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    I'm fairly new to fountain pens. I understand that Japanese pens tend to run a size or so smaller than European pens. I'm looking at an Aurora Optima and wondering whether the extra fine would be equivalent to a Japanese fine.

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    Default Re: Aurora nib sizes

    The fine on my optima is the finest fine I have, but that may not be true for all.

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    Default Re: Aurora nib sizes

    I know it's not much of a help but my broad is like an actual broad

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    Default Re: Aurora nib sizes

    Have you tried the nib comparison tool on the Goulet site?

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    Default Re: Aurora nib sizes

    Thanks for those tips. I'll try the Goulet nib comparison tool.

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    Default Re: Aurora nib sizes

    Here's another tipping size resource from CFP: https://www.nibs.com/content/nib-tipping-sizes

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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert View Post
    Here's another tipping size resource from CFP: https://www.nibs.com/content/nib-tipping-sizes
    Thanks, Robert. That's very helpful. That clears things up a lot. Lamy isn't on there, but I suspect Lamy is similar to Pelikan. One of my first pens was the Lamy Al Star. I got it and a Pilot Metropolitan together, both in a fine point. The Metropolitan suited me perfectly. The Lamy was way too broad for my particular handwriting style. So I got the Lamy XF nib to replace the fine nib. STILL too broad.

    I see that the Pelian XF is .4mm. The Pilot fine is .3 mm. So the Pelikan doesn't go down as far as I need it to go, even in XF. My Lamy 2000 XF is too broad for my preference also, but I can kind of make it work by slanting the nib.

    With this chart, I can see that the Aurora XF (.3) would hit my sweet spot. When I come to buy another good pen, I'll probably looking at an Aurora XF. Montegrappa in XF would be another possibility.

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    Default Re: Aurora nib sizes

    Mind you, a 0.1mm difference can arise just from manufacturing variance. You might be better off by have someone like Mike Masuyama fabricate a custom needlepoint to your specification from a steel Bock, Pelikan, Jowo (etc.) nib/feed unit to pop into a pen you already own.

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    Default Re: Aurora nib sizes

    GVFC extra fine is very pleasant.

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    Default Re: Aurora nib sizes

    Quote Originally Posted by RocketRyan View Post
    GVFC extra fine is very pleasant.
    I had not thought of them. I just looked them up. Very appealing pens. I'll add them to my list of pens to consider when I come to buy another.

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