Obb Nibs

[Ghost Plane]

Had one, sold it as too narrow for my tastes. It was hard to tell it was oblique as it wrote a fairly fine line in almost any position. I suspect it was ground to be more forgiving than the broader variants given the larger number of M nib defaulting users out there.

[meiers]

Aha! That's it. I am going for an OBB or OBBB. Montblanc nib exchange, here I come. Time to live a little.

[meiers]

Thanks ghost plane.

[Pterodactylus]

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/834/znau.jpg

 

(Pelikan 400 - OM ..... Rohrer & Klingner Solferino)

(Pelikan 140 - OF ..... Rohrer & Klingner Blu Mare)

[colrehogan]

I have attached a small sample of a 149 OM next to a 146 M. Currently my BB and O3B nibbed pens are out of my rotation.

[thott]

@Pterodactylus

 

What a nice handwriting!

 

Greetings

Thomas

[Pterodactylus]

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/36/eu0k.jpg

 

(Pelikan 400NN - OB ..... Iroshizuku Asa-Goa)

[meiers]

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/36/eu0k.jpg

 

(Pelikan 400NN - OB ..... Iroshizuku Asa-Goa)

Nice handwriting.

I love your choice of ink.

[max dog]

Had one, sold it as too narrow for my tastes. It was hard to tell it was oblique as it wrote a fairly fine line in almost any position. I suspect it was ground to be more forgiving than the broader variants given the larger number of M nib defaulting users out there.

 

 

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/834/znau.jpg

 

(Pelikan 400 - OM ..... Rohrer & Klingner Solferino)

(Pelikan 140 - OF ..... Rohrer & Klingner Blu Mare)

 

 

I have attached a small sample of a 149 OM next to a 146 M. Currently my BB and O3B nibbed pens are out of my rotation.

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Yeah, thanks much guys about the OM. It looks like there is subtle line variation with the OM.

[meiers]

Yeah, thanks much guys about the OM. It looks like there is subtle line variation with the OM.

It's very subtle.

Edited January 16, 2014 by meiers

[Pterodactylus]

I guess you are referring to the 149-OM sample and not mine (because on the vintage nibs there are variations).

To be honest I can't see any.

 

Recently e.g. Pelikan stopped the production of the oblique nibs, as there is almost no demand anymore.

Which is IMO obvious as a oblique cut is only useful if applied on a stubby nib (today only on broader nibs (and here also not valid for each brand) ).

On a modern spherical (blob) nib an oblique cut gives you no advantage at all as:

 

- Correction of the holding angle is not needed on a spherical nib as they write in nearly every position

 

- You will get also no different writing experience on a spherical nib, no nice broad stroke shift as there is no broad stroke.

[waisun]

My everyday writer is a modern 149 OM, and have been using it for the past 6 years.

Just put up a Oscar Wilde OB for sale..please check it out!

 

Edited January 17, 2014 by waisun

[Pterodactylus]

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/580/hqs4.jpg

 

(Montblanc 146 - B ..... Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku)

[thott]

http://thott.smugmug.com/Other/Acessories/i-dFd8sbt/0/O/Foto%21.jpg

 

 

PS:

May be you can add a bicture of the nib´s opposite side and a side view

 

 

 

 

[meiers]

Well. I sent an old beater 146 to the service center for a complete tune up and a nib exchange. There is an OBB nib on order.

Apparently they will replace the entire pen except for the "cap assembly".

I will keep you posted.

[PhilH]

Folks

What about OB nibs? How do they compare?

[Ghost Plane]

Also good. Hard to go wrong with MB obliques.

[PhilH]

Also good. Hard to go wrong with MB obliques.

Thanks Ghost...just as fun? Line variation?

[Pterodactylus]

Seek and ye shall find, even in this thread..... E.g. Post #22 and #23.....

[meiers]

Also good. Hard to go wrong with MB obliques.

My OBB 146 arrived today.

Beautiful, smooth nib. Nice line variation.

Everything I hoped for.