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I quite like the Jinhao x450 but don't like the stock medium nibs (just too big for my writing style). I've tried the Zebra G frankenpen idea but I could never re-shape the curvature of the nib to get it to work well and the nib and feed wound up jamming in the grip section. I broke them when I tried to get them out. I'd rather not try that again. I've also tried Noodler's brand nibs with no luck. All of my Jinhao F nibs are #5s. Does anybody know of any nibs that work easily and reliably? F or stub/italic are preferred, but EF, Flex, and Japanese M are good, too. Thanks!

My quest for teeny tiny writing in a comfortable to use pen has finally been reached with the successful assembly of a Pilot Knight with a Japanese EF nib. Steps: 1. Buy a Pilot Knight (Pen Chalet has them for like $24 right now, but only in M nib) 2. Buy a Pilot Penmanship EF (Got mine from Jetpens for $8) 3. remove the nib/feed from the Penmanship and the Knight (they're both friction fit so its just a twist and pull thing 4(?) swap the nibs to the different feeds (not sure if this step was necessary, the feeds look virtually identical, but I did it to be safe) 5. slide those nib/feeds into their respective pens. I've heard of people doing this with Pilot Metros before as a way to get different nib sizes that they don't come with by default. Fortunately the same process works with the older Pilot Knights. About the Pens: I love my Pilot Knight, which has become one of my top EDC pens, and I didn't want to risk damaging it with this process, so I bought a second Knight to nib swap. I really liked the EF writing on the Penmanship, but the pen itself sucks. Cheap plastic, too light, weird tiny cap that's inexplicably postable, no clip for my shirt pocket. It's a sub-$10 pen and it feels like it. Now, I have the best of both worlds, with the comfortable, heavy metal Knight and the tiny EF Japan nib. Here's a writing sample with a few pens for comparison. Writing is on a Kokuyo B80 with 6 mm lines :