Just to be sure, all of the factory obliques are left-foot, right? This adds a bit of style to your writing which appeals to some…A good review – very interesting to me because I’m a leftie as well (underwriter). Most specialist charge between $30-45 depending on the job to be done. In fact the handwriting produced by a Pelikan oblique nib will be virtually indistinguishable from that produced by a standard round point. I have an OB on a M200 W.Germany pen. That being said, like all Pelikan nibs, I find the nib to be smooth and enjoyable to write with. There are also pretty engravings on the nib surface. As usual, your writing is concise and informative. Mine is a stub, but he could do CI as well. Different nib meisters may even offer proprietary grinds that only they provide but there are a core number of grinds that just about any specialist can set you up with. I have the standard Pelikan italic nib on one of my pens and have never really been happy with it, but maybe italic is just not my thing.I have an M605 Marine Blue purchased from John that I had turned into a stub. The resulting nibs have been a pleasure to use.

This item will ship to United States, but the seller has not specified shipping options. I’ve also learned that I like my stubs slightly rounded; a little more than usual. Not like the OB nibs on Pelikans of the 50s and 60s but still nice. Yes, all current Pelikan nibs are left-foot obliques (imagine your feet as nibs, the shape of the slant of the toes is the shape of the nib). Holds 1.5ml of ink (a standard short cartridge holds 0.75ml and a standard large cartridge holds 1.45ml) Hand-crafted, 14 carat gold nib with rhodium decoration, giving a Gold and Silver colour. While the examples don’t shine, I hope the spirit of the post comes through.Thanks for a really interesting article. The older nibs provided such great flair without really trying.

What finish did you get? (I am a lefthanded overwriter) Seems like lefties always have one problem or another when writing! Fairly sharp, italic edges with some flex and great line variation. Sadly I work 10-12 hours a day 24 days a month with two small children at home which means I do what I can when I can. The nibs shine much more with cursive writing but sadly I have lost that skill and my cursive is atrocious. Do the oblique nibs tend to write, or … Here you will find a selection of replacement nib units for many of the pen brands we stock along with the accessories to keep them in tip-top shape. It also taught me how to grind and smooth nibs I wonder whether Pelikan made a *strategic* mistake discontinuing the wider range of nibs, even if it made short term financial sense. They should have increased it to a flexi nib and a posting nib and a wality nib etc.I write every day with a 1952 Pelikan 400 with an oblique Broad nib. I had a vintage 400 OB and loved it. When he returned the 580 he included a Jinhao 599 that has an identical grind to its M nib. In fact, my other Pelikan pen's hace Falta nbs, and I tell you that the difference is not too big, it is manageable. It was to broad for my writing so I sold it. It can be difficult to entrust a perfectly good nib to someone, not quite knowing what the end result will be. I have an OB in the M600 nib size that I used for a while, though I also ordered a regular broad nib and found that I liked it better for my particular handwriting style (I write with my left hand hooked over, writing from above the line). These are gold-plated stainless steel nibs simply stamped with an Should you choose to opt for one of the above customizations, you should be prepared to answer a few questions in order to optimize your experience. I think it is important to point out that a grind done by one nibmeister vs. that of another may both be of the same quality, but one of them just may not suit a particular writer as well as the other. The larger a nib, the more room is there for the material to move, therefore a nib in the size M800 or M1000 will automatically provide a good flexibility. In another pen, an old Montblanc 34 from the 1960s, the OB nib fits just right. Various nib widths for all requirements were available. I love it so much I ground a safari nib to an oblique so I can have a different colour with a similar shape – not as good as the 400 but then it is a hell of a lot cheaper. This size reduction is probably the simplest of the grinds out there.