Fine to Extra Fine

[Stoic]

Hello all,

This has likely been asked before, and I apologise if it has.

I have a favourite no name pen with a fine nib that tends to be rough. It is a F nib and has tipping material. I would like to take the nib down to an Extra Fine but am not sure how to deal with the tip material. Should I remove it or work at leaving it where it is and incorporate it into the reduction?

Thank you for any input you may have.

[Bo Bo Olson]

15 hours ago, Stoic said:

work at leaving it where it is and incorporate it into the reduction?

First rough....you do need a 10x loup.....40X if Chinese.

Much of the time rough is misaligned tines.

Do go to Ricard Binder's site and take three days and read it.

 

See which tine of the nib is high, starting at end of slit or breather hole, place your thumb nail on that tine and press it just under the low tine for 2-3 seconds, three times...that should even out a misaligned nib.

 

In it takes lots of care...I just buy a nib of the width I want.

You you want EF Baby Spiderweb, then go Japanese.

If you just want Spiderweb EF, any of the 'western' nib will do.

 

Or send it off to do professionally, it is not expensive.You decide if you want Spiderweb or Baby Spiderweb....and it will be done with out destroying your nib.

Richard Binder gives you two throw away pens for practice in his set for when learning nib grinding. So you can screw up your nib, even with instructions and a two spare pens.