Hi, Flourish Friends! John Neal Bookseller got in some new nibs that have a "cage" attached. It looks like a little spring. (Remember the little spring that some fountain pens used to have? It looks just like one of those! It is attached to the underside of the nib. Basically, the spring just collects more ink that you could normally put into the little hollow space that generally collects ink. It doesn't look like it would do much, but OH MY! It holds WAY more ink that the nib would typically hold! I lettered one whole page off of one dip into the ink! It's awesome! IMHO, it's well worth the extra money! I've been using Noodler's ink & I'm going to try Finetec and some gouache to see if the results are the same. I seriously recommend the nibs with cages. I ordered every one available at John Neal & I am excited to try them all! They don't have my beloved Brause 66EF, but I hope that they're working on it!
At any rate, if you've been on the fence about trying the nibs with cages, Get Off the Fence and order some! They're great!
Janis
