Who prefers feedback?

[KKay]

I love feedback in a fountain pen. The more feedback the better, but I don't like scratchiness. Some people think it is the same thing, but it isn't. Sailor does have the best feedback in my opinion from the pens I've tried thus far.

[azkid]

Going to the local meetup and trying a bunch of pens gave me an opportunity to try everything from extremely smooth pens to those with a fair bit of feedback.

It was interesting to use a few pens that were really smooth yet didnt simply feel like writing on a pond. So I guess there was a hint of feedback.

I wonder if I will get used to smooth writers. Interesting to me was how much better my handwriting was with certain pens and how much worse with others...

[Deb]

Interesting to me was how much better my handwriting was with certain pens and how much worse with others...

Yes. That's a thing. A pen that suits your hand makes all the difference.

[NibsForScript]

Interesting to me was how much better my handwriting was with certain pens and how much worse with others...

Yes. That's a thing. A pen that suits your hand makes all the difference.

That is so true. I have some pens that are very comfortable in hand with a smooth nib and my handwriting (chicken scratch) is much more consistent and legible. Another beautiful pen that just does not sit perfectly balanced in my hand and the nib is not bad, just not great and my handwriting suffers immensely. Drawing does not seem to have the same problem for me. I believe I need to really practice my handwriting to overcome this. I do like feedback but not scratchy nibs. Yes the ink and flow are significant inputs to a nibs performance.

[Scrawler]

I like a little feedback. When a nib is too smooth I find I am putting too much effort into controlling it.

[wingwiper]

I like a little feedback. When a nib is too smooth I find I am putting too much effort into controlling it.

I prefer just a hint of feed back.......that is probably why I like italics more


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[adhoc]

I generally prefer glassy smooth nibs, but I dont think I’d want to be without a pen that has nice feedback either.

[azkid]

I finally wrote my first full page writing with a dip pen, an Esterbrook 048 Falcon nib in an Eagle wood holder.

There is no tipping material on these business writing XF nibs. Talk about feedback: it is actually audible to me. Funny thing though, my handwriting seems better still than with any fountain pen I have tried.

The 048 nib (Esterbrook fans probably know that the Renew-point 2048 and 9048 are descendents of the 048) has enough flex that it is easy to achieve pleasant line variation just with normal writing, no extra effort required.

I wonder if growing up learning to write with pencils and ball-point pens has calibrated my hand to operate best with feedback?

[calamus]

I've never encountered a perfectly smooth nib, but I do like them smoother than not. The flow of the ink and the flow of the nib gliding across the paper seem to me as if they ought to go together, and when they do I find that a pleasurable experience. I expect to be able to feel the paper, but I don't like feeling resistance from it. On the other hand I don't like writing on slick, slippery paper, but I do enjoy writing on smooth, fine-toothed, fountain pen-friendly papers.

[pajaro]

I tend to like a feel of the paper. It took me some years to feel comfortable with very smooth nibs, and I had to make some kind of leap to just the lightest touch and controlling with my imagination where the nib was going and feeling the forming of the letters mentally without the feedback. It took me quite a while to not bear down heavily on smooth nibs.