Feedback on Penmanship - Poll

[amberleadavis]

So, I have written with the pens inked on my desk and now I'd like your feedback. What pens / nibs do you think make my penmanship look the best?

 

Photos will follow in a minute.  You can vote for as many as you like and please tell me in your post which you like the best.

[amberleadavis]

Group 1

 

Delta- Dolce Vita Federico - 18K Fusion Stub Nib

Conklin 1.1 Stub - Green ink MV Hope

Schmidt #5 Broad Stubbed

Pineider La Grande Bellezza Gemstone - 1.1 Hyperflex Quill

Pineider - Dromgoole Exclusive - 1.1 Hyperflex Quill

 

Sheaffer Inlaid Nib - CI

Waterman 100 Year Pen

 

[amberleadavis]

Group 2

 

• Vintage Montblanc Flex

• Osprey Pen - #6 Broad Flex

• Pilot Parallel
• Osprey Pen - Double Broad Architect Grind
• S. T. Dupont Factory Stub

 

 

• Platinum 3776 Factory Music Nib
• Parker Facet Medium Steel Nib Stubbed

 

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[amberleadavis]

Group 4 - The Pelikans

 

• Pelikan M1000 - PF Medium
• Pelikan M600 - Medium
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• Pelikan M800 - PF Medium
• Now, I know this says M600 in the text, but it is not is the Ocean Green M800
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• Pelikan M400 - Medium

• Pelikan M400 - OBB
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[amberleadavis]

 

• Group 5
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• Vintage Conway Stewart Flex
• Modern Esterbrook Steel 1.1 Stub
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• Vintage Eversharp Factory Broad Stub
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• Bexley - Bock - Steel 1.1 (orange writing)
• Conklin 1.1 with purple ink
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• Sheaffer Legacy Heritage Factory Stub

[amberleadavis]

Group 6 The Franklins and Others

 

• Franklin Christoph #6 Music Nib 1.9
• Frankin Christoph #5 Stub 1.4

• Bock 1.1 Steel Stub (Guider - Kara's Kustoms)
• Franklin Christoph #6 Stub 1.1
• Cartier Medium Nib
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[amberleadavis]

GROUP 7

• Bexley #5 - 18k - Bock Factory Stub (yellow)
• Bexley #5 - 18k - Bock Factory Stub (blue) adjusted
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• MB 149 - Medium Custom Ground (you are voting on both - one is a stub, the other is a CI)
• Franklin Christoph - 14k Jowo - 1.1 factory Stub
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• Sailor 22k Music Nib Stubbed

[amberleadavis]

GROUP 3

• Sailor 22k Zoom
• Sailor Fude
• Nahara Concord
• Hinze - Jowo #6 1.5 Stub
• Hinze - Jowo #6 1.1 Stub

 

• Parker Centennial Duofold BB Italic

[arcfide]

Great idea! My favorites are probably the Parker BB Italic, Sailor Stubbed Music, the Bexley Bock Factory (Yellow), the Eversharp Stub, and the Pineider Bellezza. The reason is your somewhat spacious but angular cursive. I like that these nibs feel like they give a little more weight to the letters, round the edges, and seem to encourage your retraced strokes to meet up or merge a little better, making the letters less noisy. However, I don't know if I could pick a favorite out of the bunch. I was quite surprised how some of the broader and juicier stubs wrote so differently for you than they did with me, especially the large music nibs, where your lines are much more thin and it almost seems as though you were writing with only part of the nib! 

[mizgeorge]

Very interesting exercise. I think this is why I enjoy looking at my 'currently inked' notebook so much! 

 

I definitely felt like the broader nibs worked better for you - and particularly those with the slightly softer edges, but the best of all IMO were the older ones with a bit of flexibility. I think a vintage Pelikan OM/OB or Waterman stub could be a really interesting direction to try.

[amberleadavis]

Thank you for the feedback!  This was a helpful exercise not just in the writing, but getting feedback from you as well.

[Anne-Sophie]

Amberlea, your handwriting looks best in gushy rich nibs

 

the Bexley's , 

Parker Centennial Duofold BB Italic, 

Pelikan M800 - PF Medium

Now, I know this says M600 in the text, but it is not is the Ocean Green M800 in the green ink.

Vintage Conway Stewart Flex with the green ink

 the Sailor music nib stubbed  with the Kwizi Violet

Osprey Pen - Double Broad Architect Grind, I think your cursive looks fine with that nib.

Waterman 100 Year Pen, your cursive handwriting looks gorgeous with that pen, I might be biased because of the ink color.

[Arkanabar]

I advocate using the pens you think are the most fun.  If you're intent on reducing the number of pens laying around, the ones you've characterized as "no fun" are what I'd get rid of, or put in deeper storage, first.

[amberleadavis]

Thank you all for taking the time to look at this and give me your feedback.  I am getting another big nib for my fantasy pen and I have new nib coming for the M1000.  Also, the Green is an M800 as you pointed out, not an M600. The M600 is really pretty but not green.