Although I do most of my writing with standard round nibs, over the last couple of years I've been turning more and more to italic nibs. I had previously thought that I would find them to be either scratchy or difficult to use, but I now realize how wrong I was and have gradually acquired a small selection of delightful italics. The first pen with such a nib to enter my collection was a Pilot 78G with B nib, which is actually a stub. It is fairly smooth and lays down a nice medium line; it is never slow to start and never skips. Given how inexpensive it is, I consider it to be one of the best pen values around, and it has not been out of my rotation in over a year. (Just a few days ago I acquired a 78G with BB nib; I inked it up only a little while ago, and so far it does seem to be more difficult to use than the B nib, but I need more time to properly evaluate it.) My second italic nib was a 0.6mm stub italic ground by Richard Binder for the Namiki Vanishing Point (VP). A wonderfu
Personal musings and observations on fountain pens, pencils (both mechanical and woodcase), paper and journals suitable for use with pencils and fountain pens, and fountain pen inks. My focus is on using these things rather than collecting them.