I wonder if my 9312 has been tweaked a bit, as it is putting down a very wet and slightly broader line than the other two?The “Relief” means these nibs have a left-foot oblique grind to them. I have them in three of my daily rotation pens. I think that FPN has dropped its Google subscription. I’m also including a few writing samples from nibs that have been modified, either through excessiv… I have three for Esties, a few for dip pens, and an actual Osmiroid pen with the quick-change nib. Now that I’ve bought the new Estie with the nib adapter I am hoping to get a variety of vintage nibs to play with.There are some great nibs out there, Michael.

Estie flex nibs weren;t actually very flexible - they're best used as normal nibs.

From shop papertales. It's telling me I'm illegally accessing the API. Depending on your needs, you could easily find and choose the correct nib.The Esterbrook Project has a very comprehensive listing of Since Esterbrook already had a history of making nibs, when they started making fountain pens they carried over many of the same naming conventions that they already had in place. This is mainly to make you aware of what is out there in the wild.Since Esterbrook nibs are easily swapped out, each writing sample is done with the same pen/ink and only the nib was switched. My firm fine and flexible fine nibs are great for drawing but I wish I had a broad relief stub too now, after seeing this.

Another fairly stiff nib. I'm not a heavy-handed writer. $79.99. ... Esterbrook Lever Fill Fountain Pen 9048 Extra Flexible Fine Nib. I often receive blog post requests and one that I have received multiple times is a writing comparison of the different Esterbrook nibs. Fear not, dear reader. As the others pointed out, it gets its shading via some level of flexibility. An Avalanche of Awesome! This is denoted by the first number, which is most commonly a 1, 2 or 9.

A Cornucopia of Coolness! Read the Dearest Visitor of the little Fountain Pen Nut house on the digital prairie,Dearest Member or Visitor of the little Fountain Pen Nut house on the digital prairie,Now this is a very useful comparison you made here, WestLothian! It was a fun article to write. The 2xxx are generally quite nice. This name refers to the beautiful pattern that was stamped onto each nib.While you may find a 5xxx nib every now and then, they were not made for fountain pens. I have never seen one of these, but they are mentioned on Brian Anderson’s I often receive blog post requests and one that I have received multiple times is a writing comparison of the different Esterbrook nibs. Very smooth. I’m jumping ahead in my Esterbrook nib reviews to some of the 9xxx series nibs. I doubt that every version is like this.The 2460 has been modified. Hope I sent a few people your way!Well this is informative. Thanks for the fun info!Hi, my name is John. I have heard that other nibs perform somewhat differently depending on when they were made.

I am very skeptical that there are any differences in the flexibility of nibs based on the placement of the numbers.I have been told that there are some 9048 and 9128 nibs that have the numbers along the side of the nib. This was a more flexible pen so I would expect the fountain equivalent to be more flexible than the 48's. The Hoban book also identifies the feed (on my particular nib) as the “final design” from between 1950 – 1971.

My medium nib was great, smooth and awesome.Had? Several functions may not work. It's downright blade like. Well, just a wee bit. They were only made for a short period of time (during WWII) and are much less common than the other Esterbrook nibs. Esterbrook took their previous numbering system and applied it to many of their new nibs. Hopefully someday you’ll have one of your very own.Interesting, I have a few Esties & many nibs. They are really nice nibs.Yes.

Unlike the 1xxx and 2xxx series nibs the 9xxx series nibs have iridium tipping rather than just the rolled over steel.

I've noticed that. I think the number is 9555. Esterbrook #9048 nib. Furthermore, I was told that these particular nibs were more flexible since the numbering was along the side of the nib. There are rare times one can find a 1860s pen staff or combination pen ( mechanical pencil and dip pen). I have that one too. The paper is Midori MD with a 5mm grid.Whenever I have multiple series of a nib, for example 1xxx, 2xxx and 9xxx, all will appear together. Will definitely order again.The nib works great! Esterbrook ReNew Point Nib Unit - 9048, Extra Flexible Fine. My error.I was wondering if that might be the case.

For the fine nibs, there is almost too little line variation to bother with, but 9314F appears to be the best choice.The “Relief” means these nibs have a left-foot oblique grind to them. The stubs are great writers and should be great for drawing, too!I had an Esterbrook a couple of years back. What happened to it? Esterbrook 357 and 358 still can be had, as mapping pens.