gerryr
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When Lou (DCBluesman) announced that he had semi-flex steel nibs in medium and fine as an alternate to the kit nibs, I bought 40 of them. These were made to his specifications so I expected they would be better and more consistent than the kit nibs.
The nib design is extremely attractive. No more “Iridium Point Germany†or “Dayacom†on the nib. There is a nice floral design on the edge of the tines and a quill pen and ink well centered on the nib. The twoâ€"tone nib is slightly different from the Heritage 18K nibs because the logo is silver colored, adding a nice touch.
I’ve been writing with a fine mounted in a PSI Apollo Elite for a while now and can honestly state that I am extremely pleased with how it writes. It puts down a very consistent line and is not the least bit scratchy, without any tuning. The line is neither too wet nor too dry, at least for me.
I have a Lamy Safari fountain pen and, for steel nibs, it’s the standard against which all other steel nibs are measured. I can leave it capped and unused for several days and it will still write immediately. The kit nibs don’t compare favorably to the Lamy. As a test for the Heritage semi-flex nib, I used it Saturday morning and put it away. I was off skiing in a PSIA clinic all day on Sunday so there wasn’t much need for it. Today I tried it and it wrote immediately with no hesitation. Is it as good as the Lamy? That’s a hard question to answer and my answer will obviously be only my opinion. But, my opinion is that it is very comparable to the Lamy. If I could get both nibs into the same pen chassis so I could test them blind-folded, I don’t know that I would be able to tell the difference in how they feel on the paper.
I’m so convinced of the superiority of these nibs over the kit nibs that I will be replacing every kit nib with one of these, unless the customer wants a solid gold nib.
Here's a picture of the nibs in case you haven't already seen it.
The nib design is extremely attractive. No more “Iridium Point Germany†or “Dayacom†on the nib. There is a nice floral design on the edge of the tines and a quill pen and ink well centered on the nib. The twoâ€"tone nib is slightly different from the Heritage 18K nibs because the logo is silver colored, adding a nice touch.
I’ve been writing with a fine mounted in a PSI Apollo Elite for a while now and can honestly state that I am extremely pleased with how it writes. It puts down a very consistent line and is not the least bit scratchy, without any tuning. The line is neither too wet nor too dry, at least for me.
I have a Lamy Safari fountain pen and, for steel nibs, it’s the standard against which all other steel nibs are measured. I can leave it capped and unused for several days and it will still write immediately. The kit nibs don’t compare favorably to the Lamy. As a test for the Heritage semi-flex nib, I used it Saturday morning and put it away. I was off skiing in a PSIA clinic all day on Sunday so there wasn’t much need for it. Today I tried it and it wrote immediately with no hesitation. Is it as good as the Lamy? That’s a hard question to answer and my answer will obviously be only my opinion. But, my opinion is that it is very comparable to the Lamy. If I could get both nibs into the same pen chassis so I could test them blind-folded, I don’t know that I would be able to tell the difference in how they feel on the paper.
I’m so convinced of the superiority of these nibs over the kit nibs that I will be replacing every kit nib with one of these, unless the customer wants a solid gold nib.
Here's a picture of the nibs in case you haven't already seen it.
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