Lamy 1.1Mm Nib

[penguinmaster]

I want to get a few nibs reground and really enjoy the lamy 1.1mm nibs. I'm curious if you'd call them more stubs than cursive italics. I've had a few CI nibs but none were as smooth as the lamy ones. I'm not sure that's just because of a manufacturing process or if it's something else.

 

Thanks!

 

Tom

[dfranks04]

Someone can feel free to correct me but I would classify the Lamy italic nibs as cursive italics. I have all three and they make horizontal lines that are very crisps and comparatively thinner than what you will often see on stub. John M from nibs.com has a few video explanations here --> http://www.nibs.com/Fountain-Pen-Nib-Customizations.htm

 

Hope that helps. 8^)

Happy Writing!

[Regulateur]

Someone can feel free to correct me but I would classify the Lamy italic nibs as cursive italics. I have all three and they make horizontal lines that are very crisps and comparatively thinner than what you will often see on stub. John M from nibs.com has a few video explanations here --> http://www.nibs.com/Fountain-Pen-Nib-Customizations.htm

 

Hope that helps. 8^)

Happy Writing!

 

 

Agreed, Lamy 1.1mm writes like a cursive italic. I have a few stubs. They don't produce such a big variation between horizontal and vertical lines as the Lamy.

[jacksterp]

Whatever you prefer to call them, I do absolutely love the Lamy 1.1 nib. In fact, I am thinking of replacing all my Lamy nibs with it.

[dickydotcom]

I found mine slightly wanting in the crispness department.

Because the nibs are so cheap I took a chance on sharpening it up a bit using micro-mesh, starting with 1500 and going through several stages ending with 12000 grade.

It is now quite crisp and still smooth.

 

Dick D

[notbob]

I found mine slightly wanting in the crispness department.

Because the nibs are so cheap I took a chance on sharpening it up a bit using micro-mesh, starting with 1500 and going through several stages ending with 12000 grade.

It is now quite crisp and still smooth.

 

I find my Lamy 1.1 wanting in every dept. Worst nib in my small collection. Actually snags paper fibers to the point where I gotta stop and clean fibers out from between the tines. Also skips and stalls. Otherwise, a seemingly well made pen. I need to do as you have and get some micro mesh and try and smooth it out. I received a 1.5 nib to try. I hope it works better.

[Misfit]

I have the Lamy 1.5mm italic nib on my 2012 LE Safari in apple green (from gouletpens.com). I got it because I love my Visconti Homo Sapiens stub nib (1.3mm) It performs very well as far as I can tell. The variation in line is cool, and makes me not like any regular nibs. I do find writing very small is not what a 1.5mm nib is for. I want the 1.1mm nib for an AL-Star that came in a regular nib. There is a pen store in my area where I plan on buying that nib.

[tinta]

We have one in the house that is easily handled by my left handed partner. I find it on the stubbish side of the italics (just a slight bit of line-width-variation).

[notbob]

I find my Lamy 1.1 wanting in every dept.

 

I received a 1.5 nib to try. I hope it works better.

 

I flushed/cleaned my Safari, replacing the 1.1 with a 1.5 nib. Even worse. The tines are at least 1/32" misaligned. I hadda remove 1.5 nib, twist tines to get straight, install nib again. Better, but not even. Finally got tines aligned while on pen. This is not good pizza, folks. Looks like I'm gonna hafta dig out my needle-nose plier collection and get down and dirty.

 

Close up views, with 7X and 12X loupes, of both nib tips reveals a rather pedestrian nib grinding job. Certainly no better than my 78Gs, which cost half as much. This is unfortunate, as the Safari otherwise seems like a solid well made pen. Even more bizarre, after removing the latest batch of paper fibers from betwixt the 1.1 nib's tines, I can see no discernable reason for the nib to tear/scrape paper. The tines are aligned, have perfect spacing, and appear smooth. What else might it be?

[wastelanded]

Watching closely. My 1.1 is very scratchy, even though tines are aligned. I wish it was as smooth as the stubbish B on my Pilot 78G, which is delightful for an $8 pen.

[rakka]

We have one in the house that is easily handled by my left handed partner. I find it on the stubbish side of the italics (just a slight bit of line-width-variation).

