I have several pens with large nibs: King of Pen, M1000, MB149. I'm not actually sure why I enjoy them so much, but I do. Functionally they don't seem to me to do too much aside from moving the hand slightly farther away from the paper. I mostly just like the way they look. I really want to get a Namiki Emperor as well, and the enormous nib is a fair part of my interest in it. Is there actually any functional reason to use larger nibs, or is it just an aesthetic thing? I don't know any of the history regarding nib size.
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