Nib Recommendation for Rotring 600 Newton

[Dadof8]

Being an engineer, I love the looks of this pen, so I'm getting one.

 

My question is should I get the F or EF nib?

 

This pen will be used for taking notes and will be carried everyday.

 

Thanks,

Dadof8

Edited December 17, 2005 by Dadof8

[RichardS]

Hi Dadof8 (gosh!) and welcome to FPN.

 

I have a black Rotring 600 with an EF nib. It was my first and only EF nib, and I bought it simply to see how such a nib wrote. At first, it was extremely scratchy and unpleasant, but I very gently polished the tip with some microfine Mylar sheet, and now it writes delightfully. It's a heavy pen for its size, and I don't recommend you post the cap, which tends to wobble around and makes the whole unit unbalanced. And of course the hexagonal design stops the cap rolling around on your desk/drawing board anyway.

 

Yes, it's a good pen for taking notes I think, but you wouldn't (or rather, I wouldn't!) want to spend hours using it.

 

You should find a review of the pen with an EF nib in the review section from a few months ago.

 

Hope this helps

RichardS

[Flere-Imsaho]

Hi Dadof8,

I agree with RichardS. The EF nib is really an extra fine and since the Rotring Newton EF is not a very wet writer, the nib will probably not be very smooth on standard notepad paper. On the supersmooth paper of the Clairfontaine notebook the nib glides, but also makes a very eery thin line. You have to like it. If you have a small handwriting, then it will probably be ok. If your handwriting is bigger, you´ll probably better of with at least a F nib.

 

http://home.planet.nl/~flere-imsaho/RotringNewtonEFnib.jpg

 

Have fun,

-Hans.

Edited December 17, 2005 by Hans Geelen

[wimg]

Hi Dadof8,

 

If this is your first fountain pen, if at all possible, visit a store that sells fountain pens and allow you to try them out, so that you may determine what nib size suits you best, and whether the pen works for you, i.e., whether it feels comfortable to write with.

 

HTH, warm regards, Wim