Which Is The Smoothest Writing Pen In Your Collection

[DrJohn]

I have a lot of pens in my collection as you can see by my avatar photo. I'm constantly going back and forth between fine point pens and smooth writing pens. The medium nibs almost always seem to write smoother than fine point nibs. However, I tend to like the fine lines of a fine point but hate the scratchiness.

 

I keep adding more and more pens to my collection and I'm not sure if I should switch to a medium point or not.

 

What is the smoothest pen in your collection?

 

John

[akellens]

The smoothest nib I have is a rounded fine in my Danitrio.

Given the relativily fine line it puts down, I really was impressed with how well it glides over the paper.

[hh1990]

The smoothest is either the Pelikan M800 or Pelikan M1000, both with broad nibs.

[Charles Skinner]

My smoothest could be my old Esterbrook, with a 2668 nib. A close second it my Waterman Phillias, Actually I am not a huge fan of extremely smooth nibs. I like more "feed back" than many give.

[Sasha Royale]

Parker 51

[newkid12]

For me, it is my Parker 51 Special from 1950 with fine nib.

[MrsHobie]

With no doubt, my smoothest nib is my Montblanc heritage 1906 ... It's an M ( but quite thin for a MB M )

[friedrichwild]

pelikan M400 medium

[praxim]

As you suggest, a broader nib typically offers more smoothness owing to more ink on the paper. It seems you want the smoothest F, or else to know whether you should give up on F to get smoothness in M.

 

From recollection, without a side-by-side comparison, my silkiest pens in both F and M nibs would probably be any of those from S T Dupont and the Pelikan M800s, with Waterman Edson also outstanding. I do not have a Pelikan M1000 for comparison nor a currently working MB 149, and nothing from Asia. Although last used last year, I recall the GvFC Intuition was also notably smooth. It is an M.

 

That is not to say I think those pens have the best possible feel for me. Like cars in an expensive stable, sometimes I want sheer luxury and sometimes to take out something with a bit of an edge, so long as they always perform well.

[RocketRyan]

It comes down to two very different pens for me, a delta dolcevita with a 14k broad, and a waterman hemisphere with a steel medium.

[ParkerDuofold]

Hi Dr. John and FPNLand,

 

My L2K with a medium nib; closely followed by my Pilot Custom 74 with a Soft Medium nib.

 

Be well and enjoy life.

 

 

- Anthony

[Tas]

My Conklin Mark Twain Crescent filler

http://www.taskyprianou.com/conklin_crescent_filler_smoothest_nib.jpeg

 

. . . and it's an F nib !

[dapprman]

I will see your Pelikans and Montblancs and then fail to make up my mind ...

Faber-Castell M (yes steel nibs)

Graf Von Faber Castell M

(I don't have broad with either of the above two)

OMAS B

[wjeverly]

My smoothest is a 1950's Pelikan 120. The nib says EF but it writes more what I would consider an F line.

 

Or it might be a reproduction of a 1930's Parker Duofold made by Lynn Sorgatz, purchased from Ron Zorn.

 

Hard to decide between those two...

[Octo]

My smoothest is a Waterman Reflex with an F nib. The Waterman Reflex was a school pen. I found it in a jar of pens at my first pen show and paid only $1 for it, probably because the clip won't stay attached. My second favorite is my MontBlanc Slimline.

[virgilio]

Italian Universals, a cheap school pen from the 50s. Piston-fillers, open nib, but otherwise similar in appearance to the Parker 51. Originally about $20 apiece, got 4 dozen off of ebay years ago for about $100 in toto. They are super smooth, but not wet enough out opf the box; I have to tweak their nibs.

[virgilio]

Will add that the Universals have fine nibs, which makes it still more surprining just how smooth they are.

[Glenn Atkins]

Parker 51 vac with a double-broad nib.

 

Glenn

[Mech-for-i]

mine would be a duo ; a Montblanc Meisterstück 114 Mozart original with an M nib, a Hero 100 gold filled with a F nib, both had been with me for decades and were used regularly so I am sure some of that smoothness was not actually from the design or workmanship of the pen but by the fact that the nib had been ground down / run in to a state my writing posture and how it is

[DrJohn]

Italian Universals, a cheap school pen from the 50s. Piston-fillers, open nib, but otherwise similar in appearance to the Parker 51. Originally about $20 apiece, got 4 dozen off of ebay years ago for about $100 in toto. They are super smooth, but not wet enough out opf the box; I have to tweak their nibs.

 

virgil's, How did you tweak the nibs?

 

John