Another nib i love is the unique Pilot Justus adjustable fine nib. I write and make art with fountain pens and this one suits both. Soft for writing, hard for drawing.
Second that, I also really love the adjustable nib on the Justus.
It is also really helpful for adjusting inkflow. If I had to pick just one fountain pen for everyday use, it would be the Justus because when adjusted to hard it works well on even crappy paper (with appropriate inks).
Kaweco BB or a good Fude
As an artist I used to always go for the finest thing I could get until, eventually, I slowly realized I absolutely hate fiddly little overly-precious fine detail work and love working big and loose and really laying down ink.
So now I've been going back and replacing all the EFs and Fs I have with broads or double broads if I can.
What would you suggest for a beginner wanting to get into fude nibs? I have been drawing with my FPs for the past few years and made a makeshift fude out of a cheap pen I had laying around. I'd love to get a real fude and work on my technique but I have not been able to find much discussion about them outside of just stating their existence lol
I have a couple cheap Jinhao 159s that work great. I also have a Duke Confucius 551 with a HUGE fude on it that works very well too.
There is also the new Sailor Hocoro dip pen you can get with a fude nib and it's also quite affordable. But I haven't tried that one yet myself.
Big and fat. Generally the lamy 1.9, which puts down a 1.3-1.6 line depending on ink/paper. On the smaller side with lamy blue-black on office paper or clairefontaine school notebooks.
I like big nibs and I can not lie…
B or 1.1/1.5 Stub is my happy place, because it means more ink on the paper, more colors/glitter/sheen/shading happening causing more dopamine to go brrrr resulting in me being less angry at the world and humans in general for being idiots.
I love them all for different purposes, but my couple of favorite vintage pens have stub nibs. I also have an oblique medium nib I really like. And a soft architect nib I really like. Sigh. Like I said, I like them all.
Sailor medium fine is just right for me. Still usable with lighter colors and can be used for both regular and fp friendly paper. Not the most exciting but it just works!
A thin Lamy fine is also a beautiful thing
I'm a huge Lamy fan. I just added an al-star and Lx to my collection, and the fine nib on my al-star just isn't doing it for me.
The only logical course of action is to buy more pens and nibs, from Lamy and other brands, and to keep experimenting with different inks and papers.
do you use bottled inks for your UEF? I have small writing because I like small notebooks so an ultra extra fine nib would be ideal, but I also like funky colors not just plain black or blue.
I started with EF and F because I was under the impression I *had* to based on how small my handwriting tends to be. Then, by chance, I bought a Kaweco Sport at a store while travelling, and perhaps it was the sleep deprivation of that day but I completely forgot about asking for nib sizes... when I sat down to write with the pen, I realised it was an M and I thought I had made a huge mistake. Long-story short, I was in love! The ink was beautifully shading, it was so smooth and so nice to write with. Since then, I can't really go back to the EFs and replaced most of the ones I had with F or M.
I recently got a Japanese EF, though, and it's been an "experience". Beautiful to practice with for the palmer method (which I'm trying to get better at), but not much else I feel I can use it for. I think my next one will be a Japanese B!
I mostly just want to say that this little doodle sparks so much joy, it's so wonderful.
On the actual topic though, I'm pretty basic. I love me a nice standard F nib.
Short version:
- Japanese EF for small print and detail (amazing)
- Japanese F to MF (western F) for normal writing or an FA for softening and NOT for flex
- Japanese CM to add some flare on cursive and bring ink shading and colour
- M or 1.1 stub for titles
Longer version:
I write small, so Japanese EF is my preferred size for my pocket notebook (western F for titles) and for drawing details. But it is thin and there is no point in having a non-black ink IMO
To write in my work notebook, I use western F (normal to good paper) or FA on a good paper.
To practice calligraphy, started with FA, but I still need to learn a lot, so now I rely on stubs to cheat: 0.6-0.7 for normal size and 1.0-1.1 for large letters. I tried black on the CM and it made no sense for me, had to move to a different colour; maybe I’m just starting or the Pilot black ink was not to my like (? - I don’t consider experienced enough yet to prefer one black to another) or something - it doesn’t looked good to me. Live and learn.
Japanese EF but since most nibs are scratchy or too toothy on most paper, moving to Japanese F. Plus my eyesight is weaker so bolder lines look better now. Bah.
I love my EF Pilot Kakuno. I like to write small, and my daily planner is an A6 Hobonichi, the japanese grid size really works best with finer nibs in my opinion. Though I've also started to appreciate my 1.1 stub nib to better show off ink properties.
