Stub O' The Day

[jar]

For today's stub...

 

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[OakIris]

OMG!! :puddle: What beautiful stub nibs you all have on your pens! lol I want one of each one shown in this thread - the pen and the nib, of course.

 

I only have two pens with stub nibs, a Parker Vacumatic with a factory stub nib and a Sheaffer Lady Balance with a broad nib ground to a stub for me by Ron Zorn. Not sure my camera or my meager photographic skill are up to the task of taking good pictures of the nibs, but I will see what I can do and will post them later if I am successful.

 

I most certainly need some more pens with stub nibs; my wallet does not thank you folks for this thread, but I do!!

 

Holly

Edited January 31, 2013 by OakIris

[phlosar]

Here are eight broad/stub nibs ...

 

 

A man after my own heart. Great photos phlosar, really nice composition with the close-up, I love seeing those wide nibs!

 

Can you list the pens/nibs in your photo? There are a couple I can't identify.

 

 

Thanks. My little digital camera went through a few adjustments to finally auto focus macro. One nib was not in focus, but I like that the iridium/gold are clearly visible on the rest. I added a bit more description. Now I am at work, so I don't have the pens in front of me.

[dcpritch]

I added a bit more description.

 

Thanks, great pens!

[dcpritch]

For today's stub...

 

http://www.fototime.com/7990E526E106679/standard.jpg

 

jar, to what pen is that Aurora nib attached? It looks fantastic!

[jar]

For today's stub...

 

http://www.fototime.com/7990E526E106679/standard.jpg

 

jar, to what pen is that Aurora nib attached? It looks fantastic!

 

A small Stirling silver "88" seen nestled here between a Signum Orione and an OMAS Milord.

 

http://www.fototime.com/EC48145D7768416/medium800.jpg

[Xof72000]

I'm joining the band with one of my favorite stub pen : a canadian Waterman 100 years FP

 

 

http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i404/Xof72000/WATERMAN100Years_zps06b079ff.jpg?t=1359733846

http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i404/Xof72000/WATERMAN100Years-Plume_zps1e5c9f96.jpg?t=1359733846

http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i404/Xof72000/WATERMAN100Years-Inscriptioncapuchon_zps3921077e.jpg?t=1359733860

http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i404/Xof72000/WATERMAN100Years-Capuchon_zps7da648da.jpg?t=1359733838

 

I will have to complete this post with a writing sample picture

[jar]

Today's stub:

 

Sheaffer Classic CP4 Washington

 

http://www.fototime.com/829583F3F0D689D/medium800.jpg

[dspeers58]

My daily writer....great grind, nib etc. Only, the color does not match!

 

Medium Italic stub ground by Richard Binder, Pilot VP

 

dave

[dcpritch]

I'm joining the band with one of my favorite stub pen : a Canadian Waterman 100 Years FP

 

I will have to complete this post with a writing sample picture

 

Christophe, thanks for showing that - I'm interested to see a writing sample with that pen. Is a stub nib unusual for a 100 Year Pen? I would certainly think so!

[dcpritch]

Today's stub:

Sheaffer Classic CP4 Washington

 

jar, another awesome Sheaffer! How do you like it compared to other stubs?

 

My daily writer....great grind, nib etc. Only, the color does not match!

 

Medium Italic stub ground by Richard Binder, Pilot VP

 

I have an earlier version of the VP I got in 1994, the faceted resin model which says "Namiki" on it, but it doesn't have a nib like that. Sweet!

[jar]

Today's stub:

Sheaffer Classic CP4 Washington

 

jar, another awesome Sheaffer! How do you like it compared to other stubs?

 

 

 

I think the Sheaffer FT Madison stubs are the best I have ever found on any pen.

[dcpritch]

Today's stub is offered on a day (and I know this will make jar really jealous) when we are enjoying a temperature of -22 F and a windchill of -50. Days like this make me happy to have an inside job!

 

OMAS Revelations L.E.

