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I've never tried a broad Sailor nib but that looks even thinner than my Pro Gear M (21k); when I got it, it wrote thin and ink came out very light; I pressed a little bit very gently on the tines and it became wetter and closer to its size; there is a risk of messing or even springing the tines.

 

Not Sailor, but I'll relink my image of two Platinum "President" series nibs (one in an Izumo)...

 

 

 

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From the top and side views, the Izumo is obviously broader than the medium in the "president" model. Yet from the writing samples and comparator, one can see that both nibs are putting down the essentially the same line width.

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Not Sailor, but I'll relink my image of two Platinum "President" series nibs (one in an Izumo)...

 

 

 

 

 

From the top and side views, the Izumo is obviously broader than the medium in the "president" model. Yet from the writing samples and comparator, one can see that both nibs are putting down the essentially the same line width.

Thank you for a really informative post!

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It ended up not working for me. I gave the pen away and got myself a TWSBI Eco instead. I just want to write.

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You gave away a full-sized Sailor Professional Gear fountain pen? Wow. I admire your resolve to cut ties with that which caused you dissatisfaction and grief.

I endeavour to be frank and truthful in what I write, show or otherwise present, when I relate my first-hand experiences that are not independently verifiable; and link to third-party content where I can, when I make a claim or refute a statement of fact in a thread. If there is something you can verify for yourself, I entreat you to do so, and judge for yourself what is right, correct, and valid. I may be wrong, and my position or say-so is no more authoritative and carries no more weight than anyone else's here.

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You gave away a full-sized Sailor Professional Gear fountain pen? Wow. I admire your resolve to cut ties with that which caused you dissatisfaction and grief.

Yes, it started affecting enjoyment of actually writing, so I just decided to cut the grief short.

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After reading all this, I'm wondering if the issue wasn't the pen or the writing angle so much as the paper. Some paper I've used has a better surface on one side than the other (almost as if it were designed to be for one-sided use). And it's not just printer paper....

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After reading all this, I'm wondering if the issue wasn't the pen or the writing angle so much as the paper. Some paper I've used has a better surface on one side than the other (almost as if it were designed to be for one-sided use). And it's not just printer paper....

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It is the grind of the nib. Sailor M and B nibs are done differently.

 

My Sailor 21k MF nib writes broader than your broad nib.

 

I am sure your nib width does not differ "from page to page" but differs with your writing angle. And I am pretty sure it wasn't the easiest pen you hv written with, from the writing sample you kindly showed us. Because you are not writing at the "belly" of the nib. I know what it feels and looks like when that happens.

 

Personally, I have parted with all my Sailor Medium and Broad nibs because they never worked for me.

 

And no, it is not a feed problem. Sailor feeds are pretty fast. And people actually whisper about opening the channels in the (Sailor) feed! My jaw dropped when I saw that kind of suggestion. Do people even know what they are talking about?

 

It is the shape of the nib tipping.

 

I hope things change for the better under the new leadership in the Sailor company.

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