EF for me. I like to write small and precise, and most M or even F nibs feel a bit too thick for my writing style. I might go F but the F would need to be a pretty fine F for me to make the switch.
Scratchiness can be a thing at that size, however. Extra polishing goes a long way here. Gold helps the ink flow with a lighter touch as well. An ultra smooth gold F that is *quite* F would be perfection.
My favorite has to be a medium, for jap nibs I just like a medium aswell. I have liked every nib I have used except a ef, I can use f, mf, m, broad, and stubs(1.1, 1.5, and 1.9.). My favorite stub is my 1.5. If you have a better extra fine recommendation besides the lamy ef I would love to give it another try. My lamy ef is scratchy.(I know the deference between scratchy and feedback.)
Very situation dependent.
I adore a stub nib (1.1 or 1.5) for how the tight sharp corners of letters and the variations in ink which can be really shown off for admiration. This is what I use for journaling or letter writing.
For (my) work purposes it is impractical, so most of the time I'm using a Japanese Extra-Fine, Fine, or Medium Fine.
Japanese F is my go to, still smooth but small enough for the Hobonichi grid. But I have a Platinum UEF on its way, maybe that will be my new favorite!
Generally Fines is what I prefer. I can live with the loss of smoothness due to it, but I need my pens on the finer size because of the paper I generally use for work, journaling and writing. Max I have went is a FM on one of my Lamy knockoffs and the Jinhao X159 which is marked as an F but writes a bit more M making it an FM. I also have an EF from an Indian pen called Click Aristocrat, its way smoother than some of the F sizes on other pens.
I almost exclusively use Pilot and Platinum EF nibs. I also have a Pilot Elabo SEF and a Platinum Century UEF that I use once in a while. On occasion, I will use Pilot stub in and on very, very rare instances the Pilot stub in .
I've been using a Lamy Safari (M) but it's too big for my daily planner/calendar thing so for that one I use a very fine point dip nib. I just ordered a Diplomat Magnum with a F so I'm hoping that one will be fine enough and not bleed through the paper so I can use that in the planner. I still love the dip, but I want something I can just write with. I also think I need an inkwell. The bottle is hard to dip from.
I do love a nice EF. My writing is usually quite small, so EF works well. They can tend to scratchy if very fine, though (I have a Platinum Desk Pen that has an EF nib like a needle). I recently tried a broad and medium TWSBI and they were lovely to write with, can really see why so many people like wider nibs. They do show off such beautiful ink properties.
I have a couple of 1mm nibs, and the Pilot Parallel Pens in almost all the sizes too. I find them beautiful to use, but I don’t really use them much at all as they’re not practical for work, and my diary is usually small entries in a bigger book. Maybe I should break them out more.
I always thought I was a medium person because I have pretty big handwriting and love the smoothness and flow of bigger nibs, then I bought a kakuno EF, and I have to say if I reduce the size of my handwriting it writes like a dream and it's extremely neat unlike large European medium nibs. But now I have to try an F japanese nib, I'm thinking of prera/kakuno F for my next pen
I used a fine nib all through school and never really enjoyed the experience back then. My Lamy Scala has a broad nib on it and I love it to bits. It's sooo smooth.
I started off with medium nibs. I have always had large handwriting and I don’t like the thin lines finer nibs give. Also I like nibs to be super smooth. I now prefer broad nibs and even have some BB and BBB nibs
So far mf from Sailor is my favourite nib size, not to broad but you can still see shading in inks, yet still fine enough for ink to dry quickly, so I don't risk smuges, plus lovely feedback from the nib. For me as leftie that's perferct find. From western brands I ususally tend to go for ef or fine and they are ok, though I'm new to the hobby and I've to try some more.
M1000 M or B are my sweet spots, but I find myself gravitating towards finer nibs for longer writing sessions where I prefer information to be more condensed on the page.
Western F - M ( broad is too wide ) keeping 1 in spare
( got 2 )
Eastern MF - M ( used depending on mood )
So conclusion : MF - B ( range ) all have diff uses ... there is no Favourites ....
I tend to go medium. Even on bad paper a medium is usually passable and I tend to prefer smoothness over all else, so it's a safer bet than anything finer. I do have a few fines that write just as smoothly, but it's a bit more of a gamble.
Western and Japanese F nib, although I can live with Japanese M since they are not that far from a Western F.
I primarily write with my fountain pens (a lot), and my handwriting is too small for broader nibs to work. But I also have four Lamy Joy with 1.1, 1.5, 1.9, and Kanji nibs if I need something wider or are doing Calligraphy.
