Welcome To The Broad Side...

[FOUR X FOUR]

 

I love ❤️ broad nibs.

Edited August 2, 2019 by FOUR X FOUR

[FOUR X FOUR]

[FOUR X FOUR]

Im sorry, I can’t get the B to show up as well as I can see it. The 2 pens are the Visconti blue Divina and the Sailor king of Pen.

[Inkysloth]

I took a punt on a minimally-described Parker 51 on Ebay, that had pretty uninspiring photos, because the nib, though out of focus, looked... interesting.

Turned out to be a very nice broad stub vac-fill 51. After a clean out and a fresh diaphragm it's writing very nicely, and the nib is a joy! It's currently inked with NOS Permanent Turquoise Quink from maybe the early 1990s.

In the Forest, Oscar Wilde by Robin Inkysloth, on Flickr

51 Vac, broad stub nib by Robin Inkysloth, on Flickr

[Tom Kellie]

I took a punt on a minimally-described Parker 51 on Ebay, that had pretty uninspiring photos, because the nib, though out of focus, looked... interesting.

 

Turned out to be a very nice broad stub vac-fill 51. After a clean out and a fresh diaphragm it's writing very nicely, and the nib is a joy! It's currently inked with NOS Permanent Turquoise Quink from maybe the early 1990s.

 

~ Inkysloth:

 

Your Parker 51 broad stub writes with brilliance!

The handwriting sample brings out the nib’s charm.

Thank you for posting the images.

Tom K.

[mitto]

A pair of P51s.

 

 

 

[RoyalBlueNotebooks]

I managed to snatch my first broad nib in an ebay auction. The pen is allegedly unbranded but the nib is a beautiful OB and the seller serviced it and polished it.

My first OB nib!

I'm basically vibrating into the next dimension for the excitment.

[Tom Kellie]

I managed to snatch my first broad nib in an ebay auction. The pen is allegedly unbranded but the nib is a beautiful OB and the seller serviced it and polished it.

My first OB nib!

I'm basically vibrating into the next dimension for the excitment.

 

~ RoyalBlueNotebooks:

 

Wow! This is unexpected great news!

Thank you so much for sharing your happiness with us.

An OB nib may bring much writing pleasure.

The poetry you present in FPN might be enhanced by such a nib.

May it arrive soon and exceed your expectations!

Tom K.

[jslallar]

An Incomplete list of my Broad and Braoder nibs:

MB 149 B, O3B, 1.1 stub Greg Minuskin, 1.5 Stub Greg Minuskin,

MB 146 BB x 2, OBB, B

MB 144 B

Pelikan M400 BB, M200 B, P380 B

MG Reminisence B, Cosmopolitan Arabian B

Faber Castel Ondoro B, e Motion B

Sailor 1911 B and Music

Pilot Custom Heritage 74 B

Sheaffer Targa Bx3, 1.1 stub and 1.5 stub

Cross Townsend Bx4 (steel x3, Goldx1), century II B, century B

TWSBI 580 Bx2, 1.1 stub and 1.5 stub

Lamy 2000 B, Safari Bx3, 1.1 stuib and 1.5 stub

Parkers Rialto 88 B, 21 B, 45 Bx5, 51 Bx2, factory Stub, and 1.1 stub Greg Minuskin, Duofold B, and Frontiers Bx3

Edited September 19, 2019 by jslallar

[ardene]

Writing sample (stub, italic, OBB) and the culprits of it: Parker 75 stub (1968-71), Parker Lady Duofold (1929-30) with Parker Jack Knife (1910s-30s) medium/fine nib (for comparison), Rotring Artpen italic nib 1.5 mm (contemporary), MB WE Dostoevsky OBB (1997).

 

 

 

[Tom Kellie]

Two Fritz Schimpf Italic Grind Pelikan Nibs

[OCArt]

Lovely nibs, Tom.

[Tom Kellie]

Montblanc 90th Anniversary 149 BB Nib

[DrDebG]

 

Montblanc 90th Anniversary 149 BB Nib

 

 

Very nice! I imagine this is really lovely to write with. And your macro photography is fantastic. Even though I have a great camera and lenses for landscape photography, my macro photography is poor to say the least.

[Tom Kellie]

Very nice! I imagine this is really lovely to write with. And your macro photography is fantastic. Even though I have a great camera and lenses for landscape photography, my macro photography is poor to say the least.

 

~ 5Cavaliers:

 

Thank you for your generous comments.

The hand-held image was made with the following, using Manual shooting mode:

• Canon EOS 1D X

• Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 50mm f/2 ZE

Obtaining adequate indirect natural luminosity is a challenge for such high resolution close-ups.

Tom K.

[DrDebG]

 

~ 5Cavaliers:

 

Thank you for your generous comments.

The hand-held image was made with the following, using Manual shooting mode:

• Canon EOS 1D X

• Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 50mm f/2 ZE

Obtaining adequate indirect natural luminosity is a challenge for such high resolution close-ups.

Tom K.

 

 

Thank you for the information. Those Zeiss lenses are amazing, unfortunately also very heavy. I have a Nikon D810 with a 24-120mm lens, and a few other kit type lenses. It is a fantastic camera and lens combo for landscape - which is most of what I do. But not a great for macro "on the fly". And, unfortunately, with my shoulder/neck injury, carrying even my camera and lens is just too painful, so I am looking at some of the new, lighter mirrorless cameras. Where to fit that in among my pen purchases is a bit of challenge as well. But truthfully, my next big purchase is likely going to be the camera because I carrying a camera with me when I walk and hike.

 

Definately a "broad" stoke:

 

[zaddick]

It's been a while. Time to add a few nib photos...

 

Custom Bruno Corsini pen with #12 BB nib stubbed by Custom Nib Studio

 

[zaddick]

Stacks on stacks on stacks.

 

 

Jim Crawford on top (4 stack) and Regalia Writing Labs below (3 and 2 layer).

[zaddick]

Edison Menlo with B CI by Binder

 

[zaddick]

Leonardo Officina Momento Zero Blue Hawaii stub