Some quick notes about the Asvine P20 1.1mm stub

[jthole]

Last week I ordered an Asvine P20 with the new 1.1mm stub, and to my surprise it already arrived yesterday. The Asvine P20 was not new to me, but the Asvine stub nib is.

 

 

I have used the pen for notes taking today, and I am impressed. This is easily one of the smoothest stub nibs that I have tried so far (ranging from JoWo to Kanwrite to Parker and Waterman nibs).

Most importantly, the pen writes effortlessly and still delivers some nice line variation on paper. Overall, this pen is a pleasure to use! (I am still not a fan of the gaudy cap band).

 

[Dan Carmell]

Neat! Asvine produced a 1.1mm stub for their new #8 nib on the C80 & C2000, but it’s news to me they did it for the #6/#35 nibs, welcome news!

 

My understanding is that Norm Haase, formerly of hisnibs.com, consulted on the stub design. 

[jthole]

Hi @Dan Carmell ,

 

I believe Norman Haase had a hand in both the #8 and #6 size stubs indeed. He also has a few YouTube videos about them on his channel.

 

I haven’t tried the #8 stub (I usually am not a fan of large nibs), but I am very satisfied with this #6 size one.

[lascosas]

The Asvines with #6 stubs appear to be limited to P20, 30 & 36, and V126.

[Dan Carmell]

3 minutes ago, lascosas said:

The Asvines with #6 stubs appear to be limited to P20, 30 & 36, and V126.

And none available yet as a nib unit only, at least I couldn’t find any. 

[lascosas]

Neither can I.

[jthole]

14 hours ago, Dan Carmell said:

And none available yet as a nib unit only, at least I couldn’t find any. 

 

I assume they would be very popular (maybe less so in Asian countries) but maybe Asvine currently has limited production capacity, or they prefer to sell them with whole pens for now?

[Dan Carmell]

8 hours ago, jthole said:

 

I assume they would be very popular (maybe less so in Asian countries) but maybe Asvine currently has limited production capacity, or they prefer to sell them with whole pens for now?

My guess is the latter but eventually you’ll see them, maybe on Amazon first, since (like you point out) they are probably aimed more at Western users. Much like how Asvine introduces pens on Amazon first now. 

[Ishkabibble]

Asvine's Taobao page isn't showing any 1.1 nibs for sale, sadly.  I hope they do start selling those on the local market.

[Bill Wood]

I’ll be searching for a stub in the P20 and V126. I have them both and one in the exact blue. Really very much enjoying it. I’m new to Asvine and I’m very impressed. What’s not to love on that P20. 

[Misfit]

Thank you for sharing this. I had looked at an Asvine pen with the stub nib. Nice to see a writing sample. 

[His Nibs]

On 9/24/2025 at 11:48 AM, Dan Carmell said:

Neat! Asvine produced a 1.1mm stub for their new #8 nib on the C80 & C2000, but it’s news to me they did it for the #6/#35 nibs, welcome news!

 

My understanding is that Norm Haase, formerly of hisnibs.com, consulted on the stub design. 

 

Quite true Dan. There were a lot of nibs flying back and forth from China to Allentown. ☺️

[His Nibs]

On 9/26/2025 at 3:12 AM, jthole said:

 

I assume they would be very popular (maybe less so in Asian countries) but maybe Asvine currently has limited production capacity, or they prefer to sell them with whole pens for now?

 

I've repeatedly suggested to Britumn Li, Asvine's owner, that he make the stub nibs available separately for sale -- even before we settled on the final design. He's yet to take me up on that suggestion. I know that a lot of my customers would love to have them available for swapping on other Asvine -- or other brands -- of pen.

 

I'll keep trying!

 

Norman

[His Nibs]

On 9/25/2025 at 2:03 AM, jthole said:

Hi @Dan Carmell ,

 

I believe Norman Haase had a hand in both the #8 and #6 size stubs indeed. He also has a few YouTube videos about them on his channel.

 

I haven’t tried the #8 stub (I usually am not a fan of large nibs), but I am very satisfied with this #6 size one.

 

Thank Johan. Here are links to the videos you mentioned:

 

 

 

[jthole]

Thanks Norman! As you know, in the meantime I did try the V800. While the stub nib is equally good, the pen as a whole is a bit too large for me.

 

My ideal Asvine combo is probably a V126 with the #6 stub nib.

[His Nibs]

12 hours ago, jthole said:

Thanks Norman! As you know, in the meantime I did try the V800. While the stub nib is equally good, the pen as a whole is a bit too large for me.

 

My ideal Asvine combo is probably a V126 with the #6 stub nib.

 

Johan, I've always told you that you need bigger hands! ☺️