Welcome To The Broad Side...

[tinta]

Back to work in 2019. Time to get a little nuts and use up some ink!

 

A slot-screwdriver indeed!

Where did you source this gigantic Kaweco nib unit Zaddick?

I would be interested what width of line this baby lays down. Generally the 14c Kaweco/Bock 060 nib series seems to have a wider tipping than their stainless series. But, the're no markings on this nib as to what metal it's made of (or maybe the stamping is hidden under the 2.3?).

[JulieParadise]

That should be a steel nib from Kaweco's calligraphy set. These come in 1,1 mm, 1,5 mm, 1,9 mm and 2,3 mm with white or black Kaweco plastic Sport pens.

[tinta]

That should be a steel nib from Kaweco's calligraphy set. These come in 1,1 mm, 1,5 mm, 1,9 mm and 2,3 mm with white or black Kaweco plastic Sport pens.

You are right Julie. Initially that's what I thought too. The calligraphy set nibs are un-tipped AFAIK.

Perhaps the gold finish (plating) fooled me.

[zaddick]

That should be a steel nib from Kaweco's calligraphy set. These come in 1,1 mm, 1,5 mm, 1,9 mm and 2,3 mm with white or black Kaweco plastic Sport pens.

Yeah, it us from the calligraphy set so not expensive. Just plain steel. A good way to have fun on the cheap.

[inkstainedruth]

 

~ inkstainedruth:

 

It's Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuyu-kusa.

One of my go-to inks for newly arrived fountain pens.

I'm glad that you like it, too.

Tom K.

 

Wow. I don't get that sort of sheen out of Tsuyu-kusa (although I like the ink a lot, and think it seems to be underrated).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[pankaj]

Hi All !

Revisiting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers!

[pankaj]

And further down the lusty road ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Intensity]

I've sent a pen to be fixed up and ground to a cursive italic, and that got me thinking about adding oblique angle to the nib--or not. I'm right-handed, and I tend to rotate my pens about 45 degrees clockwise, tilting them to the right a bit to get proper nib contact for flat-tip nibs. Thus my stubs and cursive italic nibs always write without full noticeable line variation than they could be if I held them "properly".

 

Easy-to-demonstrate example below: Lamy Safari with a 1.5mm stub nib does make it quite easy to hold the pen properly without rotating as well as hold the extra wide flat nib at correct angle to the paper, but my pens with round grips put me back in my bad holding habit territory.

 

 

I've done some tests with a plastic credit card strip approximation of right-oblique italic taped to a pencil, and it seems like a 30-degree oblique would make my bad-habit rotated writing look like the proper italic writing. But I think I might prefer more legible style of the bottom line above.

 

So I'm curious, for all the stub and italic broad-nib users out here--do you rotate your stub/italic pens, and do you prefer the look of rotated results or "proper holding" results of straight, non-oblique nibs? I suppose one could also get the same results by getting an oblique nib and holding it properly without rotation. I suppose a straight non-oblique nib would be most versatile as I could still get both writing styles with or without effort.

Edited February 25, 2019 by Intensity

[Tom Kellie]

Fritz Schimpf Italic B Grind on a Pelikan Special Edition Classic M120 Iconic Blue Fountain Pen

[Tom Kellie]

Pelikan Special Edition Classic M120 Iconic Blue B Nib Feed

[jmccarty3]

Beautiful photos, Tom. Very nice to have you back!

[benbot517]

Heres my contribution: a Montblanc 149 oblique triple broad and an Omas icon Paragon triple broad. Both ink hogs, and I love them for it!

Edited March 10, 2019 by benbot517

[zaddick]

What wonderful recent editions. Thanks to all for sharing in this thread.

 

I need to get in gear and post some photos of recent acquisitions. More to come...

[pankaj]

 

Fritz Schimpf Italic B Grind on a Pelikan Special Edition Classic M120 Iconic Blue Fountain Pen

 

That's a pretty attractive pen and beautiful nib Tom. The B nib is bonus.

[pankaj]

Heres my contribution: a Montblanc 149 oblique triple broad and an Omas icon Paragon triple broad. Both ink hogs, and I love them for it! 36F76978-9401-4DD1-9EAD-E130D3B7B9C3.jpeg

AWESOME !

Omas Paragon 3B : 149 3B .... clash of the Titans !!!

[pankaj]

What wonderful recent editions. Thanks to all for sharing in this thread.

 

I need to get in gear and post some photos of recent acquisitions. More to come...

 

Hi Zaddick , after all those broad broader broadest shovel nibs that you have hoarded, what else remains left on the earth that you need to get in gear ??? We are curious... lol

 

That plain steel 2.3 Kawco is for doodling or clearing the snow ?

[Tom Kellie]

https://ukfountainpens.com/2019/03/02/in-praise-of-the-crazy-pelikan-italic-broad/