 

This pen has a factory 18k stub nib, marked "ST" on the left side of the nib, near the base, and writes a fantastic wet, smooth line. The 18k nib offers a little spring so the down strokes can be made noticeably wider if pressure is applied, and the stub shape gives very thin side strokes. A great nib on a very nice looking pen.

 

 

Here's a writing sample (sorry about the blue tones - its hard to get enough light this time of year for good photos):

 

Gratuitous ink porn:

 

Why, oh why, can't Parker bring this back, or else some other maker figure out how to make Penman Sapphire?

[jar]

Today's stub is offered on a day (and I know this will make jar really jealous) when we are enjoying a temperature of -22 F and a windchill of -50. Days like this make me happy to have an inside job!

 

Winter here too. Had to go for the annual physical at 8am this morning and the temperature was only 58F. I doubt we will even make it into the 80s today. I even had to wear long pants and a long sleeve shirt. Up to 73F now though so back in shorts and barefoot.

[attika89]

 

Beautiful pen!

The ink seems to be a perfect match in my eyes!

Edited February 1, 2013 by attika89

[dcpritch]

Today's stub is offered on a day (and I know this will make jar really jealous) when we are enjoying a temperature of -22 F and a windchill of -50. Days like this make me happy to have an inside job!

 

Winter here too. Had to go for the annual physical at 8am this morning and the temperature was only 58F. I doubt we will even make it into the 80s today. I even had to wear long pants and a long sleeve shirt. Up to 73F now though so back in shorts and barefoot.

 

And this is why you share your part of Texas with 600,000 Minnesotans every winter! I hope I get a chance to return the dig in August, when we are enjoying a cool lake breeze while you melt at 95 F and 95% humidity! Right now, though, I'm busy looking at air fares for a trip outta this freezer.

[pokermon]

Did reading this thread make anyone else pull out a stub and start doodling a little?

[peterpen53]

 

It really shouldn't be allowed to make someone envious with the same pen twice, David!

OMG, what a magnificent pen! Are you sure it's up to your Minnesota winters? They're much milder over here, if it wants to get away.

 

 

 

[bernardo]

One of my two favorite pens: a Sheaffer PFM with a lovely PdAg stub nib...

 

[sexauerw]

Did reading this thread make anyone else pull out a stub and start doodling a little?

 

No, I already had several stubs inked. Like David I've almost stopped buying pens with boring round nibs. My rotation almost always includes four to six or seven stub or italic nibs. Currently I have inked seven round nibs plus these four:

Pilot Custom 823, Mottishaw medium cursive italic nib, .76mm line width, Pilot Blue ink

Classic Pens LM1 Flamme Red, stub nib, .91mm line width, Skrip Peacock Blue ink

Monteverde Invincia Stylus Stealth, stub nib, .93mm line width, Noodler's FPN Van Gogh Starry Night Blue ink

Waterman Carene, Deb Kinney broad left oblique italic nib, 1.19mm line width, Waterman Florida Blue ink

 

Funny, I usually have at least one of them with black ink, but not right now. Being color blind, or having color deficient vision to be more precise, I don't experiment too much with colors other than black and blue. Most of those other colors I can't even tell what they are.

 

In total, my collection includes 56 pens in the stub/italic families. These pens tend to get quite a bit more rotation time than those with round nibs.

 

 

Here are a couple more pictures. Unfortunately these pens are not currently inked so there aren't writing samples.

 

Stipula DaVinci Cracked Ice:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pens%20and%20Nibs/ST01StipulaDavinciCrackedIce.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pens%20and%20Nibs/ST01StipulaDavinciCrackedIcenib-1.jpg

 

 

Lamy Safari Charcoal with 1.9mm italic nib:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pens%20and%20Nibs/LA11LamySafariCharcoal.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pens%20and%20Nibs/LA11LamySafariCharcoalnib.jpg

Edited February 2, 2013 by sexauerw