Author Topic: Reviewing a small variety of pointed nibs, including something very special!  (Read 3950 times)

Offline Leary

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Schin—I tested with Engrosser's and to a lesser extent also with OP. Regardless of that, I tried to keep the body of my observations limited to qualities of the nibs, so as not to be script specific. Where I am more general, what I say should be considered with both scripts in mind. E.g. when finding a nib to be poor, I'm saying I don't like it for either.

Anasazi—showing writing samples would make the whole process much longer and hugely more work. It's hard enough for me to produce one sample I'm willing to share, let alone one per nib!
By quirks in this context I refer to unusual behaviours that might make the nib harder to use. For the Spencerian No. 1 and the nibs I note as taking after it, my main use of the term is to refer to the unreliable hairlines with thin inks.

Heebs—I was not aware of the different versions of the Spencerian No. 1, thank you for enlightening me. The pen I tested for the review was just stamped "New York", and unfortunately, so are most of the rest. None are stamped with "England", but I will do a test of a "Made in England" nib. If I find it notably different, I will update the original post with a contrasting review.

Faeleia—I'm very interested to try a 356; there's a high chance it'll become a favourite if its hairlines are really that good.

To all expressing thanks, you're welcome—it was my pleasure (and that's not just an expression).
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Heebs—I was not aware of the different versions of the Spencerian No. 1, thank you for enlightening me. The pen I tested for the review was just stamped "New York", and unfortunately, so are most of the rest. None are stamped with "England", but I will do a test of a "Made in England" nib. If I find it notably different, I will update the original post with a contrasting review.


Reviving the old thread.

I recently auctioned few Spencerian 1 nibs.  I have several that did not say "England" or "Made in England" but those were not auctioned.  I did not have the heart/courage to dump that junk on unsuspecting fellow calligraphers, even on auction site.  Those later Spencerian 1 nibs are really that BAD.  Actually, I first thought those were fake nibs.  Even the poorest of "workable" modern nibs are better than Spencerian 1 that are not marked "England" or "Made in England" IMHO.

Tanvir
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