Lamy Safari F Or M Nib

[NessAndPaula]

I need it to write smooth with Diamine's Registrar ink on a roma lussa journal.

Which would work best? And Will either be an adequate experience, say, better than a ballpoint?

[Bill Wood]

Hands down a medium. Well tuned steel nib would be much better than a ballpoint.

[LeoSun]

Just have to jump in here and ask....why a medium? It seems so subjective....what size ball points do you use currently? How large is your handwriting?

For me, a medium Safari nib is just toooo big. EF would have been my answer.

[LionofdiSouth]

I dont see much differance in M and F in lamy, if you have small hand writing I would choose EF. They're all good though!

[sudowned]

I'm going to go with Lionofdi here and say "neither," but I'm going to disagree with the specifics anyway - try a 1.1 italic. Absolute magic, by wizards. Pen wizards.

[Flake]

I have an XF, F and an M and admittedly don't see much difference in the way of writing experience. There also isn't a tremendous difference in size for me, but then again, I think they're all too broad these days.

 

All fairly wet inks

M-Diamine Wild Strawberry F-Diamine Kelly Green XF-Noodler's GA Peach

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c28/Taco_Taco5/53fc968a-8ddc-44c2-af3a-1dd96c6ecaf0_zps3d766b17.jpg

[arkan15]

I guess it depends on your writing style...I have pretty tiny writing so I prefer XF or F, with the F nib being noticeably smoother than the XF nib with only a minimal increase in line width.

 

You could also get both nibs Stub nibs are pretty neat too if you have larger handwriting

[apkayle]

The medium writes like a firehose. Okay, it's not THAT bad, but the line is toooo broad for scribbling math equations and notes in the margins of a lined notebook. I'd go with an F or XF if you write in tiny font. Go M or larger if you're not trying to conserve space on your paper.

[VillersCotterets]

Finer nibs work better on commonly found papers. Medium and broad nibs put more ink on the paper. Result : bleed through.

 

But, why don't you try those nibs yourself? Most stores sell Lamy pens

Edited May 7, 2013 by VillersCotterets

[Runnin_Ute]

What you could do is buy the pen with one or the other and then buy the other nib.

 

I have an Al Star, originally had a fine. I bought a 1.1 mm and haven't re-installed the fine. I like having different choices. Right now I have the following inked:

Waterman Phileas F - Pelikan 4001 Blue Black

Waterman Phileas M- Monteverde Brown

True Writer Silver Anniversary F - Diamine Blue Black

Lamy Al Star 1.1 -Diamine Sherwood Green

 

I was very nervous about trying the much larger 1.1 mm nib over the fine which I had been writing with for so long. The fact that the nibs are easily interchangeable is very nice. (same nibs on Al Star/Safari/Vista for sure and perhaps other Lamy offerings)

 

I figured at worst I am out only $13 if I don't like the nib....

[leftside]

My Lamy Safari F nib writes like a Medium-Broad. It's very wet and lays down a pretty huge line compared to other F nibs. I was thinking about getting an XF nib to try, but based on many written reviews here it looks like the XF, F, and M don't really differ all that much.

[kevro2000]

I have to say, I notice a difference 'tween M, F & XF. As someone else posted, I like to use my pens for making small notes in the margins of various books, plus my writing is small, anyway: I choose extra-fine when I can.

 

I do have one issue with one of my 3 Lamys. Its the color-of-the-year pink version, and it has the F nib. I use only red ink in it, and it seems to always be the one pen that is hard to get inkflow started if I let it set a week. Once its going, its fine, tho. Outside of the that, the other 2 pens, with XF nibs, start and write flawlessly. I use Waterman Black and a Lamy Blue in each of those.

 

All 3 of my Lamy pens are of the safari/al star ilk.

[Kesava]

I have a Safari with an M nib and find it really smooth, but the line width is a bit too think for small writing. From the writing samples given above, it looks like there is a quite a difference between M and F, but not much noticeable different between F and XF. Although I have heard that F is smooth compared to the XF. I'm currently on the lookout for a new F nib, I think it should be perfect.

[sammyboy]

I've just ordered an F and an EF nib for my recently-bought Safari, I find the M nib is just a bit too wide for me, especially when used at work.

 

Hoping they'll arrive tomorrow so I can try them both out though it sounds like the F and EF are pretty similar, especially after looking at Flake's picture. Will let you know how I get on