What Is The Smoothest Nib You Have Tried?

[Pen Is Mightier]

So I have been wondering after looking through my pens what is the smoothest nib I have ever tried, mine would be a Sheaffer Balance upturned nib smooooth as glass!

 

So my question is what is the smoothest nib you have ever tried?

 

Also as a side note what is the most economical and smoothest nib out there?

[OcalaFlGuy]

I gotta agree on the Sheaffer Waverly type tip, my Gold Imperials are probably my smoothest stock nibs. So far as consistently good nibs across a whole product range, I give Cross pretty high marks.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL-I can imagine some saying those Sheaffer nibs are too smooth

[Pen Is Mightier]

I gotta agree on the Sheaffer Waverly type tip, my Gold Imperials are probably my smoothest stock nibs. So far as consistently good nibs across a whole product range, I give Cross pretty high marks.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL-I can imagine some saying those Sheaffer nibs are too smooth

Bah! No such thing as too smooth, give me all the smoothness I can handle!

[JefferyS]

In the surprise of the year, my Binderized Aurora Optima EF. Not surprised because of the make, model, or nibmeister, but that the EF point flows so smoothly. I'm sorry that he discontinued it.

[watch_art]

Some Targas, my broad nibbed Bexley Corona, some other broad nibs in my Edison... uhhmm... a Nakaya I sold for a guy, pilot 823 B nib... yeah.

[alvarez57]

Out of almost 60 pens:

MB149

Omas Milord Old Style

Esterbrook 2442 nib

Visconti Voyager 18k nib

 

Not that the others are inferior. I can like nibs that do have some feedback that some would call "toothy".

[Joe in Seattle]

Sailor 21k M-F on a pro gear.......like butter

[Nonsensical]

I would have to say...My Pilot Custom 74 (M) nib.

My Sailors are the smoothest F nibs, though.

[thequinox]

My medium pilot VP. It just flows over the page.

[ExcaliburZ]

The Pelikan m400 EF nib on my Twsbi 530.

[raging.dragon]

Montegrappa 80th anniversary with medium nib.

[OcalaFlGuy]

I would have thought someone would have spooled up the nuclear smoothness adjective generator by now.

 

Slackers.

 

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL-no greased icy buttahry smoothness?

[raging.dragon]

I would have thought someone would have spooled up the nuclear smoothness adjective generator by now.

 

Slackers.

 

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL-no greased icy buttahry smoothness?

 

Smoother than a gamma ray penetrating lead foil?

[Jimmy James]

The medium nib on my grey Sheaffer Snorkel Clipper is the smoothest nib I have ever tried. My green Sentinel is almost as good, but I swear I think the PdAg nibs are smoother.

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[Bo Bo Olson]

Smoothest is my springy 18 K nibbed wet writing MB Woolf B, that actually writes to a BB. It is my #12 nib. I want more than just smoothness. It waltzes superbly. It should, it's a wide nib. I want more from an nib than just smooth. I want tango and foxtrotting.

Tied at # 13 is a regular flex'56-65 nib. Pelikan 120 school kid gold plated steel F that is a joy to write with.

 

Geha 725 M = # 3,790 wet writing KM = both semi-flex, #4/5/6, Osmia-Farber-Castell 540 M with a Supra nib.It is maxi-semi-flex/'flexi' .

Not in my top # 15 nibs but smoother than some in the top 15, P-51 F, Cross Townsend M both smooth steel nails.

 

 

My # 1 nib is MB 234 1/2 Deluxe KOB (52-55 only)sort of a Waverly tip more than a round ball; semi-flex. It dances the Tango or Foxtrot too, besides being smooth. How ever it depends on what ink to exact how smooth it is, it has with a dry ink a just a bit of tooth. The Geha 725 also.

Paper could matter to these nibs, but I'm still a paper noobie.

[Joshua J.]

The broad "F" nib on my Pelikan M640. It wasn't what I wanted, but at least it was smooth.

[Leftytoo]

Of the 21 fountain pens I've owned, the smoothest is my modern Parker Duofold with F nib. It has no feedback, it has to barely touch the paper, it gives no hint about the nature of the paper or what it is doing and it is totally silent. However, I prefer a pen with more feedback and that requires more force - so smooth does not, for me, equate with writing pleasure. My favorites are my 2 Auroras.

 

Bob

[ethernautrix]

a Nakaya I sold for a guy

 

Testify! I was lucky enough to try that out at Pen Posse -- AMAZING! It was like melted butter on melted butter.

 

Other smoothest nibs: Vintage Sheaffer (pick one, pick any one), Sailor 1911 14kt H-EF, the Sailor Music nib I tried at the Flax Pen Fair earlier this year -- these are the ones that pop into mind immediately.

[ssmui]

MB 146 Medium nib, bar none.

[Denny]

Waterman Charleston M - perfect our of the box,

Parker 100 M - too broad and too wet for my taste.

Both pens silky smooth.