My review of the Staedtler Initium Resina fountain pen, with a steel broad nib, sent for review by Cult Pens! A big thank you to Cult Pens for their generosity. Check out the review for a chance to win one between October 1st and November 31st, 2014.
Serious Nibbage Part 5 is on the TWSBI Classic fountain pen!
Check out previous episodes of Serious Nibbage:
Part 1: Noodler’s Neponset
Part 2: Franklin-Christoph “Christoph” Music Nib
Part 3: Conway Stewart Winston
Part 4: Pelikan Souverän M101N Red Tortoiseshell.
More on this pen:
My review
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Here is my review of a vintage Wahl-Eversharp Skyline fountain pen, with a 14K gold fine/medium nib. Thanks to a kind viewer (Eric) for sending this pen to me to review!
You may already know I love Pelikan fountain pens. Here is a Serious Nibbage discussion about the Pelikan Souverän M101N Red Tortoiseshell. Thanks to Joost of Appelboom for lending us this pen to check out!
Check out previous episodes of Serious Nibbage:
Part 1: Noodler’s Neponset
Part 2: Franklin-Christoph “Christoph” Music Nib
Part 3: Conway Stewart Winston
More on this pen:
GourmetPens’ review
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Thanks to GourmetPens for the images.
Individual Reviews:
Pelikan Souverän M400 – BB Stub (Mottishaw)
Need something?
Pelikan Souverän 205 Classic Highlighter Duo – Yellow
Platinum Mix Free Ink – Sunny Yellow
Pelikan Tradition M200 – Clear
Pelikan Souverän M400 White Tortoiseshell
Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrün
J. Herbin Ink – Diabolo Menthe
Pelikan Souverän M600 Red Stripe
Pelikan Edelstein – Garnet
Pelikan Souverän M800 Tortoiseshell Brown
Montblanc Toffee Brown
Pelikan Souverän M1000 Green Stripe
Rhodia dotPad
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My review of the very interesting looking Duke Snake fountain pen with a fine nib.
Ah! One of my favourite pens – the Conway Stewart Winston. And now I share it… GourmetPens and I decide whether we think the Winston is serious nibbage or not.
Check out previous episodes of Serious Nibbage:
Part 1: Noodler’s Neponset
Part 2: Franklin-Christoph “Christoph” Music Nib
If you’d like to sponsor an episode of Serious Nibbage and would like us to review a pen/nib/ink, etc, contact me through the contact page, or via email.
Now here’s something truly special: a nice, modern music nib. Expect 0% flex, but it does offer serious line variation, being a 1.9 mm italic. Three tines, two slits, superb ink flow, and a wonderfully smooth writing experience.
Need more details? Check out Serious Nibbage Part 2 with Gourmet Pens.
As promised, I have tried to put this nib in a number of popular pens. I haven’t inked up all of these pens, so I can’t guarantee a wet writing performance, but the nib fits easily in these pens.
Franklin-Christoph 02 – Nib Unit
Franklin-Christoph 03 – Nib Unit
Franklin-Christoph 19 – Nib Unit
Franklin-Christoph 33 – Nib Unit
Franklin-Christoph 40 Panther – Nib Unit
Franklin-Christoph 66 Stabilis – Nib Unit
Edison Collier – Nib Unit
Edison Menlo – Nib Unit
Ken Cavers Cigar – Nib Unit
Lyle Ross Pompey 3 – Nib
Nemosine Singularity – Nib
Jinhao x750 – Nib
Jinhao x450 – Nib
Jinhao 159 – Nib
TWSBI Vac700 – Nib
TWSBI Micarta – Nib
Italix Churchman’s Prescriptor – Nib
Wing Sung 590 – Nib
Noodler’s Ahab – Nib
Noodler’s Konrad – Nib
I’ll be attending the Tilburg Pen Show again this year on Saturday, September 27th, 2014. It will be held at the Natuurmuseum Brabant in Tilburg, where I was born!
I’m not looking for a whole lot in particular…because there may be some big ticket items that will drain me.
I hope the Professor makes an appearance this year – he’s great to chat with at pen shows. Although Windy can be a bit obnoxious…
What else do I need?
I was asked by a number of people to provide measurements for the popular #5 and #6 nibs. I came up with this:
