Nib Size Question

[Rosendust2121]

Hey everyone, I received my new pen today and am confused by its nib size. The only information I have to go on is the inscription that says, "Iridium point, Germany". Based on this information, do you think it will write like a German fine?

Thanks,

Rosendust

(PS-If needed I can attach a photo)

[ehemem]

Medium seems to be the default size...

[jar]

And IPG nibs have nothing to do with Germany in most cases.

[Driften]

  On 10/6/2017 at 11:45 PM, Rosendust2121 said:

Hey everyone, I received my new pen today and am confused by its nib size. The only information I have to go on is the inscription that says, "Iridium point, Germany". Based on this information, do you think it will write like a German fine?

Thanks,

Rosendust

(PS-If needed I can attach a photo)

 

 

Those markings do not identify writing width. Pictures might help but I would guess it would be a medium. You can always ink it and see how it writes...

[Bo Bo Olson]

Depends if you started with a Japanese pen, which has a western " F" for what they call Medium or a Chinese M which from my reading is more western M in size to what you will have as M.

 

In every company has it's very own standards....one's M could be another's M-F or the next companies M-B....................even with in the same company, you can have a Fat F that is exactly = to a Skinny M.....and both are in tolerance. 0.001 to either side of tolerance you can't see either.

 

I meet a lot of madmen here who search for the perfect F, EF.....and make the mistake of buying more than one brand of pen. That is guaranteed way to half sizes....

 

Oddly folks looking for B nibs do not nit pick so much as someone having a hissy fit.....that Western EF is not EF!!!! Well obvious they started with super skinny....miss marked Pilot nibs...and then have a fat and blobby modern Pelikan claiming to be what it is ... a butter smooth EF. .... It is with in it's maker's standard.....EF. Even if it's a Fat old Thing.....it's skinner than a Pelikan F.

 

Sailor is the Fat Japanese nib! Pilot the Skinny one.

Aurora is close to Sailor in width.

 

Vintage semi-flex ('50-65) or semi-vintage springy regular flex (pre'98' Pelikans) are 1/2 a width or more narrower and with a cleaner line, than modern post '97 400/600 semi-nail fat and blobby nibs...............butter smooth but that's all.

 

Some fine Japanese poster took the Gel pen widths and found out there was very little real matching size there either. Fat F's, Skinny M's....with some number that was not 'true'. Again each company has it's own standards even in Gel cartridges.

 

So, Very Skinny, Skinny, Middling, Wide, Very Wide.......is about as near as you are going to get,...and that letter or number marked means only something with in that brand. And No, 0.8 is no better or exact than an M with in that company's standard....there will be variance.

 

Even robot made and cut Lamy Safari nibs have variance. I have seen the 10 m by 4 meter nib making machine, where all a single human does is change the rubber diamond coated nib slicer.

 

Does the nib write well? Is it close to the width you thought you wanted?..........while remembering two F can come off the production band, right after each other and be on opposite sides of the tolerance.

Be less demanding then the nib will be good enough if with in hand grenade range.

Even if the nib is 'perfect'.

Different ink.....different paper....will ruin perfect....every time. :lticaptd:

 

There are folks that say how humid a day is, makes a great difference with a nib, an ink or fine paper.

Edited October 7, 2017 by Bo Bo Olson