Originally Posted by
BoBo Olson
I had wondered for years why folks said they wrote so slow with semi-flex, when I just scribbled along at normal speed.
Semi-flex is not a superflex calligraphy pen. It is a flair pen..............unless the nib is abused. Flair some of the letter is wider than the rest....naturally, not 'Drawing Letters."
Th thin or medium lines are with in 'normal' usage. The superfat X's are IMO 'Nib Abuse' the tines are spread too wide................yes it can be gotten away with for a short while, but for how many years has that nib been abused by folks over flexing the nib.
Not only is the last line isway over flexed I see the line above that as maxed or over maxed for the whole line, not single letter or a fancy decender.
.....that last line of X's is "Nib Abuse!!!"
One sees such 'work' on various Youtubes and Sales paper like shown....where the nib is being sprung for your convenience.
IMO many don't understand over-maxing a nib is not what it is supposed to do. Semi-flex is not a calligraphy nib.......no matter how many over stress it for viewing or sale.
Even maxing a nib should be limited.
I have a Superflex Pelikan 100n, that will go max of 5 X, so I strive to go no more than 4 X............same for Wet Noodles, one level under that nib's max.
As noobie coming in from nails and regular flex....with my first semi-flex a 140 OB, I was heavy handed and wrote at a max of 3X often for some six weeks......I'd not tried to be fancy and draw Olympic splits with the nib. Between 6-12 weeks my Hand lightened until finally I wasn't writing with the nib at 2X, but 1 1/2 to 1.
My Hand had gotten lighter, so I could get line variation 'on demand'. One has to have a lighter Hand, to demand and have space to expand one's demand, only occasionally out to a max.
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