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From "flex Freak" To "firm Fanatic"


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Two different worlds, but I like them both. Flex is definitely much harder, much less practical and much more expensive.

-Eclipse Flat Top-|-Parker "51" Aero-|-Sheaffer's Snorkel Sentinel-|-Esterbrook SJ-|-Sheaffer Imperial II Deluxe TD-|-Sheaffer 330-|-Reform 1745-|-PenUsa Genesis-|-Hero 616-|-Noodler's Flex-|-Schneider Voice-|-TWSBI Vac 700-

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I certainly don't have the skill level or patience for Flex writing. I have to pay enough attention as it is already. It took me about an hour with a semi-flex nib to know that if I were to fly a wet noodle, I'd crash it into the ground and kill every body on it. :roflmho:

 

Hence, my affection for Cursive Italics and Stubs.

 

It's still a nib insanity though, just a slightly different flavor insanity.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

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I've been a flex fanatic even though, in all reality, a firm nib would see more action at work. I have to write on thin carbon paper, write in teeny graph paper size boxes on thin cardboard type paper and need things to dry quickly. I have one Esterbrook J with an accountant nib that I've been taking to work but decided to branch out this week. I should get my Lamy Safari with a 1.1 nib (and an extra super fine nib) tomorrow. I'm looking forward to trying it at work.

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I use mainly two pens at school: a medium triumph nibbed Sheaffer Snorkel and a Sheaffer 330 with a 1mm italic. And the Snorkel also writes as a fine when held with the feed up. Semiflex is very fun while still being practical, but I have some bleeding problems with my only semiflex pen.

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I myself have recently gone through a change of faith in regards to flexible and firm nibs. Just recently I have found myself preferring to write with a stiff cursive italic or stub grinded to an oblique angle than having to wield a super flexible nib. Not only can I write faster, but I much prefer the line variation that I get with an oblique italic. The line variation is beautiful in my eyes, and it only requires a fraction of the effort! I still adore the sort of penmanship that others achieve with flex, but for me, I can live without using such a magical nib.

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GClef: I use a firm XF most of the time for jotting but I always have a flex nearby for sketching/art.

 

Bruce: I was slow catching on to stubs and italics but I've been playing around with them lately. I grok now!

How can you tell when you're out of invisible ink?

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Your writing is a million times better with the flex.

 

You've now made the journey from pre carbon paper to post carbon paper, so next you'll be using ball point pens. Congrats?

"One always looking for flaws leaves too little time for construction" ...

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Haha! Oh Andy

 

I understand GClef where you're coming from, but for me, ever since I realized I could print nicely with flex (Monday Night) and not just write in sudo-copperplate, I'm more hooked that I was last week!

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so next you'll be using ball point pens.

 

Already there--more re-posts (because I'm already in bed):

 

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so next you'll be using ball point pens.

Already there--more re-posts (because I'm already in bed):

 

Ok, fine, let's examine this in a bit more depth, shall we?

 

The case for firm fine nibs:

  • I can write this small and not have it hurt my hand
  • less ink use = more $$ in pocket
  • "firm" is firm - also, stiff - same thing no confusion with "soft" firm, "semi" firm, "full" firm, "super" firm or "wet-nail" firm.
  • and no need to buy more pens than you'd ever use in a lifetime just to find the "perfect" firm less pen purchases = more $$ in pocket!
  • regained sanity - lost in the lunacy of the search for any and all flex nibs
  • I cannot get this look or feel of from Palmer-like cursive with a flex-I know it can be done, but not by me, and certainly not with flex.

 

Let's change this to the case for ballpoints? Can a lot of the same things be said as you said about firm-fine nibs?

 

http://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/gnomeicontheme/16x16/stock/form/stock_form-checkbox.png Write smaller. Yup.

http://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/gnomeicontheme/16x16/stock/form/stock_form-checkbox.png Firm is firm etc. Yeah, maybe you get a choice of ball diameter.

http://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/gnomeicontheme/16x16/stock/form/stock_form-checkbox.png Regained sanity... well no need to search for the perfect pen with a fistful of BICs.

http://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/gnomeicontheme/16x16/stock/form/stock_form-checkbox.png Your cursive is gooder. I guess if you call that gooder...

http://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/uidesignicons/checkbox_no.png Less ink use / cost... lifetime... etc.... look, a big bag of BIC pens is almost free. People give out disposable pens, it's hard to make the case any kind of fountain pen is ever going to be cheaper than disposable pens. Can you get them for as little as 3 or 4 cents a piece? How long would those last? You'd be amazed I bet...

 

So, your supposition about firm nibs works EVEN BETTER for ballpoint pens! Seems clear to me ballpoints are the future of pens and we might as well all switch now!

"One always looking for flaws leaves too little time for construction" ...

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Jesus! Why am I starting to hand write my posts like it is second nature! Darn it, GClef! :gaah:

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Sheaffer Snorkel "Special" (because it is!) FX3 flex nib

 

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This is my favorite of all your Ex-es (love at first sight! :roflmho: )

 

Is that from the Eversharp or the Swan?

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