Italic Nib Question

[Emil]

Hello,

Here is an example of my handwriting and a couple of questions:

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9334/handwritingvc4.jpg

That's a close up of my handwriting:

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4575/handwriting1ho2.jpg

And for those of you, who can't help, but spent time reading my scribbles:

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/7531/handwriting2kx4.jpg

Best regards,

Emil

[Emil]

Small addition:

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5249/handwriting3xn6.jpg

[born t]

Your handwriting is very nice.

I like italic nibs a lot as well. As to your question, an italic nib tends to be less smooth than the ordinary round nib due to its relatively sharp edges, as you describe. If you make it smoother, you are likely to loose the crispness of the line. Unless yours is unusable, I would leave it as it is.

 

Born

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[Emil]

Thanks, Born, I'm very pleased to hear a complement from you, however I've gor a lot to do to improve my handwriting (you set standards for me)

And I pretty like line variation on my today's example.

[Dillo]

Hi,

 

A nib can be smooth and at the same time have a good amount of line variation.

 

Dillon

[meanwhile]

I think you've done marvellously well, but in case it's useful, this is a guide to grind an italic nib:

 

http://www.marcuslink.com/pens/nibs.html

 

 

[meanwhile]

QUOTE (Dillo @ Mar 19 2007, 05:00 PM)

Hi, A nib can be smooth and at the same time have a good amount of line variation. Dillon

That's certainly true of my Deb Kinney Cursive Italic Pelikan Go - it's one of the smoothest nibs I have. How many years it took to reach that level you'd have to ask Ms Kinney, of course.

Edited March 19, 2007 by meanwhile

[Emil]

QUOTE (meanwhile @ Mar 19 2007, 10:04 PM)

I think you've done marvellously well, but in case it's useful, this is a guide to grind an italic nib: http://www.marcuslink.com/pens/nibs.html

I've partly used this nice tutorial

 

Thanks everyone, now my nib writes quite nice and i'm quite happy with that

[srullens]

Wow, You have very nice handwriting. I think it is better than mine. like the curves. don't change any think.

 

Shawn

[DRP]

GREAT handwriting! Thank you for posting your penmanship.

 

Glad your pen is writing smoothly now.

 

[pvdiamon]

I wanted to tell of my interesting experience at the recent Raleigh Pen Show. I went to a seminar by Susan Wirth on handwriting and choosing nibs, and she looked at handwriting samples. She strongly recommended trying italic nibs, something I thought I would never deal with. I have been using fine nibs typically, and although I love writing with them, was surprised at my still poor handwriting. So, I tried some italic nibs and it's like a whole new writing world now.

 

My handwriting is more legible, and it's more fun to write and look at too. I really liked the Sheaffer No Nonsense pen with its Fine Italic nib. I don't know why she was charging $35-40 for these pens (which I subsequently learned seems quite high!), but given the time she spent with me, and the writing revolution it led me to, the cost was well worth that experience.

 

I have some old italic nibs (?Osmium) that fit my Esterbrooks, which now I can play with too.

 

I'm writing this to encourage others to consider trying italic nibs!

 

John

[Marco Polo Pen Company]

Thanks for the link regarding creating an italic nib.

[Valeriy top]

Hello,

Here is an example of my handwriting and a couple of questions:

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9334/handwritingvc4.jpg

That's a close up of my handwriting:

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4575/handwriting1ho2.jpg

And for those of you, who can't help, but spent time reading my scribbles:

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/7531/handwriting2kx4.jpg

Best regards,

Emil

 

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