Platinum Nib Sizes

[mke]

Platinum has just published an overview on their nib sizes on Instagram/

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1qUsdqjAkS/

 

 

For a translation of the picture, see https://translate.yandex.com/ocr?

Edited August 27, 2019 by mke

[mke]

Condition : brush pressure: 50g brush angle: 60°

Another/Thickness of brush stroke (mm)/Features and applications
Ultra-fine / 0.18 ~ 0.24 / especially suitable for fine numbers and characters, suitable for book entry
Very fine / 0.24 ~ 0.28 / Suitable for fine numbers and characters, suitable for book entry
Fine / 0.28 ~ 0.34 / Students tend to use ordinary characters, notebooks, etc.
Softfine / 0.28 ~ 0.34 / Because the pen tip is soft, you can write a little thick character by brush pressure
Medium / 0.34 ~ 0.44 / slide well, general orientation
Softmedium / 0.4 ~ 0.5 / Because the pen tip is soft, you can write a little thick character by brush pressure
Broad / 0.44 ~ 0.54 / Manuscript and address writing direction
Extrabroad / 0.66 ~ 0.86 / Especially for people who like bold characters
Music / 0.9 ~ 1.0 / It is possible to write a thin line horizontally thick vertically, Kaku-Ga-Ru, and calligraphy

Machine translated after OCR

[DonM]

Interesting that they posted that. Can you tell why they put it up? That chart has been on the Nakaya site for some time.

[mke]

> Can you tell why they put it up?

Just small talk - "which nib do you like".

 

And over 470 people clicked "like". Perhaps their IG staff is paid by the number of likes???

[XYZZY]

And over 470 people clicked "like". Perhaps their IG staff is paid by the number of likes???

 

Then they ought to post their little chart that shows the number of characters and meters of lines you can expect from a single fill using each nib size. I don't know how accurate the chart is, but I haven't seen anybody else with such a thing.

 

I know I found it once on Platinum's web site, but I can't locate it now. It's frequently re-posted in the images accompanying the 3776 pens on Amazon, though. Here's one...

 

[ridiculopathy]

Haha, it's fun to read the suggested uses for each nib size. Thanks!

[A Smug Dill]

Interesting that they posted that. Can you tell why they put it up? That chart has been on the Nakaya site for some time.

It's been on Platinum's web site for ages.

https://www.platinum-pen.co.jp/about_fountain_pen_07.html

 

<EDIT>

Since no later than mid-2011, apparently, according to www.archive.org's "Wayback Machine".

Edited August 31, 2019 by A Smug Dill