Favoring broad, oblique, and stub nibs. Anyone else?

[bald1]

I've always preferred a bold line that also exhibited a nice flair, For me that's meant broad, oblique, and even stub nibs on my pens. As a sexagenarian I'm past collecting and am quite content with what I've acquired over the past decades. My favorite remains the Le Man 100 as my collection undoubtedly reflects.

Pelikan M1000 Green; OBB 18kt nib
Waterman Le Man 100 Black, OB 18kt nib
Waterman Le Man 100 Tulipwood, OB 18kt nib
Waterman Le Man 100 Opera, ST 18kt nib
Waterman Liaison Orange Woodgrain (ebonite), ST 18kt nib
Platinum Composer Black w/twin tine “Music” 14kt nib
Waterman (Graduate Slim? Cotele? bought new in 1981) Grey enamal, B gilded nib
Waterman Exclusive Bordeaux lacquer, F 18kt nib
Waterman Phileas Green marble, F gilded nib
Waterman Phileas Gray marble, M gilded nib

The pictures date from 2003, still.....





Any other fans of "expressive" nibs?

 

[brianw]

All I use, except for some regular "51"'s. Mostly .9 to 1.2 crisp italics.

 

[Doc4]

I've always preferred a bold line that also exhibited a nice flair, For me that's meant broad, oblique, and even stub nibs on my pens. As a sexagenarian I'm past collecting and am quite content with what I've acquired over the past decades.

Satisfied?? We can change that.


Seriously, though, check out the 'specialty' nibs made by Sailor. There's lots of "bold with flair" stuff there. One of the great nibs they do is the "cross music" ... which writes more or less like a music nib turned 90 degrees, so the horizontal is broad and the vertical is narrow.

The Nagniata nibs are somewhat similar, but not such a huge & wet line, more of a M/F, M, or B options rather than BBB. Certainly worth checking out.