What Is The Smoothest Nib You Have Tried?

[pajaro]

That's a good one.

[virgilio]

The Marlowe from the 40s, a semi-hooded Banker-type pen. It is smoother than a Parker 51, and that is saying something.

 

Others that stand out are the Sheaffer Targa, the Universal Scolastica (Italian from the 50s), the Manuscript Dodec (English) and rather oddly, some of the Walthams from the 40s.

[Sergio 46]

My 70's MB 149 with a M nib: an absolute pleasure!

[dcwaites]

Out of the box, these have been my smoothest pens --

Pilot DPN-200 Medium Desk pen

Pilot Custom 74 Medium

Old style (larger 6.5mm feed) Jinhao Commemorative pens

Parker 100 Fine (before I dropped it and bent the nib - it took me years to get it back to what it should be)

Kaigelu 316 Medium

 

Most of my other new pens have had to spend some time on the buffing board

 

Honourable mention has to go to my Parker 51 Aero in Fine, but as it is a vintage pen I don't know if it came like that, or if it has been simply 'written smooth'.

 

 

Edited to add a Haolilai 611F

Edited December 31, 2016 by dcwaites

[newkid12]

The smoothest nib I have is on a Parker 51 Special from 1950.

[Pichak]

I have tried not too much fountain pen but my smoothest nib I ever use is Sailor 14K Medium.

[Jan2016]

Pelikan M1000 BB, and sometimes the nib even "sings" while writing...

[matteob]

Not got massive amounts of experience but my Schmidt broad on an ASA Daily has a very smooth feel: no feedback at all.

[zaja]

I rate these 3 in my possession as the smoothness; Vintage: My dad's Parker 51 (1963); Modern:Platinum 3776 Century and High end: Waterman Le Man 100 silver godron (1989)

[senzen]

Sailor Pro Gear Standard, followed by cross hatched nib Parker Sonnet. The Sailor has some feedback and some flex, which I'd never experienced.

 

[deepak23]

The Sheaffer Balance Lifetime and a Pilot 78G M. The 78G nib was so smooth that I had to finally roughen it up a bit.

[Orthostylos]

The smoothest nib I have used was on my treasured Namiki Yukari Nightline circa 1995, medium nib.

 

This particular pen was discontinued, and the Moonlight Nightline is now available.

 

It was a gift that I inked up and used once.

 

My reaction at the time was that it was "butter smooth". Perhaps the evaluation of it was as much my perception as much as the actual smoothness.

 

It is the most expensive and beautiful pen I own.

[TheRealMikeDr]

Oddly enough it's one of my least favorite pens - my Visconti Van Gogh. It's VERY wet which no doubt plays a part but this thing is smooth like a Barry White song!

[RocketRyan]

In steel the delta dolce vita Federico.

In gold still my 146 broad.

[Omaslover]

Sheaffer Legacy I with B nib for me, and they are gorgeous too!

[Bookman]

Cross Solo F

[Maurizio]

My Pilot Falcon broad. Writes almost like a paintbrush, wet and smooth.

[jhataway]

Of the pens in my collection of 30, I would say in no order

 

montblanc 146 medium

 

Onoto Churchill Pinstripe medium

 

Eversharp Skyline medium

[mitto]

Mine are the Sheaffer PFM V and IV nibs as well a few on my P51s.

[Octo]

Oddly enough, a Waterman Reflex, which was a school pen. A few others are pleasantly smooth but can't match that old school pen.