Stub O'Day Part Two

[amberleadavis]

@Misfit Beautiful combo.

[amberleadavis]

 

 

Three #5 Schmidt nibs all with custom grinds from Richard Binder.  I haven't inked up yet, but I'm thinking about it.

[Misfit]

Thank you @amberleadavis I noticed you changed your avatar. Very Warhol.  As I mentioned elsewhere, that is a beautiful green pen. Perfect for Christmas, come to think of it. 

[amberleadavis]

On 11/16/2023 at 7:30 PM, Misfit said:

Thank you @amberleadavis I noticed you changed your avatar. Very Warhol.  As I mentioned elsewhere, that is a beautiful green pen. Perfect for Christmas, come to think of it. 

 

I have a whole thread of awesome ghosts that I try and cycle through.

[Misfit]

Here is a Retro 51 fountain pen I received, but waited to choose the ink. Retro 51 calls it Harriet Tubman. It has, of course, a 1.1mm stub nib. 

I chose Waterman Havana brown ink. It’s older, from the days when the inks had better names. 

 

And now, the pen in action, sort of. 

 

[Doc Dan]

 

This pen has a lovely #5 (I think) 1.1 stub nib that writes slightly on the wet side. Here it is on 80 gsm paper. 

[Penguincollector]

I stubbed this myself just now. First attempt at doing so. Nonami Chinese piston filler. It’s probably terrible. Paper is R by Rhodia 90gsm, ink is Pilot Blue Black.

[txomsy]

Looks like you got decent line variation out of it. If it writes smoothly I would say that you did rather well.

[Penguincollector]

10 hours ago, txomsy said:

Looks like you got decent line variation out of it. If it writes smoothly I would say that you did rather well.

  Thank you. It seems smooth enough on scratch copy paper and Rhodia. I need to look at it with my magnifying eyeglasses to make sure. It looks slightly oblique (not deliberate, but I do like oblique nibs) to me but I have the vision of a mole rat.

[txomsy]

Actually, a nice thing about grinding your own stub is that you can personalize it to your own writing. If when drawing 8's figures to polish it you help the pen as you do when writing, it will automatically polish to your own writing style. You'd get the exact amount of obliquity for you.

 

That, I suppose, is why some nibmeisters like to see how you write before grinding, so they can try to better adapt the tip shape instead of just making a standard one.

 

 

[PithyProlix]

Do fine cursive italics belong in this thread?

[SLinkster]

I used nail clippers to take the tip off the fine nib of a Jinhao 992 - I paid less than a buck for the pen so I feel like this is a cheap enough experiment.   I smoothed it with 800, 1200 and 1500-grit sandpaper, have 2000-grit and automotive buff-out compound available. It does need a bit more work, as it is slightly scratchy as compared to the Pilot <CM> nib in the comparison photo (yes, I see that burr, which I did NOT see with the loupe).

[Penguincollector]

18 hours ago, txomsy said:

Actually, a nice thing about grinding your own stub is that you can personalize it to your own writing. If when drawing 8's figures to polish it you help the pen as you do when writing, it will automatically polish to your own writing style. You'd get the exact amount of obliquity for you.

 

That, I suppose, is why some nibmeisters like to see how you write before grinding, so they can try to better adapt the tip shape instead of just making a standard one.

 

 

   Thanks, I followed your instructions and so far it feels pretty good. Tomorrow I’m meeting up with some of my pen club friends and will ask them to take a look.

[Doc Dan]

18 minutes ago, Penguincollector said:

   Thanks, I followed your instructions and so far it feels pretty good. 

How did you learn to do this? Were there some instructions given? Did I miss something? I certainly would be interested in trying this myself. 

[Penguincollector]

  I think @SLinkster and I used the same method, clip the tipping off, grind, ta da italic nib. I then did figure 8s and wrote on various grit sizes of micro mesh to smooth out the nib. I tried it on a very cheap Aliexpress pen.  

[Misfit]

14 hours ago, PithyProlix said:

Do fine cursive italics belong in this thread?

I think they do, as they should show line variation. 

[SLinkster]

On 11/24/2023 at 12:51 AM, txomsy said:

when drawing 8's figures to polish it you help [hold] the pen as you do when writing, it will automatically polish to your own writing style.

That's my project for today, using the buffing compound. I'd really like a finer stub than this one looks like finishing. Next effort will start with an extra-fine and I'll skip the clippers, do the grinding. 

[Ted A]

On 11/24/2023 at 6:00 AM, PithyProlix said:

Do fine cursive italics belong in this thread?

 

Why not. One company’s “italic” is another’s “cursive italic” is another’s stub. There are differences, but they can be subtle

[dms525]

New pen. One of my Black Friday irresistible "bargains" ...

 

 

 

Very happy with how the custom grind came out.

 

David

[amberleadavis]

I love seeing the stubs, CIs, Is and other expressive nibs.  Keep posting.