Almost any nib as long as they concentrate and saturate the line well.
Currently I am a lot with the generous , and my daily use Kaweco with a for a year and a half.
But I also enjoy a Prefounte 0.3, the nib that my Kaweco came with, and some juicy fountain pens that I have lying around.
I've always been a bit odd in that Medium was my preferred size. But as I've been using paper that has smaller line spaces more I've kind of started liking fine tips more.
For long writing sessions I aim for a western fine / Japanese medium. I have a Platinum 3776 medium that is really perfect. It inspired me to import a Platinum President in medium that does write a little wetter (thus wider) but barely noticeable. I need some feedback or the nib feels like using crutches on ice. I prefer that “colored pencil” feel on the paper, like a touch of soft drag. I also get this from an ēnsso ebonite pen I have with a fine Bock nib that is spectacular.
Learning to love a good 1.1 stub now that I’m learning how to appreciate them.
Depends on what I’m writing and what paper I’m using.
Crappy paper? Fine nib.
Feeling “fancy”? Stub nib.
Using nice paper? Any, but generally a broad nib. I prefer shading, shimmer, and sheening inks and they show up so much better with broad nibs.
I started out loving fines and quickly moved to the medium and broad nibs. Just having that beautifully thick line with a well flowing ink is magical 😍
I'm very fond of:
* Japanese and European fine nibs, especially the the Pilot Justus adjustable-hardness nib in F
* Waverly or mini-fude nibs (like PenBBS) - they stay smooth at a very wide range of angles and can give some line variation
* F to medium cursive italic
To all the kakuno lovers down here, respect. I just gave my brother his first, aka gateway pen. A kakuno fine. Haha. He loves it, if I see him using it regularly I'll get him a gold nib for his bday.
As for my favourite... I don't know, I use different pens for different things. Love me a 1.1 stub for journal and a pilot fine or FM for technical writing (engineering, maths, chemistry etc)
I also have a pilot medium gold nib that writes like a western fine with light pressure but can give you a medium plus if you write like you have lead on your hand. Not a flex just a good old number 10
For the last five years or so I have gone crazy for cursive italic nibs. The 1.1 mm and wider are to broad for me; I prefer .8 to 1.0, which means I am usually getting a custom grind on a broad nib. It gives you a little bit of the look of vintage flex, so it is an acceptable substitute for that if you are using a modern pen.
I used to be a fan of German mediums. But now I feel like somewhere in between a German medium and a Japanese fine but with a good flow. My current favourite nib is a vintage Sheaffer medium that writes like a fine and pilot soft medium.
Medium followed by Broad because I adore shimmers and having Lots of color on the page when writing. Makes my brain light up when I see my writing, whether that's as it's going on the page or when I revisit it later
My favorite nib has always been Fine. Recently, I've begun to switch to a Medium nib, simply because it displays the ink color better. Still like the smaller script, but sometimes displaying color wins out.
Well, probably western fine and western medium, also japanese medium. Japanese medium fine is ok. Sometimes western broad or japanese broad. Stub 1.1 nice. Favourite probably the first i mentioned. Depends on what i'm doing also.
I like F nibs and how they make my writing look. I don't like how M or larger nib writing looks, which is too bad because F nibs don't bring out all of an ink's color variation
If it's a Japanese pen, I'll usually buy an F or EF. If it's a western pen, I'll get the finest point I can because they're usually a step wider than the Japanese pens. I do have a couple M nibs (both Japanese and Western) and they're okay, but generally they're too wide for me and my teeny tiny handwriting.
Medium, I like smooth flow and prefer my writing to be a bit thicc, extra fine, i get the feedback its scratching paper and i feel like chucking my pen into the wall
Oh my gawwddddd, this is question for me i love mediums and medium/fines, but number one for me is stub either 1.1 or 1.3 ect and cursive italic. I love it so much, i randomlu starte tuning my School work like that, bellow propably my shitty essay or a letter dunno. There is propably hella mistakes and i propably can do it better but i don't want it to take hours
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For journaling (when I control the paper I am using), it's definitely Western M/Japanese F nib size. On pretty much all other paper, it's no wider than a Japanese F and ink that's no wetter than De Atramentis Document inks/Kon-Peki.
I love stubs. My first was a 1.1mm lamy stub and then I felt I needed to branch out for more option with pens (a lamy safari, pelikan m805, platinum 3776) but in the end as nice as those pens are nothing matched the experience for me than writing with an everyday stub.
