XXXF and XXXXF Round and Italic Points

[jd50ae]

Chib, thanks for bringing this one back to the top. Reminds me how much I LOVED this post!

 

Ditto....................this is a great post.

[Beechwood]

Excellent informative piece, thank you

[Celeste]

I hadn't seen this post before! Laura, I am sooooo jealous!!!!! WOW!!!

[Phthalo]

Thanks guys! I'm still loving these pens - my Lamy Lady with the 0.3 Cursive Italic hasn't been out of use since it arrived, ditto for the Omas and Pelikan with 0.3mm Stubs.

 

Every time I pick one of these pens up, there are not adequate words to describe how wonderful it feels to have a nib which suits ones style of writing so perfectly. The wait for my nibs was utterly worth it, and the money is some of the best money I have spent in pendom!

 

I currently have 7-8 pens put aside again for Richard, to be sent off in the new year. I'll definitely be getting a couple more Cursive Italic nibs, but this time I'm going to challenge Richard with a couple of requests for 0.2mm Italic and Stub points.

[JayLo]

Just discovered this post. Amazingly informative and educational.

Thanks for dedicating your time and sharing.

[Gran]

What a fascinating study. Laura, thank you very much for taking the time to post about your ultra-fine pens and to show your writing. It is lovely to see.

[Bo Bo Olson]

I'm happy for you.

What for joys can be found in different worlds. Some find joy in ultra narrow, others in ultra wide.

I find my joy in semi-flex and semi-flex obliques.

 

I find an EF or my OEF quite narrow enough for me, being able to enjoy the OM, B-OB- or a narrow vintage OBB nib that I enjoy.

 

I write large, even with my semi-flex OEF. I can write small if I put my mind to it... I do have to put my mind to it.

I just can not ever see my self writing small enough for an XXXF or a XXXXF, nor BBB or wider.

 

I do have to confess :embarrassed_smile: , some times if I got the right ink in it I can enjoy a regular M. I like MB toffee in a regular flex M or a semi-flex F.

 

I enjoyed your joy, but some times it's hard to step out of the box. A half a year ago, EF was out side my box, perhaps, I'll get an ultra narrow nib some day too.

[daintydimsum]

this is incredibly, wonderfully helpful. I've been thinking of getting a stub and a crisp italic, but have such small writing that most of the examples on the forum are (while beautiful) not too useful for my purposes.

[jmccarty3]

Most of the photos from this old thread are no longer visible.

[Freddy]

All the meat and potatoes is still here in her post............................following the

pebbles.........................................................................................................................

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/32136-xxxf-and-xxxxf-round-and-italic-points/?p=296056

 

Fred

caine..you cannot see

po..you think I cannot see{question}

caine..of all things..to live in darkness

Master Po..Fear is only darkness..and

when you can take the pebble from my hand..it will be time for you to leave....

 

Say good night...

...Good nite

[Love]

I was looking at the images in this thread the other night, I wanted to use them as reference for a new pen I'm thinking of having made, but the website the images are hosted on appears to be down now. I don't suppose the OP or anyone else has them saved anywhere?

 

Matt

[BMG]

I did turn up a couple, and posted them here.

 

Is the OP still on the forum?

[Ambien]

She seems to be inactive for the last few years ...

[BBU]

Here's one more that she wrote, presumably with the Lamy CI. For reference, I think she clarified that the "0.3 mm" sizing for the Lamy is actually 0.4 mm in another thread, but I could be recalling that incorrectly. In any case, I hope she's okay and is still enjoying her pens.

 

Edit: Looks like the forum software downsized the pic, blurring it in the process. I've also uploaded it here: http://i.imgur.com/11IgAaB.jpg

Edited March 23, 2015 by BBU

[Ambien]

Thanks for the re-uploaded scan as a lot of her old posts have broken images nowadays.

[zamani]

Oh man! amazing thread.. but now im wondering if she ever got the 0.2mm italic!?

[Karmachanic]

My 0.45 CI is now officially a B nib.

[Honeybadgers]

love the XXF/XXXF stuff but without staring uncomfortably close to the page, I couldn't tell a difference in the 0.3 italics.

[jmccarty3]

I'm happy to see that the old images on this thread are visible again.

[SchaumburgSwan]

I'm happy to see that the old images on this thread are visible again.

 

Yes! This thread is one of the highlights of our forum here. :-)

 

Jens