Vintage Fountain Pens Inc All About Nibs The nib is the heart of the fountain pen; it is the only part that touches paper and this is the most important part in determining writing performance. Pictured above are the nibs and feeds from a Cross Solo and a vintage Waterman 52 1/2 V. Tip/Point The tip of the nib is usually a pellet of hard metal soldered to the nib. Steel and especially gold will wear out very quickly, so a harder material is required to ensure the longevity of the pen. This material is often refered to as iridium, although it is not necessarily iridium. Slit The nib has a long thin slit from the point to the breather hole. Tines The parts of the nib on either side are refered to as the tines of the nib (like the tines of a fork). Breather Hole The breather hole allows air into the feed. Imprint and Scrollwork A penmaker will often imprint names or designs here. Base The base of the nib goes into the section and is concealed from view unless the pen is disassembled. The easiest way to illustrate this is with a picture.
Vintage Fountain Pens and Pencils Article #052501085 Fountain Pen Nibs: The Basics Fountain pen nibs are made in a bewildering array of sizes and styles. Of course, covering everything about every kind of nib in one article would be bewildering as well—I won’t do that—but there should be enough useful information to help you better decide what nibs might best suit your writing style. In this article, I’ll pretend to be knowledgeable about the following aspects of nibs: Nib tip shapes Nib sizes and types Problems Nib Tip Shapes There are three basic nib shapes: Round, stub, and italic. Round Nibs: A round nib is ground and polished to have roughly a circular footprint, so that its line width is fairly uniform no matter what direction the nib is moving across the paper. A ball-point nib is like a standard round nib, but it is also ground and polished so that you can write with it while holding the pen with its nib on the underside instead of in the usual nib-uppermost orientation. Italic Nibs: An italic nib is much more elongated. Now we come to the the oblique. Problems
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