Nib Grinding?

[AustinMalone1999]

I want to start grinding nibs, and get enough experience to buy a table for next years Pen Show. (Nearly a year away.) I have pretty much mastered how to grind a very good, smooth stub, but would love to expand into cursive and crisp italics before I learn obliques or Arabic grinds. Does anyone with a good macro lens want to help a teenage fountain pen lover out with some photos of the tipping and maybe a writing sample?

 

Also, if we could talk a little bit about technique, I'm afraid that I am doing it wrong.

 

Thank you in advance for your help!

 

-Austin W. Malone

Amateur Writer, Student, and Pen Enthusiast

Edited February 26, 2015 by AustinMalone1999

[Randal6393]

Maybe contact Tim Girdler. He did an apprenticeship under Richard Binder and regularly goes to Bertram's Inkwell in DC to do pen repair Saturdays. He could give you an idea of what to study and where as well as what kind of weeds are in the row you want to hoe.

 

Best of luck,