Carene Experts...nib Suggestions, Please?

[Sailor Kenshin]

I'm looking to get another Carene. Not interested in F or XF. I already have one with an M nib and another with a B...

 

Thinking mayyybeeee of the factory stub. Can anyone give me an idea of how the stub differs from both the M and the B?

 

Thanks!

[Horseknitter]

I ordered a factory stub on the Blue Gunmetal Carene this spring from nibs.com. It is a rhodium plated, 18k gold, inlaid nib. That plating and inlaid part make it pretty much a nail. However, I can tell you that the stub is standard at 1.1 m and I had John measure it so that it would not surprise me by being wider. It is right on.

[Left FPN]

I have a stub but am not keen, it's too close to the medium...IMHO. Maybe the way I write.

 

You have mentioned you did not want a fine so that's all I can offer because I am not into obliques.

[pajaro]

A 1.1 mm stub would seem to be almost broad by US standards, maybe just medium in the judgement of European writers.

 

I have a "medium italic" Parker Sonnet, another Newell-Rubbermaid company, and it writes a 1.1 mm line. Their "broad italic" nib is about 1.5 mm in my pen, and is really a stub.

[Ghost Plane]

Stub feels between M and B to me.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Stub feels between M and B to me.

And now I'm re-thinking the F. Do you happen to have one? How 'F' is it?

[Chrissy]

I have a Waterman Carene OF nib in my only Carene

 

[Ghost Plane]

And now I'm re-thinking the F. Do you happen to have one? How 'F' is it?

M is narrow for me, so I defer to others.

 

Have a nice OB, but I run that way anyway. No writing samples, but rotate your paper 45 degrees & write with your B to get an idea. If you don't love obliques, don't go there.

[stevesurf]

I know it's not the exact nib comparison you'd like, but here are Carene Deluxe F and M nibs:

 

 

Both write wonderfully

[pajaro]

I had to go to an EF nib to get one I thought was fine, the fines seeming more like fine-to-medium.

[Sailor Kenshin]

I know it's not the exact nib comparison you'd like, but here are Carene Deluxe F and M nibs:

 

 

Both write wonderfully

 

There's no such thing as a 'comparison I don't want.' Thanks! Great photo.

 

And thanks, one and all. I just found a deal on a color I wanted, with M nib, so now I guess I have two Ms and a B.

 

I still want a black Carene. And, uhm...gray? And definitely something green. What are all the official colors anyway?

 

What I'm saying is, I am now officially on the hunt for Deals, so I can have a Carene with every stock nib, just as I'm slowly doing with Sailors.

[Lou Erickson]

If I understand right, the section/nib is available by itself, so you can replace that M with anything you prefer. I've got a Carene... I think is a fine... and it's a fine writer nothing wrong with it, but it doesn't excite me at all. I may try a different nib.

[Chrissy]

I am always on the lookout for deals on Carenes, but none of them ever seem to come with a Fine nib

[Sailor Kenshin]

My Coral Carene was the first-ever 'big deal' fountain pen for me (I had been using Sheaffer NN and Rotring ArtPens), so it holds a special place in my heart. I just saw one on fleabay for about $600!

 

[Left FPN]

I am always on the lookout for deals on Carenes, but none of them ever seem to come with a Fine nib

HI, you buy one of those £98 pens with medium nib from Amazon and then pop it in the post to Watreman UK for a nib change. Costs about £4.30 for the 1st Class signed for post. I still thin £102 is a VG price for a Carene. Unless you can get one for £20

[Sailor Kenshin]

My new Carene is here! Loaded it with Bernanke Bleed, I mean, Blue, filled the con, twisted the piston to expel ink back into the vial ... and had to reload until some of the ink dropped back out.

 

That is a MONSTER feed. Which I knew about thanks to another Carene thread.

 

The medium nib is as good as the one I have, though this is rhodium. The body color is a matte deep blue. And now I am certain that I DO need both the F and XF. And maybe eventually the factory stub.

 

Thanks, one and all. I'm really in for it now.

[RMN]

My new Carene is here! Loaded it with Bernanke Bleed, I mean, Blue, filled the con, twisted the piston to expel ink back into the vial ... and had to reload until some of the ink dropped back out.

 

That is a MONSTER feed. Which I knew about thanks to another Carene thread.

 

The medium nib is as good as the one I have, though this is rhodium. The body color is a matte deep blue. And now I am certain that I DO need both the F and XF. And maybe eventually the factory stub.

 

Thanks, one and all. I'm really in for it now.

Let the section with converter rest in the ink for a night to prime it real good...

 

As you said, that is a monster feed. See Force's recent post about rhodinating nibs for an exploded view.... (NOT to be done by the amateur!!!!)

 

D.ick

[Sailor Kenshin]

Let the section with converter rest in the ink for a night to prime it real good...

 

As you said, that is a monster feed. See Force's recent post about rhodinating nibs for an exploded view.... (NOT to be done by the amateur!!!!)

 

D.ick

Thanks. You and Force have been founts of knowledge for me!