 

That's interesting, I got a Lamy Safari with a 1.1mm italic a couple weeks ago, I'm left handed and I'm finding that I really don't like it very much. I've never used an italic nib before (I'm biased towards flex nibs) so I maybe haven't gotten the hang of it yet. Is your partner an under or over handed writer? I write under handed, the tip of my nib is almost exactly parallel to the page lines, and the line variation is minimal and a bit muddy looking when I write in cursive. Am I using it wrong? Should I slant it? It looks better overhanded, but then I get smearing and my handwriting isn't very good overhanded.

 

I like the feel of the nib, and I love the pen itself, but I'd hate for it to go to waste because I'm not utilizing it the way I want.

[tinta]

"RAKKA", bit off topic but...

My wife has a special way of writing with the left hand. She is neither an over or an under writer, but holds her pen the way most right handers do .

Her paper is oriented at 90 degrees to the way she is facing & she writes in the downward direction.

She says that this way she does not swipe over what she has already written.

It's quite amazing to watch her use a fountain pen.

[SJH]

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Whatever you prefer to call them, I do absolutely love the Lamy 1.1 nib. In fact, I am thinking of replacing all my Lamy nibs with it.

 

 

Agree 100%.I have four LAMY Vistas, and after trying all available nib sizes, (and colours), they all have 1.1mm nibs.They were all the smoothest of the lot tried, and because I'm a bit of a smoothness fanatic, I sent them all around the world for even further, professional smoothing.

Best regards,Steve.

[iamchum]

I just recently got a lamy safari italic and it's fine, but I do prefer a more "stubbish" look, rather than the hard crispness that you get. I might grind it down a bit.

[Misfit]

I finally got a Lamy 1.1 italic nib. With limited use, I think I prefer the 1.5mm. I'll give it some more time and see what I think. I'm using a different brand of ink with the 1.1mm than I used with the 1.5mm.

 

When I first tried a Visconti with a stub nib, it took a bit to get the hang of writing with it. Could that be a characteristic of stub/italic/cursive italic nibs?

[notbob]

Watching closely. My 1.1 is very scratchy, even though tines are aligned. I wish it was as smooth as the stubbish B on my Pilot 78G, which is delightful for an $8 pen.

 

Agree. I jes bought a Lamy Al-Joy Ruby and bought ANOTHER 1.1 mm nib for it. This 2nd 1.1 nib does not collect paper fibers like the 1st one, but it's still somewhat scratchy, unlike my very smooth Lamy 1.5 mm nib. And yes, I love my 78G Bs. I love my new 78G BB even more.

 

I really do like Lamy pens. They are quite robust and very well made. I guess I'll jes hafta learn how to put the smooth on a scratchy nib. Any advice for a rank beginner nib smoother would be greatly appreciated.

[iliadodyssey]

I have had my safari for just about a year now. It has taken me this long to realize one thing about it. Sometimes, the nib seems VERY smooth and other times it seems to be really scratchy (1.1mm and Broad). A week or so ago, I realized that it would change when I swapped the nib, so I tried being very careful to make sure the nib is flat across the feed. Now, each time I swap nibs, it seems to be just right. Before grinding and fiddling on the nib, take it off and make sure you have it FLAT on top of the feed as you re-install it. Worst case, you can still go and smooth the nib with micromesh if you need to.

[Silvermink]

I'd call my 1.1 (which is quite smooth) a stub.

[murfie]

I find my Lamy 1.1 wanting in every dept. Worst nib in my small collection. Actually snags paper fibers to the point where I gotta stop and clean fibers out from between the tines. Also skips and stalls. Otherwise, a seemingly well made pen.

I have three Lamy 1.1mm nibs and out of the packet they were all very different. Having experienced that and read the comments of this thread, there would seem to be a lack of quality control directed towards the manufacture of these nibs and they will come with a lot of variation. On the plus side, all three were easy to correct with micromesh (6,000, 8,000, and 12,000) which not only resulted in excellent smoothness, but a much improved flow of ink. If yours worked a treat from the outset, then you were very fortunate.

Edited March 26, 2013 by murfie

[Runnin_Ute]

Just got a 1.1 mm from Goulet Monday. My first foray into the wider than M arena. Once I got used to it (Diamine Sherwood Green - next ink order!!) after a few minutes I was amazed at how smoothly it wrote. Tried on cheap Made in Brazil composition book paper, Black n Red, in my Piccadilly leatherlook journal and even the back of an envelope and some cheapish copy paper. Has written well on all. Haven't tried it on my Southworth Granite Specialty paper yet. (25% cotton, watermarked, 90 gsm) and only briefly on my Strathmore parchment pad.