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Can you tell from the nib if its Masayuma? Ive bought several FC pens some are plain steel, some SIG and some Masayuma. I lost track as Ive interchanged them and bought some nibs separately. Its also hard to tell a gold nib also from FC.

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Can you tell from the nib if its Masayuma? Ive bought several FC pens some are plain steel, some SIG and some Masayuma. I lost track as Ive interchanged them and bought some nibs separately. Its also hard to tell a gold nib also from FC.

 

I know what you mean. They all write so nicely. F-C does a nice job tuning all their nibs. However, if you have magnification, you can find that the gold nibs have the gold content stamp on the nib, and the gold nibs have tipping while the steel JoWo nibs do not.

 

The only Masuyama/F-C nibs I have are cursive italic. I have no experience with other grinds.

 

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I have a number of FC pens, and more nibs. Three are Masuyama - two are needle fine, one is a needle fine Waverly bend. There are no other markings (I think Mike should mark his work, but he doesn't)

The only way I can tell is how fine the nib is (finer than standard FC) , and that it writes really nicely for such a fine nib.

 

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I find the F-C SIG nibs to be much more smooth and forgiving than Masuyama's stub nib.

 

 

It depends what you are looking for. I have one of the SIG nibs, and think its way too "forgiving" - that is the line variation is not distinctive enough.

 

There is a trade off:

More line variation -> crisper nib -> harder to write with

less variation -> rounder nib -> easier, more forgiving.

 

One isn't right or wrong, it's a matter of taste. My favorite nibs are very crisp right-handed/left-footed oblique nibs. They take a little practice to get your hand used to how the nib works. But the difference between thin and thick strokes is a lot. That's what I'm looking for, and willing to both practice using the nib and slow down my writing to get it.

 

Not necessarily what anyone else wants.

 

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@mgepark You might just want to contact F-C as well, and see if they can help you identify the nibs. F-C customer service is excellent.

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Thus far I've been a able to tell my SIG vs Masuyama apart by looking at them very carefully.

 

I have three SIG nibs, two by the late Jim Rouse and one by Audry. The top of the tip on all three is ever so slightly ground down. Looking up close, it almost makes the nib look like it is pointed down. I think that's more of an optical illusion than anything, but it is distinctive.

 

The couple of Masuyama nibs - all italics - don't have the top of the nib ground down any. They also look more square, though that could be a feature of them being italic grinds. I don't have one of his stub nibs... yet.

 

 

Really wish I had a good macro lens on a camera right now :lol:. I can't quite focus close enough with my phone to get the detail I'm talking about; I'd put up pictures if I could.

 

 

Edit to add:

 

Check out the pictures here, especially the last closeup: https://www.sbrebrown.com/2017/07/franklin-christoph-14k-flex-and-flex-sig-nibs/

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I know what you mean. They all write so nicely. F-C does a nice job tuning all their nibs. However, if you have magnification, you can find that the gold nibs have the gold content stamp on the nib, and the gold nibs have tipping while the steel JoWo nibs do not.

 

The only Masuyama/F-C nibs I have are cursive italic. I have no experience with other grinds.

 

David

Is the version of the grind on FC nibs Masuyama's RNCI or another version all together?

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