Poll: Best Nib Ever Made

[ubuntu]

Let's share opinions on our favourite nibs !!!

 

My favourite is an extrastub (18K) Sheaffer Triumph type nib from a Sheaffer Crest (1991-2). Smoothest nib I ever had, quite a wet writer, it hasn't experienced a single skip in its whole life.

Did I mention I run out of ink every other (A4) page :roflmho:

[stevlight]

MB 149--big shock

 

Waterman 52

 

14K Edison added flex

[Philosophy Student]

I am not qualified to answer this, but id say a vintage pelikan nib.

[Namo]

Totally not qualified to answer that.

 

From the pens I've used long enough to tell or am still using, this depends a lot on paper and on ink. Let's say that, right now, I am impressed by a vintage 14k 400nn Pelikan nib and by a (adjusted) EF soft Danitrio nib (by Bock I guess) Close is the nib of the Pilot Murex - very different obvsiouly, but a quality that surprises me each time I take the pen again.

 

A very honorable mention to the 14k standard nib by Lamy. With the proper ink, it is a real marvel - I am using a LE Sailor ink with it right now and it is amazing!

 

PS: I am looking forward to what the real connaisseurs will say!

Edited January 10, 2011 by Namo

[mholve]

"Best nib?" Based on what, exactly? Everyone will have a different answer to this, I'm sure.

[professionaldilettante]

It's like trying to pick out a color. No one will have the same shade.

[ubuntu]

It's like trying to pick out a color. No one will have the same shade.

 

That's why i wrote le't s share our opinions...

 

Probaby the bst nib is the one we still have to buy

[Bo Bo Olson]

I don't have a Vintage Waterman...so I'll just mention some grand nibs.

 

Definitely the inks and the papers help make a nib something extra. Then comes what do you want the nib to do.

 

Some like nails, some don't like nails and don't like what they call 'flexi' nibs with out getting into the detail...of which exact type, semi-flex, slightly flexible, or Full flex they don't like.

 

Others don't like obliques....or like only vintage semi-flex or slightly flexible obliques.

 

Some love mono-tone glow in the dark inks only...so they want smooth above all things else.Some folks want spiderweb lines, that need glow in the dark inks.

Some like two tone shading inks, and don't mind a tad of tooth. Some folks like BB or better.

Certain shading inks do very well with the lowly M...to my surprise.

 

There can be no 'best' nib.

Just the better nibs one has, that suits his own wishes and needs and inks with good papers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like semi-flex and slightly flexible nibs. I have mostly German piston fillers, mostly vintage.

 

 

 

These are grand nibs.

1.MB 234 1/2 semi-flex KOB 1955.By a hair...and the balance of the pen plays in too.

The rest tied for second more or less.

400NN slightly flexible OF

Pelikan 140 OB semi-flex

Geha 790 KM Semi-flex, the OEF is good too.

Geha 725 Goldschwing semi-flex

Osmia Supra nibs, 3 steel, one gold, slightly flexible. Too bad they need to be re-corked.

 

Soennecken Wet Noodle...and it needs to be re-tipped.

[searcher18]

I define best nib as the nib that writes best as compared to all the pens you own. If you own one pen the decision is easy. Two hundred pens and it gets more difficulty. My favorites are adjustable Doric Wahl Eversharp. I think that they are the most unique nibs ever devised and up there with coffee as an invention. Omas are the smoothest writer when I just consider new pens.

[jgrasty]

A Toledo #2 nib in my Conklin Endura. Superflex nib that is truly perfection.

[Apotheosis]

vintage nibs in general for me. Especially vintage flex - nothing compares to vintage flex.

[soapytwist]

Based on the number I've had, and the positive experiences I've had with them without adjustment (new or second-hand), I'd put forward the Montblanc 'wing' nib.

 

It was in production from the fifties to the late eighties (maybe even into the nineties?), and used in all sorts of different pens in that time - just compare the 254, 744, 12, 32, 82, early Noblesse and Slimline and Titano, to show the different styles of pen that accommodated this nib. I would even suggest that this nib (rather than the Meisterstueck line) cemented MB's reputation as a seriously good pen-maker, as they allowed people from all walks of life to be able to afford a pen with a really great nib at its core.

[davisgt]

I'd definitely have to agree with the vintage Waterman #2 nib, especially the New York #2. This nib is often flexible to the point of being a wet noodle. Not a nib for everyone and not a nib for everyday use, but once you get the hang of it, you'll find it difficult to return to the land of nails for such tasks as letter or note writing.

 

Todd

[wspohn]

 

There can be no 'best' nib.

 

 

Of course not. It would have been better to have titled the thread "What are your favourite nibs?"

[ADKaid]

Of the few I own, the Lamy 2K M is a nice damn nib.

Edited January 11, 2011 by ADKaid

[searcher18]

There can be no 'best' nib.

 

 

Of course not. It would have been better to have titled the thread "What are your favourite nibs?"

[searcher18]

There can only be one. Great movie too.

[SnowLeopard]

Two favs...a Sailor custom job...and my 50's 149 f-m. I have so many....different vintage examples... other's might consider as the best designs for one reason or another. Tough choices easy answer.

[Dave the brew guy]

My favorite is my inlaid Sheaffer, a soft, 14k medium.

[ParkerBeta]

The humble Parker Vector nib (also on a variety of other low-end Parkers, including the Urban) offers an astonishing combination of value and performance. On a "bang for the buck" basis, it may be the best nib out there.

 

If cost is no object, the #15 M nib on my Pilot Custom 845 is my top-performing nib.