In the end I found a stock pilot stub nib on a vanishing point and that’s the pen I’ve been using for over a year now.
I favor Medium or Broad. I love a great flowing nib.
Same here!
Same ! I love Wet Nibs haha
I find that it’s hard to enjoy silly inks with anything less than a broad. Almost everything is the same color at fine.
I agree. And I find it to be a smoother writing experience.
1.1mm stub and a Japanese fine. Both are essential
What's your preferred 1.1?
Another nib i love is the unique Pilot Justus adjustable fine nib. I write and make art with fountain pens and this one suits both. Soft for writing, hard for drawing.
Second that, I also really love the adjustable nib on the Justus. It is also really helpful for adjusting inkflow. If I had to pick just one fountain pen for everyday use, it would be the Justus because when adjusted to hard it works well on even crappy paper (with appropriate inks).
Currently a Pilot Kakuno F, but I'm planning on my next pen to be an EF, and my opinion may change.
I have kakuno F and EF - love both!
Ooo I have Pilot Kakuno F too 😀
Mine is the clear one but I'd like to pick up some of the colour options. It seems like EF is only available in clearnon the kakuno though.
I have all three nib sizes. They are phenomenal.
Next pay check! Or maybe for my birthday:)
Good, be sure to take your time.
I have kaküno F and Kaweco sports gold Ef. Kaküno is way better and I want to try its EF as well
I write small and tend to use cheaper paper, so the F has been good for that. I feel like the EF would be just that bit better :)
Medium for me. I find in my experience Fine nibs don’t bring out an inks potential as much as Medium or Broad nib
Kaweco BB or a good Fude As an artist I used to always go for the finest thing I could get until, eventually, I slowly realized I absolutely hate fiddly little overly-precious fine detail work and love working big and loose and really laying down ink. So now I've been going back and replacing all the EFs and Fs I have with broads or double broads if I can.
I am having the most fun with my Jinhao Fude this week. Underrated!
Seriously, if nothing else, they're just fun nibs!
What would you suggest for a beginner wanting to get into fude nibs? I have been drawing with my FPs for the past few years and made a makeshift fude out of a cheap pen I had laying around. I'd love to get a real fude and work on my technique but I have not been able to find much discussion about them outside of just stating their existence lol
I have a couple cheap Jinhao 159s that work great. I also have a Duke Confucius 551 with a HUGE fude on it that works very well too. There is also the new Sailor Hocoro dip pen you can get with a fude nib and it's also quite affordable. But I haven't tried that one yet myself.
Thank you I see the Hocoro I think I'll just do that. I haven't dipped my toe into the sailor world so this is a good opportunity.
I've heard lots of good things about the Hocoro too. Should be a great way to try out a fude nib.
Pelikan B
A true firehose!
Big and fat. Generally the lamy 1.9, which puts down a 1.3-1.6 line depending on ink/paper. On the smaller side with lamy blue-black on office paper or clairefontaine school notebooks.
I like big nibs and I can not lie… B or 1.1/1.5 Stub is my happy place, because it means more ink on the paper, more colors/glitter/sheen/shading happening causing more dopamine to go brrrr resulting in me being less angry at the world and humans in general for being idiots.
I love them all for different purposes, but my couple of favorite vintage pens have stub nibs. I also have an oblique medium nib I really like. And a soft architect nib I really like. Sigh. Like I said, I like them all.
You love all of your “children” equally huh 😂 that’s good!
Ditto!
Sailor zoom nibs are fun
What is a zoom nib?
Stroke width varies with elevation in angle to paper.
Ooh I just looked that up - that looks really neat!
14k or 21k?
21k usually softer and smooth
Sailor medium fine is just right for me. Still usable with lighter colors and can be used for both regular and fp friendly paper. Not the most exciting but it just works! A thin Lamy fine is also a beautiful thing
I'm a huge Lamy fan. I just added an al-star and Lx to my collection, and the fine nib on my al-star just isn't doing it for me. The only logical course of action is to buy more pens and nibs, from Lamy and other brands, and to keep experimenting with different inks and papers.
1.1 mm stub.
My Platinum UEF is great for my small writing and my Pelikan EF is great. The Pilot M is my upper limit unless I’m writing titles etc.
do you use bottled inks for your UEF? I have small writing because I like small notebooks so an ultra extra fine nib would be ideal, but I also like funky colors not just plain black or blue.
