Anthony Robinson I do not have that skill but there are people like John Mottishaw, Michael Masuyama, Richard Binder, and others who do have that skill. They thin the nib and also grind the sides. I would never try that myself.
Yes, I did. Not for the feint of heart on a $700 pen. I have sent may of my pens in for nib shaping and for adding flex. A year ago or more I started to experiment with my cheap pens. I use the sharpening stones from a Wicked Edge Knife Sharpening system. Slow and steady with lots of magnified views and samples on paper, I grind from about 400grit and work my way to .1 micron. I only screwed up one when I first started and got a nib meister to fix that mistake.
Yard-o-Led's blue-black would go very well with that.
It's beautiful! ❤✒ I may have to get one for myself....🙂
Italian pens are expensive but nice. I can grind nibs well but how do you make them more flexible?
Anthony Robinson I do not have that skill but there are people like John Mottishaw, Michael Masuyama, Richard Binder, and others who do have that skill. They thin the nib and also grind the sides. I would never try that myself.
You said “I ended up grinding this nib down to a point where it’s like triple extra fine.”
Yes, I did. Not for the feint of heart on a $700 pen. I have sent may of my pens in for nib shaping and for adding flex. A year ago or more I started to experiment with my cheap pens. I use the sharpening stones from a Wicked Edge Knife Sharpening system. Slow and steady with lots of magnified views and samples on paper, I grind from about 400grit and work my way to .1 micron. I only screwed up one when I first started and got a nib meister to fix that mistake.
I would buy a visconti or a sailor instead