Lamy Al-Star. Aluminium This Light?

[Icywolfe]

Didn't people say Pelikan are much fatter than the rest.

 

But a JoWo M nib i have was thick writing.

[KBeezie]

Didn't people say Pelikan are much fatter than the rest.

 

But a JoWo M nib i have was thick writing.

 

Going back over write samples of everything (I don't have *everything* currently inked, but I did have a Goulet made by Jowo Medium inked with Waterman Black Recently which goes down pretty wet) they do seem pretty close depending on the ink.

 

Write sample on Rhodia back on Aug 26th:

http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/inked/rhodia_aug_25_2014.jpg

 

Then earlier this month showing the Pelikan M250 with the Medium (And Kaweco)

http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/inked/rhodia_sep3_2014_300dpi.jpg

 

But course my Pelikan is from before 1989, so I'm not sure if that has an impact or not, in the similar way that my 70s era Pilot is a tiny bit fatter than the modern Pilot pens.

 

I haven't heard of Pelikan specifically being "much fatter", but I have heard that Visconti was (Sbrebrown mentioned it several times whenever he reviews something like a Pelikan or Kaweco, etc, saying how small the medium or broad is).

 

You'll also notice with the Parker 51 above, the ink used can have an impact of whether it comes out looking like a Fine or like a Medium.

Edited September 5, 2014 by KBeezie

[PDW]

 

Also are Lamy F nibs normally skippy ans scratchy? It's not misaligned. I can't really tell, but it seems like there is more tipping on one side than another.

 

Are Lamy stel nibs tipped with harder metal, or are they all from the single piece of steel? I've ground a few down to make stubs and the metal is very soft - much more so than a Pelikan 14K nib I stubbed.

[KBeezie]

 

Are Lamy stel nibs tipped with harder metal, or are they all from the single piece of steel? I've ground a few down to make stubs and the metal is very soft - much more so than a Pelikan 14K nib I stubbed.

 

I'd imagine they're tipped because otherwise they wouldn't last very long. It doesn't take that long to wear down an untipped nib if you look at some of the older used vintage pens with untipped nibs. Plus a untipped nib without the metal being folded over (or some other solution) would be pretty scratchy.

 

It's really easy to smooth down untipped material, but it also wears down a lot faster too.