Carene: F or M point?

[Diego]

I am thinking about buying a Carene. My doubt is if choose F or M point. Now I have a Cross ATX and a Waterman Expert, both F. Also, I have a Cross Townsend roller, a bit broader than the fountain pens. What is the diference between F and M point in a Carene?

[jigesh]

I am thinking about buying a Carene. My doubt is if choose F or M point. Now I have a Cross ATX and a Waterman Expert, both F. Also, I have a Cross Townsend roller, a bit broader than the fountain pens. What is the diference between F and M point in a Carene?

 

I don't exactly know about Carene (which I have on order, Fine nib), but in Phileas, M is on broader side, and F is closer to medium for many other brands.

Edited April 14, 2009 by jigesh

[Ondina]

I have not tried the F, but the M is a standard M, not specially generous.

[David III]

My Carene Fine writes at the same width as - a Conklin fine and a Lamy Safari extra-fine (really, I'm looking right at two lines running parallel). Sorry I don't have anything else sitting here for comparison.... ok, found a 1.5 stub nib Lamy and the Carene will fit into the stub's line width between three and four times.

 

Hopefully I didn't confuse all this further.

[Deirdre]

Carenes write somewhat dry, and I found the F nib to feel a bit disconcerting to me, so I'm happier with the M.

 

Normally, I'd prefer the finer nib. Some day, I might get mine tuned to write slightly wetter.

[Harry R]

My Carene F puts down a much finer line than my Expert II F. In fact the latter puts down a similar line to my Le Man 200 M. The Le Man 100 F is somewhere between the two. You didn't mention if you have an Expert I or II. I have no experience with the Expert I, but based on my Expert II you might think about a Carene M. Personally, I like the Carene F as it works really well with the Bulletproof Noodlers inks that I use at work. My Expert II F puts down a pretty thick line with these inks, which is why I have ordered an XF nib for this pen.

[Diego]

My Carene F puts down a much finer line than my Expert II F. In fact the latter puts down a similar line to my Le Man 200 M. The Le Man 100 F is somewhere between the two. You didn't mention if you have an Expert I or II. I have no experience with the Expert I, but based on my Expert II you might think about a Carene M. Personally, I like the Carene F as it works really well with the Bulletproof Noodlers inks that I use at work. My Expert II F puts down a pretty thick line with these inks, which is why I have ordered an XF nib for this pen.

 

That is the response I needed. I have an Expert II, and I find it quite broad to be F, so if the Carene M is similar, that will be my choice

[jigesh]

It may also help to search the "ink review" forum with search term "carene" and you may get few pictures of writing samples with fine and medium nibs. Here are a few posts with pictures of writing samples:

 

Carene Fine Nib:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...1&hl=carene

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...0&hl=carene

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...8&hl=carene

 

 

Carene Medium Nib:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...8&hl=carene

 

 

[MoverM]

It may also help to search the "ink review" forum with search term "carene" and you may get few pictures of writing samples with fine and medium nibs. Here are a few posts with pictures of writing samples:

 

Carene Fine Nib:

 

http://www.fountainp...n...1&hl=carene

 

http://www.fountainp...n...0&hl=carene

 

http://www.fountainp...n...8&hl=carene

 

 

Carene Medium Nib:

 

http://www.fountainp...n...8&hl=carene

 

 

 

 

I am with the same question between Carene F and M. I would like to see the sample pictures, but for some reasons I cannot follow the links above. Could anyone help me find the postings?

 

M over M