Any FPs with double-sided nibs?

[A Smug Dill]

We have been looking for double sided nibs... How about a nib that can write on any position or side?

A Sailor Zoom nib can probably do just that.

 

It is however stiff and provides only one stroke width, not what you are looking for from a double sided nib.

A Sailor Zoom nib will produce different stroke widths, when the nib is held at different incident angles from the paper, and also when the nib slit is variously oriented.

[Honeybadgers]

On the side.... there are some 360 nibs out there. they have four "tines" but they write more or less like a ballpoint. Pretty (bleep).

[Scrawler]

The Parker 50 (Falcon) made between 1978-1981 has a double sided nib. That is if you can call it a nib. On the several examples I have seen they are fine/medium and broad/medium.

[sztainbok]

The Parker 50 (Falcon) made between 1978-1981 has a double sided nib. That is if you can call it a nib. On the several examples I have seen they are fine/medium and broad/medium.

Perhaps we should expand this topic to adjustable nibs. There are a number of them in the history of foutain pens. Wahl Eversharp developed a couple that worked by moving a slide on the nib forth and back. Pilot Justus and Lus Giubileo, adjust the nib width by turning a knob.

As an example, here is a picture of a Parker T-1 (predecesor of the Parker 50). This nib is adjusted by turning a screw on the underside of the nib, for which a tool is provided with the pen

 

[Honeybadgers]

that's freaky. what does the adjuster do? I'm used to overfeed style adjusters like the doric (which are bananas, nibs go from nails to wet noodles) justus 95 (which is a pen I am falling more in love with every day, something about it is just magical and it seems to be getting more flexible with use, I actually find myself switching between hard and soft when I'm writing versus when I'm taking notes in calculus)

[sztainbok]

that's freaky. what does the adjuster do? I'm used to overfeed style adjusters like the doric (which are bananas, nibs go from nails to wet noodles) justus 95 (which is a pen I am falling more in love with every day, something about it is just magical and it seems to be getting more flexible with use, I actually find myself switching between hard and soft when I'm writing versus when I'm taking notes in calculus)

I agree that the Justus has te best adjustable nib. Also the Lus Guibileo works pretty well. It has a hooded nib and to make it softer it moves the hood away from the tip of the nib.

In the case of the Parker T1, adjusting the screw clockwise separates the tines to make the stroke wider, but it is always a very hard point to write with.

[CS388]

Vintage Montblanc K (kugel) nibs coudl write upaude down very nicely.

 

Quite right, but it would write the same, in any position. Whereas the double sided nibs could host a combination of nib tips on the same nib.

 

I know there's not much love for the Stylist, here - but, I'm a big fan. It was my school pen, back in the day, and I marvelled at the simple genius of having a single pen which could write fine, or broad. Magic!

 

Enjoy.

[Honeybadgers]

I agree that the Justus has te best adjustable nib. Also the Lus Guibileo works pretty well. It has a hooded nib and to make it softer it moves the hood away from the tip of the nib.

In the case of the Parker T1, adjusting the screw clockwise separates the tines to make the stroke wider, but it is always a very hard point to write with.

 

 

I'd say a wahl doric adjustable nib is the best. I got the pleasure of trying a maxi doric with a stub adjustable. it went from a nail 1.1mm to a wet noodle 3mm and everything in between. almost heart melting to write with. I currently have a mid sized one sitting in pieces in my repair box that I need to pay the gentleman for once I finish restoring his PFM.

 

The justus is more of a gimmick initially, but with time and use, it really starts to make sense. I still don't think it's worth the MSRP, but I paid $150 for mine barely used.

 

How does spreading the tines out not cause it to dry out and hard start?

Edited December 21, 2018 by Honeybadgers

[sztainbok]

 

 

I'd say a wahl doric adjustable nib is the best. I got the pleasure of trying a maxi doric with a stub adjustable. it went from a nail 1.1mm to a wet noodle 3mm and everything in between. almost heart melting to write with. I currently have a mid sized one sitting in pieces in my repair box that I need to pay the gentleman for once I finish restoring his PFM.

 

The justus is more of a gimmick initially, but with time and use, it really starts to make sense. I still don't think it's worth the MSRP, but I paid $150 for mine barely used.

 

How does spreading the tines out not cause it to dry out and hard start?

 

It's fiddly. You can't go to the extreme ends of the adjustment. The instructions have a note that says, and I quote:

 

"Yo may reach a point when changing line width where your pen has a tendency to skip or start slowly. Should either condition occur, rotate adjustment screw in opposit direction until ink flow resumes."

 

I still vote for Justus. Adjustment is so straight forward that you can change it mid sentence without much work and go on writing.

Your Doric has a very special broad to extra broad nib that really excells. I have a Doric with a nib that goes from fine to medium and I have to say that the Justus does better for me as far as ease of use is concerned.