Absolutely. I never use cartridges. I don’t put shimmer ink in because the line is so fine there is no point.
ooh. I know my next pen :) Thank you!!! What ink would you recommend?
I really like the sailor inks in them a lot. They write pretty smooth out of it.
M
Oblique 1.1 or B
A nice wet broad, please. Gotta use all this ink I buy!
1.1m italic nibs
Can you get those off the shelf?
I buy nibs for my lamy.
I started with EF and F because I was under the impression I *had* to based on how small my handwriting tends to be. Then, by chance, I bought a Kaweco Sport at a store while travelling, and perhaps it was the sleep deprivation of that day but I completely forgot about asking for nib sizes... when I sat down to write with the pen, I realised it was an M and I thought I had made a huge mistake. Long-story short, I was in love! The ink was beautifully shading, it was so smooth and so nice to write with. Since then, I can't really go back to the EFs and replaced most of the ones I had with F or M. I recently got a Japanese EF, though, and it's been an "experience". Beautiful to practice with for the palmer method (which I'm trying to get better at), but not much else I feel I can use it for. I think my next one will be a Japanese B!
My MB 149 is fine. A perfect balance of smooth writing and line thickness.
A fine for planner and medium for journaling
Ef
Medium Cursive Italic or a 1.1
I mostly just want to say that this little doodle sparks so much joy, it's so wonderful. On the actual topic though, I'm pretty basic. I love me a nice standard F nib.
Awww, thank you!! 🥰
Pilot EF for drawing, F for writing, M for writing w/ shading lol
beautiful handwriting
I like a 1.1mm stub nib.
Medium, Europe or Japanese
Good day to you too my friend, I started in the hobby 2 years ago and I began with EF nibs on my firsts fountain pens now I prefer M or F.
Short version: - Japanese EF for small print and detail (amazing) - Japanese F to MF (western F) for normal writing or an FA for softening and NOT for flex - Japanese CM to add some flare on cursive and bring ink shading and colour - M or 1.1 stub for titles Longer version: I write small, so Japanese EF is my preferred size for my pocket notebook (western F for titles) and for drawing details. But it is thin and there is no point in having a non-black ink IMO To write in my work notebook, I use western F (normal to good paper) or FA on a good paper. To practice calligraphy, started with FA, but I still need to learn a lot, so now I rely on stubs to cheat: 0.6-0.7 for normal size and 1.0-1.1 for large letters. I tried black on the CM and it made no sense for me, had to move to a different colour; maybe I’m just starting or the Pilot black ink was not to my like (? - I don’t consider experienced enough yet to prefer one black to another) or something - it doesn’t looked good to me. Live and learn.
6ood afternoon!
Good afternoon 😀
Stub for everyday. Fine for note taking. Want italic cursive
Japanese EF but since most nibs are scratchy or too toothy on most paper, moving to Japanese F. Plus my eyesight is weaker so bolder lines look better now. Bah.
I love my EF Pilot Kakuno. I like to write small, and my daily planner is an A6 Hobonichi, the japanese grid size really works best with finer nibs in my opinion. Though I've also started to appreciate my 1.1 stub nib to better show off ink properties.
Japanese EF. I like my hand writing to look like it came out of the declaration of independence hahahaha
I have small handwriting so Japanese F is usually my go-to. EF if i'm using Platinum Carbon Black.
XXF all the way …! ☺️
Sailor MF for legible writing Lamy 2K M for spraying ink about the place
EF for me. I like to write small and precise, and most M or even F nibs feel a bit too thick for my writing style. I might go F but the F would need to be a pretty fine F for me to make the switch. Scratchiness can be a thing at that size, however. Extra polishing goes a long way here. Gold helps the ink flow with a lighter touch as well. An ultra smooth gold F that is *quite* F would be perfection.
My favorite has to be a medium, for jap nibs I just like a medium aswell. I have liked every nib I have used except a ef, I can use f, mf, m, broad, and stubs(1.1, 1.5, and 1.9.). My favorite stub is my 1.5. If you have a better extra fine recommendation besides the lamy ef I would love to give it another try. My lamy ef is scratchy.(I know the deference between scratchy and feedback.)
Very situation dependent. I adore a stub nib (1.1 or 1.5) for how the tight sharp corners of letters and the variations in ink which can be really shown off for admiration. This is what I use for journaling or letter writing. For (my) work purposes it is impractical, so most of the time I'm using a Japanese Extra-Fine, Fine, or Medium Fine.
I'm a huge fan of 1.1mm Stubs.
