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In the craze for flexible nibs there seems to me to be a blindspot that many new seekers overlook. Through sheer luck I have a few flexible nibs on normal pens (i.e. not dip pens). I enjoy them, but they take an awful lot of skill and control and require aeons of practice and discipline. Sometimes I...
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Dear All I have a couple of Diamond 580s, a 1.1. and a 1.5 stub. They worked just fine out of the box and then they went out of the rotation and sat in their boxes waiting for their turn again. Now after a few months when I filled them up and started using them both dry up after the ink in the fee...
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I have collected FP's for 46 years, but only recently with the help of the internet, has my passion taken on a new dimension. I enjoy stubs, and I still looking for the ultimate stup FP. My recent purchase on e bay a 1.3 stub Visconti Homo Sapiens is dissapointing as the 23 K nib is too flexible...
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Hey everyone, Found FPN while searching pics of stub nibbed pens. I'm fairly new to fountain pens, but looking to add to my meager collection. I blame my wife. Her friends started showing off their pens, and she got the bug, and then, of course, I had to try, too. So I bought us a couple Plati...
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Sailor 1911 Large Zoom Nib Or Platinum 3776 With Music Nib. Which Should I Choose?
ace5968 posted a topic in Japan - Asia
I'm about to buy a FP that is worth $200-$300 with the smoothest nib available. I can't choose any of these two pens. Requirements: 1. Smooth Nib 2. Comfort Level 3. Performance Optional: 1. Demonstrator Version (Clear or Transparent) 2. Ink Capacity 3. Maintenance 4. Wet when you write I...