also a great writer.

 

Will

 

 

I have a Homo Sapiens bronze and the nib is not ginormous...it is big, but is actually a lot smaller than the nibs on the M1000 and the 149

[Precise]

I too find big pens, and big nibs attractive. But........

 

My Pilot Vanishing Point Medium and my Pilot Custom 823 Medium are two of my best-writing pens. They are smooth, consistent, never miss, and feel good to write with. Obviously the VP has a tiny nib. So much as I'm attracted to big nibs, I have to admit that a very small nib can write just as well.

 

Cheers,

Alan

[sidthecat]

Is this a manhood thing? Bigger is better?

 

I just got an elegant little Wahl ringtop with a tiny #0 nib. An absolute needle, but slightly tweaked...I sent it to Mr. Minuskin for adjustment.

[Inky.Fingers]

If you are looking for big nibs ..

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/293279-dont-just-tell-us-about-the-pen-youre-using-show-us-2015-ii/page-43

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/293279-dont-just-tell-us-about-the-pen-youre-using-show-us-2015-ii/page-40

[robert1962]

Waterman Hundred Years, regular versions have the #17 nib, the Oversize has the #18

 

biggest size ever:

Waterman 20

Parker Black/Red Giant

Neither of those Hundred year nibs are as large as a Watermans number 8, let alone the number 10 that the #20 pen uses.

 

I have never seen a side by side comparison, but I think the fairly obscure American number 12 that I have in my Moore Jumbo Safety is right up there with the Parker 12 and the Watermans 10.

 

The Montegrappa Giant was even bigger than those.

 

I picked up one of these some time back, thinking it was just a junk novelty. Turns out it is a pretty well made pen with an iridium tipped alloy nib. What's funny is that when you open it up, there is a 1 1/2" long cartridge that sits in a screw in holder, with about 4 inches of dead space left in the barrel. This is the largest nib (and pen) I have, but the Moore gets the nod with the biggest chunk of 14k.

 

Neither of these pens is in any way practical, unless your some kind of knuckle dragger.

[Keyless Works]

The biggest nibs I have used are the Romillo #9 and the Namiki #50. I don't own the Namiki but I can say with certainty that the Romillo #9 is too big for me.

 

http://unroyalwarrant.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/dsc_0412.jpg(Left to right: Aurora Afrika, Nakaya Naka-ai , Romillo Essential No. 9, Montblanc 149), Soennecken 1 Extra)

[eloquentogre]

I like big nibs, I cannot lie..,.

An array of Danitrio #8 nibs (Bock 380's I believe) - image originally posted by Jopen over in the Danitrio image gallery thread.

Edited October 25, 2015 by eloquentogre