How long’s a piece of string? We have applied the question to fountain pen nib widths. Each manufacturer has chosen their own standard and, as result, unless you have a friendly retailer who is happy to swap nibs while you try each one, or your friend has an extensive collection of similar pens you’ll never know. We are constantly asked what the difference is and it lead us to doing the research.
We have produced a nib width guide showing various manufacturer / model ranges in a comparative form. It’s not exhaustive and it is only a guide but you may find some of the results interesting (or perhaps contentious!). Some of the data is supplied by the manufacturers and some is generated by our own research. However, some of the data supplied doesn’t match with our findings and therefore, may be different from your experience. The main case is with Pelikan who have been supportive but their spec suggests the M400 medium is between 0.45 and 0.55 but our experience is a line width of 0.75 based on 2 separate nibs.
We have also produced a video on You Tube showing some of our method.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdwU1epNJUs
Saturday, 6 February 2010
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Where do I find the nib width guide? I don't see a link in this post.
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