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January 1st, 2014, 07:22 AM
Hey guys first post here. I'm not a huge FP user I have two currently a Lamy Safari and a Cross Century II. I like writing with them as well as a Bic Cristal 1.6. Both Fountain pens have Medium NIBs. I have been trying to find a possible side by side comparison on the Cross nibs. I found one for Lamy and see that the difference between M and F is so slight not to be worth trying and moving to the EF would be a better choice. Its a more obvious size difference. I'm not certain how the Cross compares. I'm guessing its about the same, as most comparisons I see, appear to be that way, just not that big of difference. Yet, and there seems to always be a few, where there is a definite difference between sizes when compared side by side.
Here's the thing. I spoke to the person at the shop where I bought the Cross who said the Medium should be okay, all they had in stock too I'm sure she didn't want me walking out without a pen. After trying a few different inks (Cartridges and bottled) I'm still not too happy with it, so a change is in order. With the forms and ledgers at work the ink seems to spread out and even bleed trough, even on some notebook paper this can happen. I think its a combination of my writing, the ink, the paper and the nib. The writing styles not gonna change much,neither are the forms, the inks like I said have been changed a few times so now I'd like to change the nib size. It was suggested on a different forum to try writing with the nib upside down, this does produces a nice fine line but scratchy. I still get some bleed trough, Any idea if a Extra Fine will feel that same way, scratchy? Still lay a lot of ink and bleed through? If it wasn't for the price of the cross nibs I'd try to change one size at a time just thought I'd get some input before I make the purchase.
Maybe I just need to keep playing with inks but I really like Blue/Black and that might be part of it too.
Thanks in advance.
Here's the thing. I spoke to the person at the shop where I bought the Cross who said the Medium should be okay, all they had in stock too I'm sure she didn't want me walking out without a pen. After trying a few different inks (Cartridges and bottled) I'm still not too happy with it, so a change is in order. With the forms and ledgers at work the ink seems to spread out and even bleed trough, even on some notebook paper this can happen. I think its a combination of my writing, the ink, the paper and the nib. The writing styles not gonna change much,neither are the forms, the inks like I said have been changed a few times so now I'd like to change the nib size. It was suggested on a different forum to try writing with the nib upside down, this does produces a nice fine line but scratchy. I still get some bleed trough, Any idea if a Extra Fine will feel that same way, scratchy? Still lay a lot of ink and bleed through? If it wasn't for the price of the cross nibs I'd try to change one size at a time just thought I'd get some input before I make the purchase.
Maybe I just need to keep playing with inks but I really like Blue/Black and that might be part of it too.
Thanks in advance.