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Vintage And New Dip Pen Nibs - Your Favourites?


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I've seen an old thread on here about vintage dip pen nibs but thought I'd start a newer one to ask what your favourite dip pen nibs are..? (Vintage and new)?

 

I'm right at the start of trying to learn Copperplate, and so experimenting with various nibs, randomly. (Am trying to get the feel of different nibs and also not get stuck in my ways right from the start).

 

Have bought some random vintage nibs and so far, the ones I have enjoyed most are Brandauer 'Times'. Also have some Brandauer 'Globe' coming - not found out much online about either, but the 'Oriental' seems to be a well regarded Brandauer nib. Of new nibs, I've tried several, including the Leonardt Principal -which I liked - and the Leornardt Steno 40 (Blue Pumpkin) which I didn't so much. Also just randomly ordered a couple of different 'G' nibs.

 

So which do you like? Any more obscure vintage nibs you really enjoyed? Be nice to have some pointers as to which ones are worth a punt.

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Leornardt Steno 40 (Blue Pumpkin)

 

There's another Blue Pumpkin besides Brause Steno 361?

 

My fave is actually that one.

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My favorite is the Leonardt Principal for flex but I can go faster with the Zebra-G.

 

The Brause rose is impossible for me to use but the Pumpkin is kinda cool.

The Hunt 101 is pretty OK also.

 

I put a Leonardt Principal in a fountain pen and it's my favorite right now.

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My general purpose nib is a Japanese G nib; Nikko, Tachikawa or Zebra.

 

For flex a Leonardt Hiro 41.

IF I can get a good one again. For a while they had manufacturing problems.

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I've recently become enamoured of old gold-nibbed dip pens and I don't think there's anything modern that equals the experience of using a beautifully-made, precious relic of an older time.

They make very pretty marks, too.

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