KBeezie
December 14th, 2014, 01:50 AM
Picked up this for my M250, didn't have much expectations other than it would just be a stub that's not too big but not too small. ie: broad-ish with some line variation.
I'm not sure of the time frame it came from, I suspect it came off a pen from the 50s/60s maybe like an old 140 option or 400nn or something equally smaller than a 2xx pen, since physically it's a little smaller than my 14K Medium. But I can't seem to find much information about a "1.0".
It's really smooth if I make sure not to slightly twist the pen to the left like I tend to do sometimes, otherwise it's a little scratch to it on curves, under the 60x loupe it's aligned and all, not angled etc, just has sharper corners. The flat tipping surface is shaped like a loaf of bread, basically on the bottom it's a sharp flat line, then it's ovaled over the top.
The really cool thing though is it has a bit a springiness to it, like it's a flex up to around 1.5 with next to no effort.
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/1stub.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/1stub_close.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/1stub_web.jpg
I'm not sure of the time frame it came from, I suspect it came off a pen from the 50s/60s maybe like an old 140 option or 400nn or something equally smaller than a 2xx pen, since physically it's a little smaller than my 14K Medium. But I can't seem to find much information about a "1.0".
It's really smooth if I make sure not to slightly twist the pen to the left like I tend to do sometimes, otherwise it's a little scratch to it on curves, under the 60x loupe it's aligned and all, not angled etc, just has sharper corners. The flat tipping surface is shaped like a loaf of bread, basically on the bottom it's a sharp flat line, then it's ovaled over the top.
The really cool thing though is it has a bit a springiness to it, like it's a flex up to around 1.5 with next to no effort.
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/1stub.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/1stub_close.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/M250/1stub_web.jpg