Lamy Rounded And Straight Nibs

[Mishka5050]

That's really interesting...I should get my loupe out and take some nibbage pics

[Algester]

I just noticed but my unmodified M nib has a foot... <_< LOL

[Mishka5050]

OKi, so I had a look at Safari nibs and they all look pretty round to me.

Italics are obviously flat, lol

[carlos.q]

@Mishka5050

These are great pics! Maybe somebody can take similar comparison pics of Lamy 2000 nibs?

[carlos.q]

Well, I finally got my Lamy 2000 with a M nib from the latest Massdrop. What a difference!!! The M nib is glassy smooth and has a very large sweet spot. I can write with the pen while holding it almost vertically like a ballpoint, which I find rather odd for a FP.

 

From my very limited experience with Lamy 2000 nibs I would tend to agree with the description in the original post. I have found modern F and B nibs to be "straight" while the M nib is definitely "rounded".

[tinkerteacher]

This and that other thread where the wife gifted her husband with an "A" nibbed pen,

 

Where is that old Black MK that I threw in the back of a drawer because I found it so boring? It's around here somewhere ...

 

 

Anyway, as I understand it, Lamy now makes all their M nibs in almost the same 'roundness' as the MK, when they reconfigured everything a bit a few years ago.

[ac12]

I can verify that I have 1 F nib that behaves kind of like that.

But it writes more like a nib with a little bit of flex than a stub. Because I can get some pretty fine upstrokes with it.

 

And my M does do a mono-line.

 

I have not tried my B nib...yet.

[Anne-Sophie]

It seems, that now, all medium nibs (school pens nibs) are MK nibs, very round and stiff, perfect for school children.

[carlos.q]

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Edited April 14, 2015 by carlos.q