Need Info On Nib Width Of Eboya Large Pen - Bock Large 14K Nib

[plinius]

Hi All,

 

I am interested in getting a Eboya Large pen, but cannot decide between the Bock Large 14K F or MF nib.

 

Does anyone knows how does the Bock Large 14K F or MF compares to say Pilot #15 F nib?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Rgds,

Song

[mke]

> Bock Large 14K F or MF nib

 

What is a Bock Large nib? Never heard that before.

Eboya uses usually Bock #6 nibs where you can find dimensions on the Bock website. On special request, they use a Bock #8. Dimensions see website (this one is much bigger than a Pilot #15).

 

If you were asking about the line size written by a Bock F, it is much broader than a Pilot F.

Are you sure with a Bock MF? When I checked last year, they only had F and M, because a Bock #6MF doesn't exist, AFAIK.

[MalcLee]

Im sorry but I do not have a Pilot F nib to compare line widths with, but I do have a Bock B nib from my Dani to compare with the Bock MF nib at the top. Ive thrown in a Sailor EF for size and line width comparison.

 

Addendum: Id suggest visiting their Japanese language site eboya.net as theres just so much more information on there - including writing samples on different nibs versus the non-Japanese website. Google translate if you cant read Japanese.

 

All the best.

Edited January 30, 2019 by MalcLee

[mke]

That is strange, the Bock HP doesn't show a MF nib: https://www.peter-bock.com/products/nib-systems

Last year in March at the Mitsukoshi penfair, Eboya only had M and F (at least in their test tray of pens). I remember it because I thought it would be great to have nib size between M and F.

But Eboya's HP has MF everywhere - perhaps special orders??

 

The Bock F is between a Sailor MF and Sailor M, Bock M is near to Sailor B.

Edited January 30, 2019 by mke

[MalcLee]

I suspect the MF and in fact the 14K graded Bocks are specially made for Eboya.

On their Japanese HP - in the "About the nib" section, they've claimed that the "multi-purpose, suitable for all types of writing" MF width is their "most popular". I suspect that the MF grade nib is a recent addition to their line up and still fine enough to write legibly on a sheet of Genkoyoshi - so I can understand why it's their best selling nib grade. But one would also need to take Japanese styled advertising with a huge grain of salt.

[Pen_Padawan]

Hi All,

 

I am interested in getting a Eboya Large pen, but cannot decide between the Bock Large 14K F or MF nib.

 

Does anyone knows how does the Bock Large 14K F or MF compares to say Pilot #15 F nib?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Rgds,

Song

 

 

I don't have an Eboya but I do have some Bock nibs. Below photos are Bock titanium type 250 (#6) and type 380 (#8) showing nib size and line width. Pilot #15 should be similar to Bock type 250 (#6). The Bock type 380 came with my Conid Kingsize, they provided a nice writing sample showing the line width. I hope this helps.

[mke]

The first three pictures are borrowed from the internet, the last picture is made by me.

 

A Pilot nib comparison (from FPN)

 

http://i.imgur.com/c6lPCHc.jpg

 

Another one (kmpn.blogspot.com)

 

 

Bock-Jowo comparison (Chronicas Estilograficas)

Comparison of a Bock #6, Bock #8 and Jowo #6

 

 

As I didn't find a Bock-Pilot nib comparison, I did a visual Jowo #6 - Pilot #15 comparison. Bock #6 and Jowo #6 are about the same size. You can see that the Pilot #15 is not really big.

 

Edited January 31, 2019 by mke