IMPORTANT UPDATE watch Episode 5 of the metal nib series (ruclips.net/video/WvmMHzZoclg/видео.html). I found that the metal nib was progressively damaging the pressure sensitivity of the pen.
Glad you liked the video!nBe sure to watch the fifth episode! I found out some more interesting things about metal nibs in that one that people should be aware of.
Thank you for this series! I recently got a metal nib for a wacom one pen and a paperlike matte surface for my galaxy s8. Works great so far, although I have noticed less sensitivity of the pen if I write at increased angles. I haven't noticed the need to use more pressure though, but I also have the pressure increased on my tablet anyways.
Thanks so much for doing this experiment! Gonna pick some up from aliexpress for osu. I know this experiment was done *drawing*, so it can't be used as a 1:1 reference in determining whether it'd wear a tablet more than plastic in an osu player's use case-- but regardless I think the results of this are good enough encouragement to at least give it a try. I hate friction from worn plastic nibs and have to change nibs every week or so, which isn't exactly ideal.
I can easily explain why scratches are created on the surfaces of pen tablets, pen displays and normal tablets with pens such as iPad. For a considerable amount of time, I had to work in a very dusty environment, I had a construction site against my window, from where stone and sand dust got into my room. During that time I had a bad experience of having a lot of scratches on my drawing tablet, pen display and ipad. And actually metal nibs created less scratching that time the reason is Microscopic dust particles if they are of hard material Get on the surface of display etched surfaces Catch much more of this particles. When you glide pen nib over a surface such hard particle can embed itself into plastic nib act as a chisel for a couple of millimeters and get yeeted out due to friction between surface and nib. This situation is easily repeatable and anyone who hates his screen protector can check this himself. If you are living in dusty conditions and have no other choice wet wiping your working surface from time to time is the best solution and also wipe the nib of the pen sometimes too.
thx for this, i purchased a metal nib but i had my doubts and with this i didn't use this kind of nibs, i stay with plastic, the ideal is a nib made of metal in the extreme to draw and the rest in contact with the sensor made in plastic...
Thank you! I agree with this. I put a titanium tip in the Staedtler Noris. Using it roughly 3-4 months , ~6 hours a week on a Samsung Tab S7+ using Infinite Painter. The pen w the the titanium tip is unreliable and not accurate. Basically it's garbage. The stock s-pen works as expected as well as a new, stock Staedtler Noris.
This is an epic experiment! Thank you so much for doing it! I wish metal nibs were available for Huion pens as well and not just Wacom. Any place you know where I could find some for Huion?
Hi, I don't know if you will see this but I"m really struggling to find help right now. In your experiment with the string and drawing a continuous lines with just the weight of the pen, I feel like I was able to do this up until just a month or so ago but now the initial activation force has changed for some reason. I have an intuos pro small (the older one not the new one, intuos 5 i guess is what they renamed it to), before I could just grasp the pen at the top and drag it across the surface and it would draw a line but right now it doesn't do that anymore. It takes a few seconds of dragging before a line "pops in" for a bit and disappears, I can hear the scratching on the surface as I wave my hand over it ever so lightly but it doesn't pick up any of it only when I push in a little and apply some force. I tried reinstalling the driver and changing the nib and testing different drawing software but it all seems the same. Did my pen or tablet just break somehow randomly or is it a bug? I would appreciate any insight because I can't see this issue mentioned anywhere else on the internet, there's not a single result for anyone with a similar problem on reddit or anywhere else. Thank you.
I haven't tried it with a Cintiq screen and I right now would not recommend someone doing doing that. I do believe there's a chance it can damage the Cintiq screen. I've even seen people with plastic nibs damage their Cintiq screen. If someone is going to do that I would recommend using a protective sheet (docs.thesevenpens.com/drawtab/accessories/protective-sheets). Also please make sure you see the fifth episode of this series where I show how a metal nib might damage the pressure sensitivity of the pen itself (ruclips.net/video/WvmMHzZoclg/видео.html).
Recently got titanium nibs for the intuos pro pen 2 i have. I am testing it on my cintiq 24 pro (it has a photodon 9H screen protector on it). I am not noticing any scratches nor any wear on the nib.
@@thesevenpens for any display just purchase a film or sheet of acrylic and place it on top qnd it will provide protection. I recommend Photodon and at least a 9H hardness. The only thing that can happen is the stem of the nib will slide out of the front of the 2nd gen pro pen but for now its staying put (I read somewhere that adding a tiny thin layer of scotch tape will at least help ot say in the pen (titanium is non adhesive and slippery metal).
Hi I'm searching for the perfect screen protector for my s6 lite. What is better ? -tempered glass screen protector -or paper like screen protector ? I ask the quesiton for metal nibs... (and for plastic nibs ? )
IMPORTANT UPDATE watch Episode 5 of the metal nib series (ruclips.net/video/WvmMHzZoclg/видео.html). I found that the metal nib was progressively damaging the pressure sensitivity of the pen.
hey!! thanks a lot for the time you put on the community. Im a heavy scratcher and your testing will absolutely help my decision taking process!
Glad you liked the video!nBe sure to watch the fifth episode! I found out some more interesting things about metal nibs in that one that people should be aware of.
Thank you for this series! I recently got a metal nib for a wacom one pen and a paperlike matte surface for my galaxy s8. Works great so far, although I have noticed less sensitivity of the pen if I write at increased angles. I haven't noticed the need to use more pressure though, but I also have the pressure increased on my tablet anyways.
