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Silverbreeze
June 3rd, 2014, 02:36 PM
http://www.jetpens.com/Sailor-My-First-Fountain-Pen-Set-Black/pd/12088
Is the bent nib an adaption for Asian characters or something???
alc3261
June 3rd, 2014, 02:54 PM
It is.
Sailor Kenshin
June 3rd, 2014, 04:06 PM
http://www.jetpens.com/Sailor-My-First-Fountain-Pen-Set-Black/pd/12088
Is the bent nib an adaption for Asian characters or something???
That it is.
Ohhhh I haaaad to looooook, didn't I.....
KBeezie
June 3rd, 2014, 04:25 PM
aka Calligraphy nib or "Fude" Nib, you see them a lot more on the cheap chinese pens sold as "Calligraphy Nib". (check the front page of the asian pens section for a thread mentioning Fude nib)
That there I guess is a super cheap version of what they did with their Z (zoom) nib.
Silverbreeze
June 3rd, 2014, 04:26 PM
http://www.jetpens.com/Sailor-My-First-Fountain-Pen-Set-Black/pd/12088
Is the bent nib an adaption for Asian characters or something???
That it is.
Ohhhh I haaaad to looooook, didn't I.....
Does Sailor think you are a otaku :-)
Sailor Kenshin
June 3rd, 2014, 04:34 PM
aka Calligraphy nib or "Fude" Nib, you see them a lot more on the cheap chinese pens sold as "Calligraphy Nib". (check the front page of the asian pens section for a thread mentioning Fude nib)
That there I guess is a super cheap version of what they did with their Z (zoom) nib.
The Zoom nib is a little different from fude nibs and acts more like a quadruple-B. it's not turned up at the tip, just has a huuuge blob of metal at the tip. Nice for lighter shading inks. Or really big writing.
Sailor Kenshin
June 3rd, 2014, 05:14 PM
http://www.jetpens.com/Sailor-My-First-Fountain-Pen-Set-Black/pd/12088
Is the bent nib an adaption for Asian characters or something???
That it is.
Ohhhh I haaaad to looooook, didn't I.....
Does Sailor think you are a otaku :-)
Possssiblyyyyy..... :ph34r:
Laura N
June 3rd, 2014, 09:33 PM
Boy, that's tempting for $33.
KBeezie
June 3rd, 2014, 10:23 PM
Boy, that's tempting for $33.
What's nice is you get a normal-ish nib in case you get sick of the fude nib :D
earthdawn
June 3rd, 2014, 10:47 PM
Well now thats a cool find and certainly a great way to try a nib that is usually in the hundreds of dollars range ...
Well... someone has to bite and let us know how it is !
:bump:
Wile E Coyote
June 3rd, 2014, 11:39 PM
Well now thats a cool find and certainly a great way to try a nib that is usually in the hundreds of dollars range ...
Well... someone has to bite and let us know how it is !
The Fude is a relatively inexpensive untipped steel nib. Jetpens has one for $16.50.
They're available in two versions; a 40° and 55° bent tip depending on what angle you prefer.
Sailor Kenshin
June 4th, 2014, 04:21 AM
I 'em both...plus a version that looks like a 1911 but isn't. The Jetpen ones you refer to are stick pens...but write very well.
dr.grace
June 4th, 2014, 01:09 PM
Well now thats a cool find and certainly a great way to try a nib that is usually in the hundreds of dollars range ...
Well... someone has to bite and let us know how it is !
The Fude is a relatively inexpensive untipped steel nib. Jetpens has one for $16.50.
They're available in two versions; a 40° and 55° bent tip depending on what angle you prefer.
Right, but as Earthdawn alludes, there's also a Sailor Nagahara Fude nib that does cost hundreds of dollars.
Sailor Kenshin
June 4th, 2014, 01:26 PM
Has anyone here used such a nib? What did you think of it?
dr.grace
June 4th, 2014, 01:36 PM
I've never used a Nagahara Fude. I do have a Nagahara Concord nib, which is curved in the opposite direction. I found it too broad for me, so I had Richard Binder grind it to a finer line, to approximate the "Condor" nib I'd bought previously from him, which I've installed in a tortoise 400NN. (The Condor is shaped like the Sailor Concord, but Binder makes it from a Pelikan BB nib.) I love using them for Chinese writing. I've used them also for writing English. They give a distinctly different effect for me, with the lines tapering down towards the bottoms of the strokes.
Sailor Kenshin
June 4th, 2014, 04:13 PM
I've seen someone using a Concord on Youtube. Ooooooooo.......
bitterwonder
June 4th, 2014, 09:21 PM
Wonderful for drawing.
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