Five 149 Nibs Writing Samples

[fpupulin]

As kindly requested by kandarp, I prepared some writing samples of the five nibs to post on FPN. They are all written on Moleskine 5 x 8" sketchbook paper.

 

The five samples are not completely comparable, due to the different inks, but I just had the pen inked this way...

 

On the other hand, they all have the same texts written with the same lettering to facilitate comparison and to see different possibilities of the nibs. These include: normal handwriting, uncial, foundational hand, Medieval insulanum, and gothic alphabets.

 

From the left: EF, F, M, BB, and OB.

 

[Joane]

Gorgeous! What a treat! Thanks so much for the time and effort to do that. It's just a pleasure to contemplate.

[kandarp]

fpupulin,

 

Wonderful penmanship! Thanks for taking the time to post these writing samples.

 

Regards,

Kandarp

[psrivats]

Marvelous! Thanks for sharing these (and your nib photos).

[orfew]

simply lovely. A nice reminder that writing Is an art.

[falarcon]

Thanks! Lovely penmanship. And I love the choice of text ...

Que viva la raza quiché!

[A1979]

Very beautiful, thanks a lot!

A real "opera d'arte"!

Just a question: I can't see any difference between EF and F... Do I need to change my glasses or?

[leod]

nice, also moleskin friendly

[georges zaslavsky]

very good job

[Bo Bo Olson]

Can you date the nibs?

[Chris Chalmers]

Wonderful!

Thank you for your beautiful work!

[kandarp]

Can you date the nibs?

 

Bo Bo,

 

fpupulin had started another thread with pictures (equally stunning) of the nibs and their dates...

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/205343-five-149-nibs/

 

Kandarp

[saskia_madding]

Thank you so much for this. This really helped me last night when trying to decide if I could live with a broad nib on my recent MB purchase!

[fpupulin]

Thank you so much for this. This really helped me last night when trying to decide if I could live with a broad nib on my recent MB purchase!

Dear simonerodrigue: I saw in another thread you bought the beautiful Mann from Bryant. I had a chance to have one in my hands in a MB boutique not long ago, and it is a gorgeous pen. The broad nib of your Mann looks fantastic, and I really want to try a B nib on a 149: I have the feeling it could be the perfect, daily writer pen for me.