I appreciated the explanation in the beginning, very easy to understand. I do have one question because I don't think I've seen the answer.
How did you start this journey? This love for pens and nibs? Because it amazes me that you know how they work, how they are affected by the nib and the ink type.
As for my fountain pen journey, I didn’t get into fountain pens until 2021. I’ve always been a stationery addict, but it wasn’t until I got a Kaweco AL Sport that fountain pens finally clicked for me. I probably know most of this stuff because I followed other fountain pen enthusiasts on IG. A lot of my info about nibs came from Goulet Pens YouTube videos and Esterbrook’s Custom Nib Program. Without Esterbrook, I probably would have never tried custom nibs.
I have never personally used a music nib, but my understanding is that the music nib is essentially a large stub nib. So the mini stub and the music nib should do similar things (thicker down stroke and thinner cross stroke), but they don’t write at the same size. The music nib is designed to put a lot of ink on the paper. Some manufacturers (not Sailor) make music nibs with three tines to allow for more ink flow.
The Esterbrook mini stub, on the other hand, is customized from a fine nib. So it’s a stub nib that is for people that write smaller. I can use the mini stub for daily writing. I would not use a 1.1 stub or a music nib for everyday writing. (Side note: My go to nib size is EF or F.)
I appreciated the explanation in the beginning, very easy to understand. I do have one question because I don't think I've seen the answer.
How did you start this journey? This love for pens and nibs? Because it amazes me that you know how they work, how they are affected by the nib and the ink type.
Thanks!
I’m glad you liked the explanation of the nib. 💕
As for my fountain pen journey, I didn’t get into fountain pens until 2021. I’ve always been a stationery addict, but it wasn’t until I got a Kaweco AL Sport that fountain pens finally clicked for me. I probably know most of this stuff because I followed other fountain pen enthusiasts on IG. A lot of my info about nibs came from Goulet Pens YouTube videos and Esterbrook’s Custom Nib Program. Without Esterbrook, I probably would have never tried custom nibs.
Seems like it’s an ms…music nib to me…what’s the defining difference between this “mini stub” and say, a Sailor music (‘ms’) nib?
I have never personally used a music nib, but my understanding is that the music nib is essentially a large stub nib. So the mini stub and the music nib should do similar things (thicker down stroke and thinner cross stroke), but they don’t write at the same size. The music nib is designed to put a lot of ink on the paper. Some manufacturers (not Sailor) make music nibs with three tines to allow for more ink flow.
The Esterbrook mini stub, on the other hand, is customized from a fine nib. So it’s a stub nib that is for people that write smaller. I can use the mini stub for daily writing. I would not use a 1.1 stub or a music nib for everyday writing. (Side note: My go to nib size is EF or F.)
Thank you. 👍🏼