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    Default Re: Stub nib in a daily writer?

    Quote Originally Posted by penwash View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by aquafox View Post
    Meh, I like stubs, I have a Lamy 1.1 but my tiny handwriting doesn't work well with it.
    I tried to look up some easy lessons, or ideas to copy a nice script, to no avail.

    I still quite fancy it for signatures and Italic handwriting for leisure though.
    As implied in the comments above, there are stub nibs that are way less than 1.1mm wide.
    And then there are also Cursive Italics (and the harder to handle if you don't have a light hand formal 'italics')

    A bit nit picky I know, but, I see a stub as being a bit too blobby/rounded at the corners, and getting a much thinner line across than the downstroke seems to make a huge difference when you start going smaller than the .9~1.1+ range).

    Stub nibs like the ones Lamy offers, and most of what you can find pre-made like the Jowo #6 fittings, are going to be the easiest for most users to get used to without having to adjust their writing angle or pressure as much, compared to a Cursive Italic or Italic that offers a nicer contrast in the line variation. I personally like cursive italics with my light to medium hand, never owned a formal italic though, but I imagine I would have to go much more slowly with those.

    I need to find myself a nice 0.7~0.8 cursive italic for my set.

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    Default Re: Stub nib in a daily writer?

    There are some that swear by the cheap Sheaffer Viewpoint: the fine nib is 0.8, described as sharp italic.

    Although it is a right oblique, more for hand lettering that actual, day to day writing

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    Default Re: Stub nib in a daily writer?

    Quote Originally Posted by youstruckgold View Post
    Another here for the cursive italics. Mottishaw makes a humdinger!
    absolutely..................!

    i have quite a few of his pens
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    Default Re: Stub nib in a daily writer?

    Quote Originally Posted by penwash View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by aquafox View Post
    Meh, I like stubs, I have a Lamy 1.1 but my tiny handwriting doesn't work well with it.
    I tried to look up some easy lessons, or ideas to copy a nice script, to no avail.

    I still quite fancy it for signatures and Italic handwriting for leisure though.
    As implied in the comments above, there are stub nibs that are way less than 1.1mm wide.
    That is very true. I have a nice 0.5mm Binder stubbed Pelikan M600 nib on my M450.

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    Last edited by carlos.q; October 21st, 2018 at 03:29 PM.

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    Default Re: Stub nib in a daily writer?

    I have small handwriting and have a list of pens that I'd like to have ground to cursive italic. Question being... are the EF and F nibs too small to even make the effort for a CI grind?

    Pelikan M120 EF & F
    Pelikan M400 EF
    Lamy 2000 EF
    Kaweco Dia2 EF (14k)

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    Default Re: Stub nib in a daily writer?

    Quote Originally Posted by jodylud View Post
    I have small handwriting and have a list of pens that I'd like to have ground to cursive italic. Question being... are the EF and F nibs too small to even make the effort for a CI grind?

    Pelikan M120 EF & F
    Pelikan M400 EF
    Lamy 2000 EF
    Kaweco Dia2 EF (14k)
    I don't know about EF especially EF as found on Japan pens.
    But I have seen the result of a skilled nibmeister (Mike Masuyama) creating a CI out of an Pelikan F nib. It's beautiful.
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    Default Re: Stub nib in a daily writer?

    One of my favorite stubs is on a Sheaffer Javelin. The previous owner ground it himself and I must say I like his work. I wish I could remember his name. I am not even sure if he still frequents FPN anymore. He ground it from a stock Sheaffer M nib. I have modeled a lot of my stubs after his just because I like it so much.
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