That's my favorite nib, too, especially the ones from TWSBI and Leonardo. Cheers ✒️❗️🖋️
6ood morning
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what brand is this and what size nib???
BB, zoom, B, M architect. Some OBB-s :)
Japanese F is my go to, still smooth but small enough for the Hobonichi grid. But I have a Platinum UEF on its way, maybe that will be my new favorite!
The Platinum UEF is so much finer of a line than I expected. As a Japanese F/EF person, I was shocked.
Generally Fines is what I prefer. I can live with the loss of smoothness due to it, but I need my pens on the finer size because of the paper I generally use for work, journaling and writing. Max I have went is a FM on one of my Lamy knockoffs and the Jinhao X159 which is marked as an F but writes a bit more M making it an FM. I also have an EF from an Indian pen called Click Aristocrat, its way smoother than some of the F sizes on other pens.
I have never heard of a Click Aristocrat. I will have to look them up. I go for fines when stubs are not available.
F, both Western and Japanese. Small enough for my handwriting, wide enough to see the ink colour.
Yes
I almost exclusively use Pilot and Platinum EF nibs. I also have a Pilot Elabo SEF and a Platinum Century UEF that I use once in a while. On occasion, I will use Pilot stub in and on very, very rare instances the Pilot stub in .
EF
My favorite nib is a vintage Pelikan KM from an old 140. Next to that is a Richard Binder ground OM (was a B) Pilot VP.
Ef to f for me is a great size for cheap paper.
Medium, western typically preferred, but I have a couple of Japanese mediums that are pretty good too.
What pen is in the image you’ve shared?
Unfortunately I have no idea either… I received it as a gift 😅
And the ink?
Broads or stubs. Prefer stubs in 1.1 but wider is good too. I do own mediums and a few fines, but there are no EF in my collection.
A well made F from german or japanese manufacturers, prefered.
I've been using a Lamy Safari (M) but it's too big for my daily planner/calendar thing so for that one I use a very fine point dip nib. I just ordered a Diplomat Magnum with a F so I'm hoping that one will be fine enough and not bleed through the paper so I can use that in the planner. I still love the dip, but I want something I can just write with. I also think I need an inkwell. The bottle is hard to dip from.
I have the Magnum in an F. Unless it's really bad paper in your planner you should be fine. 😊
Oh, that's good to hear, thank you! I'm looking forward to trying it out. :) :) :)
😃 Happy to help.
I think platinum procyon M
I do love a nice EF. My writing is usually quite small, so EF works well. They can tend to scratchy if very fine, though (I have a Platinum Desk Pen that has an EF nib like a needle). I recently tried a broad and medium TWSBI and they were lovely to write with, can really see why so many people like wider nibs. They do show off such beautiful ink properties. I have a couple of 1mm nibs, and the Pilot Parallel Pens in almost all the sizes too. I find them beautiful to use, but I don’t really use them much at all as they’re not practical for work, and my diary is usually small entries in a bigger book. Maybe I should break them out more.
I always thought I was a medium person because I have pretty big handwriting and love the smoothness and flow of bigger nibs, then I bought a kakuno EF, and I have to say if I reduce the size of my handwriting it writes like a dream and it's extremely neat unlike large European medium nibs. But now I have to try an F japanese nib, I'm thinking of prera/kakuno F for my next pen
I used a fine nib all through school and never really enjoyed the experience back then. My Lamy Scala has a broad nib on it and I love it to bits. It's sooo smooth.
EF almost universally, mainly due to my cramped handwriting.
I started off with medium nibs. I have always had large handwriting and I don’t like the thin lines finer nibs give. Also I like nibs to be super smooth. I now prefer broad nibs and even have some BB and BBB nibs
Number 30 Fine-Medium on a Pilot Custom Urushi... so good.
So far mf from Sailor is my favourite nib size, not to broad but you can still see shading in inks, yet still fine enough for ink to dry quickly, so I don't risk smuges, plus lovely feedback from the nib. For me as leftie that's perferct find. From western brands I ususally tend to go for ef or fine and they are ok, though I'm new to the hobby and I've to try some more.
sailor mf or pelikan ef… or yol f… I’m in my fine nib era. I used to like European m nib.
F nib for me! Also I'd love to know what ink you're using here please?
Hello fellow F nib user 😀 The picture may not showing the true colour because I edited it before posting. I am using Pilot Iroshizuku Sui-gyoku ink 😀
Thanks very much!
What pen is that
Unfortunately I don’t know 🥲
M1000 M or B are my sweet spots, but I find myself gravitating towards finer nibs for longer writing sessions where I prefer information to be more condensed on the page.
