"Another innovation of the Triumph nib was a slight upward taper at the end. This was for two purposes, one, like the conical shape, was for strength in writing through carbons so that it would not pierce the paper, the second was to allow the nib to be used upside down with a finer line. This tapering is more pronounced on 1940s Triumphs, which also had generally shorter and fatter nibs, than on TM pens."
left out it #3, the upturn at the end was designed to make push strokes smoother.
I find the upturn most pronounced of all on open nibs of the late 30s. Vac FIller Balances, open nib Crests. My sample size & knowledge is not really large enough to argue with Jim Mamoulides but ...
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