Sheaffer Stupid Fine (SF) Nib

[Jeph]

We a discussion earlier in chat about super fine nibs.

The Sailor Saibi Togi nib http://www.nibs.com/SailorSaibiTogiNib.html came up and I thought (and said) that my Sheaffer would write finer than that.

So, an interesting (And mostly useless) picture resulted.

Pen: Sheaffer Craftsman Vac-Fill, #3 nib
Ink: Diamine Ancient Copper
Paper: Yellow Post-It note

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Edit: I forgot to mention that if I write with the nib upside down it gets even finer.

[KrazyIvan]

That is pretty darn fine. I am sure that Brad Dowdy would want to try something like that.

[Tracy Lee]

That would make me run screaming. Holy cow, why not just write with a hair? :eek::p

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[woosang]

If I could write with a hair, I would. I want this pen!!

[Bogon07]

If I could write with a hair, I would. I want this pen!!

Aren't some of your dip pen nibs this fine ?

[woosang]

Yes but... Aw. :-(

[ardgedee]

This made me want to try with the Estie 9128 nib.

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Sorry it ran out of ink (and for the poor handwriting), but I think I could have fit it all.

[Tony Rex]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3794/9456386452_301b604a90.jpg

PS: Hair was too floppy! lol

[woosang]

Hahaha

[Jeph]

Well, this was worth more entertainment that I thought.
But now you are going to make me do one with print instead of cursive.

[ardgedee]

What pen was that, Tony?

[Tony Rex]

What pen was that, Tony?

This pen:
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/942-Studios?p=37666&viewfull=1#post37666

After I did this:
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/2401-Nib-grinding-question?p=38411&viewfull=1#post38411

[Sailor Kenshin]

Are you serious?

This may be my finest-nib pen, or maybe that would be my mom's old Estie...or my Tachikawa manga pen. But this is the one that was loaded.

Ugh. Close-ups make my bad writing worse.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3802/9456850719_ca14f7a454_z.jpg

[ardgedee]

This pen:
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/942-Studios?p=37666&viewfull=1#post37666

After I did this:
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/2401-Nib-grinding-question?p=38411&viewfull=1#post38411

Nice work and... nice work!

Now I'm off to see whether using an Australian penny is a cheat or puts you at a disadvantage... :p

[Jeph]

OK, since the gaultlet was thrown down, I tried again except for printing instead of using cursive.
Normal writing: 5 Jumping Foxes
Nib Inverted: 8 Jumping Foxes

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[Bogon07]

This pen:
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/942-Studios?p=37666&viewfull=1#post37666

After I did this:
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/2401-Nib-grinding-question?p=38411&viewfull=1#post38411

Nice work and... nice work!

Now I'm off to see whether using an Australian penny is a cheat or puts you at a disadvantage... :p

What is the diameter of an American penny ?

[Tracy Lee]

I think I am gonna pass out . . .

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[ardgedee]

North American (U.S. and Canada) pennies are 19.05mm diameter. (wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_the_United_States_dollar))

Australian penny was 17.65mm diameter. It hasn't been minted for a couple decades, though. (wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_the_Australian_dollar))
Current Australian five-cent coin (smallest denomination available) is 19.41mm diameter. That is probably close enough.

[KrazyIvan]

I was going to guess about 20 mm since those are probably 5 mm squared paper.

[Tony Rex]

Jeph mate... I got six halfway down already and my o's ain't just blobs lol

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3695/9461784691_b8ee863088.jpg

[Jeph]

"The quick brown fox...," not "A...," but wow thta is impressive. Which pen is that?

[Tony Rex]

"The quick brown fox...," not "A...," but wow thta is impressive. Which pen is that?

Sorry for the really late reply mate. It is the same pen but retuned for to do the circus act. Totally useless for everything else though.

[ardgedee]

That's a nib I could picture myself using regularly. My regular handwriting isn't nearly that small, but it's small enough that before I got back into fountain pens I was buying from Japanese pen importers just for access to the ultra-fine tips -- .38mm is about as large as I can enjoy using.

[jfsisler]

No way in hell could I ever write this small. I could maybe get one word in the penny diameter....

[Playtime]

A penny for those thoughts indeed:)

J

[reprieve]

Wow. How did I miss this thread before? There is all kinds of awesomeness in here. I must go look for a penny.