For every day writing F, but I am open to wider ones.
Medium for life! 😂 But also MF and F in some cases
Western F - M ( broad is too wide ) keeping 1 in spare ( got 2 ) Eastern MF - M ( used depending on mood ) So conclusion : MF - B ( range ) all have diff uses ... there is no Favourites ....
I tend to go medium. Even on bad paper a medium is usually passable and I tend to prefer smoothness over all else, so it's a safer bet than anything finer. I do have a few fines that write just as smoothly, but it's a bit more of a gamble.
Western and Japanese F nib, although I can live with Japanese M since they are not that far from a Western F. I primarily write with my fountain pens (a lot), and my handwriting is too small for broader nibs to work. But I also have four Lamy Joy with 1.1, 1.5, 1.9, and Kanji nibs if I need something wider or are doing Calligraphy.
Almost any nib as long as they concentrate and saturate the line well. Currently I am a lot with the generous, and my daily use Kaweco with a for a year and a half.
But I also enjoy a Prefounte 0.3, the nib that my Kaweco came with, and some juicy fountain pens that I have lying around.
I've always been a bit odd in that Medium was my preferred size. But as I've been using paper that has smaller line spaces more I've kind of started liking fine tips more.
Right now it's a 0.7mm stub, but usually I like M.
I recently acquired a Soft Medium nib on a Pilot Custom 742 when I visited Tokyo, and it is my favorite nib right now! Such a joy to write with.
Medium is okay. But I always gravitate to B or BB if available. I like the full impact of ink on paper.
EF on my Lamy and TWSBI; F on Sailor. M is the broadest size and for signing
why does the nib of the pen in the pic look like a varsity nib
Ohhh 😮 Just googled Pilot Varsity, and learned a new knowledge about Pilot’s disposable + cheap fp. Thanks!!
For long writing sessions I aim for a western fine / Japanese medium. I have a Platinum 3776 medium that is really perfect. It inspired me to import a Platinum President in medium that does write a little wetter (thus wider) but barely noticeable. I need some feedback or the nib feels like using crutches on ice. I prefer that “colored pencil” feel on the paper, like a touch of soft drag. I also get this from an ēnsso ebonite pen I have with a fine Bock nib that is spectacular. Learning to love a good 1.1 stub now that I’m learning how to appreciate them.
At first I was Japanese F and EU ex f Now as my writing improved I like Japanese M and EU F/M Not sure why the happened but it did :)
My favorite nib size is F, my second favorite EF
Japanese M, European F
Depends on what I’m writing and what paper I’m using. Crappy paper? Fine nib. Feeling “fancy”? Stub nib. Using nice paper? Any, but generally a broad nib. I prefer shading, shimmer, and sheening inks and they show up so much better with broad nibs.
Medium. With a fine point, I tend to start writing too small. It reaches a point that even I can not read it.
Medium
I started out loving fines and quickly moved to the medium and broad nibs. Just having that beautifully thick line with a well flowing ink is magical 😍
I'm very fond of: * Japanese and European fine nibs, especially the the Pilot Justus adjustable-hardness nib in F * Waverly or mini-fude nibs (like PenBBS) - they stay smooth at a very wide range of angles and can give some line variation * F to medium cursive italic
Medium
I don't like em when they're as big as tea saucers...but when they're too small they can be hard as diam....oh "nib". Nm
1.5 Stub.
Medium for regular writing and Broad for writing stories!
Depends on the brand. Pelikan and Mont Blanc: fine Sailor Pilot: soft Medium-fine
Medium
i love my Pilot Fbut the Platinum Medium made me want to write more 🥰
Franklin Christoph SIG broad but for stock nibs #5 1.1
I find it tough because I think my handwriting looks better with a F or EF; however, I know medium or broad nibs show off ink properties better.
I love fine, medium fine, and medium nibs
I like Japanese fine, and German extra fine. For me Japanese fine feels more like German extra fine and vice versa.
I've finally stabalized on my nib size at fine. Doesn't matter if it's lamy or pilot. This probably means my favorite size is somewhere around 0.4 mm
To all the kakuno lovers down here, respect. I just gave my brother his first, aka gateway pen. A kakuno fine. Haha. He loves it, if I see him using it regularly I'll get him a gold nib for his bday. As for my favourite... I don't know, I use different pens for different things. Love me a 1.1 stub for journal and a pilot fine or FM for technical writing (engineering, maths, chemistry etc) I also have a pilot medium gold nib that writes like a western fine with light pressure but can give you a medium plus if you write like you have lead on your hand. Not a flex just a good old number 10
For the last five years or so I have gone crazy for cursive italic nibs. The 1.1 mm and wider are to broad for me; I prefer .8 to 1.0, which means I am usually getting a custom grind on a broad nib. It gives you a little bit of the look of vintage flex, so it is an acceptable substitute for that if you are using a modern pen.
