We are blessed to have the
https://www.vintage-nibs.com/ site here in Europe. I bought a selection of vintage nibs through that site, including the 2552 cementée and the Perry 27. Very fine and flexible indeed, and much more difficult to control than the Zebra G and the Nikko G. I use the 2552 mostly for Copperplate practice (because all downstrokes are executed with pressure, that makes it easier to control the nib). My favorite vintage nib, though, is one that my mum found lying around in a drawer. She gave it to me thinking that I would throw it out; it was badly stained with black ink residue, which after lots of (gently) rubbing I managed to partially remove. The nib is marked “Manufacture belge, Floreffe”. From what I could find on the web (
http://lescockersdemaryse.centerblog.net/m/8153-plumerie) this was a small nib manufacturing plant that operated between 1907 and 1930. The 120 model that I am using is just as fine and flexible as the 2552 but (in my neophyte hand) feels easier to control. Too bad that I have just one of these… I am hoping that with TLC it will last me another while, until I have reached the level at which I can get crisp and steady lines out of the 2552.
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