Stub And Italic Nibs?

[WOBentley]

My personal favorite is a Cursive Italic (CI) and I can write fast with either a stub or CI, but the added line variation in a CI is what I prefer.

I do believe that a stub is a great place to start for your first "edged" nib.

[BBU]

I say get a Nemosine Singularity with a 0.6 stub, I have two and they are definitely usable for fast writing. I don't know of any other pens even close to this price range ($15) that offer this width of stub. In the worst scenario that you are not happy with it, you can simply swap in a #6 nib from Nemosine, Goulet, etc.

 

Thanks for mentioning this, as I had never heard of this pen until now and have recently learned that stubs and cursive italics rarely come in anything less than 0.8 mm (and most demonstrations show those as writing lines appearing much thicker than that). We small writers really get left out in the cold. It seems like it either boils down to dealing with too big of a stub or CI, getting a professional to grind an existing pen down to the desired specifications, or buying a cheesy calligraphy set. You'd expect there to be more options if fine and medium CI nibs are in such high demand around here.

[lahlahlaw]

 

Thanks for mentioning this, as I had never heard of this pen until now and have recently learned that stubs and cursive italics rarely come in anything less than 0.8 mm (and most demonstrations show those as writing lines appearing much thicker than that). We small writers really get left out in the cold. It seems like it either boils down to dealing with too big of a stub or CI, getting a professional to grind an existing pen down to the desired specifications, or buying a cheesy calligraphy set. You'd expect there to be more options if fine and medium CI nibs are in such high demand around here.

I totally agree, I am anxiously waiting for a Pilot Custom 74 that I sent to get its japan medium nib turned into a 'Pentleton Point' CI.

[LWJ2]

I've had no problems writing quickly with stubs on Esterbrooks. The Pilot 78G I purchased recently has what they call a broad nib, but it writes like a very smooth italic; I quite like it.

 

That said, I haven't taken notes since college in [redacted]; at that time I used a Sheaffer Targa and a Parker 45, both of which I filled daily before leaving the house.

 

Leon

Edited January 16, 2014 by LWJ2

[View from the Loft]

I went all through school and college using a Parker 25 with an italic nib, including hours of note taking and dictation in primary school. I still use cursive italic nibs now for all day meetings where I am taking the official record of the meeting. So yes, perfectly possible.

 

I second the recommendation for a Lamy 1.1 nib for your Al Star if you want to try one out.

[ac12]

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Thanks for mentioning this, as I had never heard of this pen until now and have recently learned that stubs and cursive italics rarely come in anything less than 0.8 mm (and most demonstrations show those as writing lines appearing much thicker than that). We small writers really get left out in the cold. It seems like it either boils down to dealing with too big of a stub or CI, getting a professional to grind an existing pen down to the desired specifications, or buying a cheesy calligraphy set. You'd expect there to be more options if fine and medium CI nibs are in such high demand around here.

 

I think what it is, as you narrow the edge (from say 1.1 down to 0.6mm), you get less line variation between wide Vertical and narrow Horizontal strokes. I would think that a 0.6mm wide nib will require a very thin H stroke to keep the line variation. And that is where the problem might be. The CI and stub have a wider H stroke than a sharp italic nib.