Scratchy Nib Vs Feedback, What's The Difference?

[Bo Bo Olson]

Ren, all those pens, and no different papers? Perhaps you are using scratchy paper?

 

Jrgard ... I don't know the cost of your Cross. I have only a Townsend with a nail steel nib in M, one of my three or four Butter Smooth nibs. For £6 mailing to and from.... to get a new nib and or a full new pen is lots cheaper than some nibmeister....unless you are ready for a stub.

It is my understanding what ever problems Cross had with it's renown service department now in China has been sorted.

 

I don't use my Townsend much...mostly because it's a nail.....but I got to keep it....one need a full set of nails, EF, F, M & B.....actually, it's in it's box.

It is so butter smooth one don't really notice it's nailness.

 

But I have so many pens that are 'good & smooth' the step under butter smooth, a 'step above' toothy I don't need butter smooth or I'd be using my Butter Smooth Pelikan 605 (modern blobby somewhat stiff regular flex), MB Woolf (springy) or Townsend (nail) more.

 

 

 

I have printer paper...right now 100G that was not quite good enough to scribble on. Some times it's not your pen....or just your pen. You could be using draggy paper.

 

I'm just starting to get into papers...I have some 25 or so...these are 'better' than cheap 80-90g copy paper....some are from name companies...and some will end up being printer paper. They feather....perhaps they drag....I've not run down the super slick paper like Clairefontaine Triumphe yet....do have the Veloute 90g and Oxford Optic 90g...good inexpensive paper.

 

A wetter ink and a smoother paper can turn a draggy pen into one that is smooth.

[Renfield]

Ren, all those pens, and no different papers? Perhaps you are using scratchy paper?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bo Bo,

 

I use lots of different types of papers. Everything from cheap copier paper, to Rhodia, Basildon Bond, Bank paper. I have tried onion skin and tamoe river paper, and dozens inbetween.

 

I have also tried over 100 different types of ink.

 

I am just a serial tinkerer with my nibs. Until I have them perfect then I tweak them.

 

But that is what I said. A lot on here would put some of the nibs down as having feedback, but I try and remove all feedback which is why I tweak them. Only a handful would have been seriously scratchy.

 

I did forget a Cross Century ii in medium. That was butter smooth out of the box as well.

 

Ren

[jimhughes]

If it's too irritating for me to use on a regular and recurring basis with my ink and paper du jour it is Scratchy and I have Chi Town smooth it up. If it's a tolerable level of nuisance I deem feedback and life goes on. Jim