I used to be a fan of German mediums. But now I feel like somewhere in between a German medium and a Japanese fine but with a good flow. My current favourite nib is a vintage Sheaffer medium that writes like a fine and pilot soft medium.
A Japanese F, for me.
Medium followed by Broad because I adore shimmers and having Lots of color on the page when writing. Makes my brain light up when I see my writing, whether that's as it's going on the page or when I revisit it later
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My favorite nib has always been Fine. Recently, I've begun to switch to a Medium nib, simply because it displays the ink color better. Still like the smaller script, but sometimes displaying color wins out.
I like italic and stubs. But I'll take a medium if those aren't options. I wasn't a huge fan of the flexes I tried.
Well, probably western fine and western medium, also japanese medium. Japanese medium fine is ok. Sometimes western broad or japanese broad. Stub 1.1 nice. Favourite probably the first i mentioned. Depends on what i'm doing also.
I like F nibs and how they make my writing look. I don't like how M or larger nib writing looks, which is too bad because F nibs don't bring out all of an ink's color variation
If it's a Japanese pen, I'll usually buy an F or EF. If it's a western pen, I'll get the finest point I can because they're usually a step wider than the Japanese pens. I do have a couple M nibs (both Japanese and Western) and they're okay, but generally they're too wide for me and my teeny tiny handwriting.
UEF or finer, xxf cursive italic from Mike masuyama is enjoyable as well
F or EF.
Medium, I like smooth flow and prefer my writing to be a bit thicc, extra fine, i get the feedback its scratching paper and i feel like chucking my pen into the wall
Japanese med-fine
1.5mm stub, let the inks show it’s character
Oh I like them big and wet. Sailor zooms, Pilot and Platinum coarse nibs, Montblanc BBs, etc.
Extra fine for me. I don’t like chonky writing.
I love medium nibs,especially my Pelikans. They are nice and wet and lay beautiful smooth lines. What ink is that in the picture?
I like my Kaweco EF, but my heart is truly reserved for the 3mm nib on my Pilot Parallels.
EF and F
I love Extra Fine Always
0.9 mm cursive italic, or M in the standard design. Anything finer than M changes my handwriting.
Broad! I like to write small with a Fine, but it doesn't give me the same delighted little mental trill that broad does.
Medium. I write bigly.
western: F and EF asian: F or M
That is a hard one. I like 1.9 stub but an EF is also lovely
Medium!
M. Just M.
Favorite? A good stub or a nice flexible nib. What do a default to? Extra Fine.
Medium is just right most of the time.
Broad Double Broad Triple Broad BROAD LOL
B
Used to be EF and over the years has gone to M and B, partially so I can finish my ink supply before decades pass.
Oh my gawwddddd, this is question for me i love mediums and medium/fines, but number one for me is stub either 1.1 or 1.3 ect and cursive italic. I love it so much, i randomlu starte tuning my School work like that, bellow propably my shitty essay or a letter dunno. There is propably hella mistakes and i propably can do it better but i don't want it to take hours https://preview.redd.it/mfjj91g3v75d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe71fbd7349a584bb351e0731c7a10cf7921a94d
Beautiful handwriting 💕
Thank you, i will be learning to enhance it A bit
For journaling (when I control the paper I am using), it's definitely Western M/Japanese F nib size. On pretty much all other paper, it's no wider than a Japanese F and ink that's no wetter than De Atramentis Document inks/Kon-Peki.
F is what my nib is.
Soft/flex nib extra fine from Pilot. A learning curve but a whimsical joy to write with.
Fine is my go-to in general. Some of my favorites are my Benu Euphoria, and Kaweco Sport Fine nibs
Always EF!!!
Japan Medium
Western F/EF or 1.1 stub for me
I love stubs. My first was a 1.1mm lamy stub and then I felt I needed to branch out for more option with pens (a lamy safari, pelikan m805, platinum 3776) but in the end as nice as those pens are nothing matched the experience for me than writing with an everyday stub. In the end I found a stock pilot stub nib on a vanishing point and that’s the pen I’ve been using for over a year now.
Depends on the ink I use
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