Thanks so much for doing this experiment! Gonna pick some up from aliexpress for osu. I know this experiment was done *drawing*, so it can't be used as a 1:1 reference in determining whether it'd wear a tablet more than plastic in an osu player's use case-- but regardless I think the results of this are good enough encouragement to at least give it a try. I hate friction from worn plastic nibs and have to change nibs every week or so, which isn't exactly ideal.
Thanks for the nice comment! I think it is definitely worth a try!
Everything was clear and to the point. Greatly appreciate people who spend their time doing experiments like this, and educating others.
I can easily explain why scratches are created on the surfaces of pen tablets, pen displays and normal tablets with pens such as iPad. For a considerable amount of time, I had to work in a very dusty environment, I had a construction site against my window, from where stone and sand dust got into my room. During that time I had a bad experience of having a lot of scratches on my drawing tablet, pen display and ipad. And actually metal nibs created less scratching that time the reason is Microscopic dust particles if they are of hard material Get on the surface of display etched surfaces Catch much more of this particles. When you glide pen nib over a surface such hard particle can embed itself into plastic nib act as a chisel for a couple of millimeters and get yeeted out due to friction between surface and nib. This situation is easily repeatable and anyone who hates his screen protector can check this himself. If you are living in dusty conditions and have no other choice wet wiping your working surface from time to time is the best solution and also wipe the nib of the pen sometimes too.
Thank you for this insight. I will note this in my doc about caring for tablets (docs.thesevenpens.com/drawtab/guides/caring-for-your-tablet)
excellent experiment. thank you.
thx for this, i purchased a metal nib but i had my doubts and with this i didn't use this kind of nibs, i stay with plastic, the ideal is a nib made of metal in the extreme to draw and the rest in contact with the sensor made in plastic...
Thank you! I agree with this.
I put a titanium tip in the Staedtler Noris. Using it roughly 3-4 months , ~6 hours a week on a Samsung Tab S7+ using Infinite Painter.
The pen w the the titanium tip is unreliable and not accurate. Basically it's garbage.
The stock s-pen works as expected as well as a new, stock Staedtler Noris.
This is an epic experiment!
Thank you so much for doing it!
I wish metal nibs were available for Huion pens as well and not just Wacom.
Any place you know where I could find some for Huion?
Glad you liked it! I don't know of any metal nibs for Huion but if I ever do find some I will post a link to it!
I got some off amazon a few days ago
@@cmml22 link please.
Didn't find any metal nibs for One by Wacom (CTL-672)
Check these out (www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2PGDF6S). I ordered them recently but haven't had a chance to try them out for my CTL-672.
Hi, I don't know if you will see this but I"m really struggling to find help right now.
In your experiment with the string and drawing a continuous lines with just the weight of the pen, I feel like I was able to do this up until just a month or so ago but now the initial activation force has changed for some reason.
I have an intuos pro small (the older one not the new one, intuos 5 i guess is what they renamed it to), before I could just grasp the pen at the top and drag it across the surface and it would draw a line but right now it doesn't do that anymore.
It takes a few seconds of dragging before a line "pops in" for a bit and disappears, I can hear the scratching on the surface as I wave my hand over it ever so lightly but it doesn't pick up any of it only when I push in a little and apply some force.
I tried reinstalling the driver and changing the nib and testing different drawing software but it all seems the same.
Did my pen or tablet just break somehow randomly or is it a bug?
I would appreciate any insight because I can't see this issue mentioned anywhere else on the internet, there's not a single result for anyone with a similar problem on reddit or anywhere else.
Thank you.
Can you post this on /r/wacom ? and I’ll comment and ask questions there.
@@thesevenpensThanks, I left a topic on there with initial activation force in title, my name is kerrernol there.
Does it damaged Cintiq screen ?
I haven't tried it with a Cintiq screen and I right now would not recommend someone doing doing that. I do believe there's a chance it can damage the Cintiq screen. I've even seen people with plastic nibs damage their Cintiq screen. If someone is going to do that I would recommend using a protective sheet (docs.thesevenpens.com/drawtab/accessories/protective-sheets). Also please make sure you see the fifth episode of this series where I show how a metal nib might damage the pressure sensitivity of the pen itself (ruclips.net/video/WvmMHzZoclg/видео.html).
@@thesevenpens yes I just saw end up cancel my order 😂
Does anyone know if these would be OK for huion kamvas screens?
See episode 5 of this series. I found that metal nibs damaged the pressure sensitivity of my pen. So I don't recommend using them.
@@thesevenpens OK thanks a lot pal. It's so frustrating trying to find info like this that could potentially ruin a £500 piece of equipment lol
Recently got titanium nibs for the intuos pro pen 2 i have. I am testing it on my cintiq 24 pro (it has a photodon 9H screen protector on it). I am not noticing any scratches nor any wear on the nib.
I'm still too scared to try it directly on the glass.
@@thesevenpens for any display just purchase a film or sheet of acrylic and place it on top qnd it will provide protection. I recommend Photodon and at least a 9H hardness.
The only thing that can happen is the stem of the nib will slide out of the front of the 2nd gen pro pen but for now its staying put (I read somewhere that adding a tiny thin layer of scotch tape will at least help ot say in the pen (titanium is non adhesive and slippery metal).
@@Trid3nt861 Thank you! I will try that Photodon one you mentioned.
Hi
I'm searching for the perfect screen protector for my s6 lite.
What is better ?
-tempered glass screen protector
-or paper like screen protector ?
I ask the quesiton for metal nibs...
(and for plastic nibs ? )
I'm not sure which is better, but I did write up a list of options to consider: docs.thesevenpens.com/drawtab/accessories/protective-sheets