Jim Pingle

Father, geek, serial hobbyist.

Here's a fresh-ish grid comparing a variety of EF and similar fountain pen nibs. I tried to limit it to pen+inks with thinner lines to keep it manageable.

Still some variance by ink but not a ton in this group. I tried to use more Diamine Sapphire Blue, which is a bit on the dry side compared to Pilot Iroshizuku inks.

The Platinum UEF is still the best. Kakuno is still the next best. Penmanship is nearly the same as Kakuno.

Image of writing on paper. The image is split into two parts, a list on the left and a grid drawing on the right. The list consists of: 1. Platinum Century 3776 UEF - Diamine Sapphire Blue (Sort of a blurple color) 2. Pilot Kakuno EF - Diamine Sapphire Blue 3. Pilot Kakuno EF - Kon-Peki (Dark-ish Blue) 4. Pilot Penmanship EF - Diamine Sapphire Blue 5. Jinhao 80 UF03 - Diamine Sapphire Blue 6. HongDian BF Pro CF - Graf von Faber-Castell Carbon Black 7. HongDian M2 SEF - Kon-Peki 8. Majohn A1 EF - Ama-Iro (Light blue) 9. Jinhao Shark EF - Diamine Sapphire Blue 10. Jinhao Shark EF - Graf von Faber-Castell Carbon Black 11. Jinhao 9019 EF - Fuyu-Gaki 12. Pilot Lightive F - Graf von Faber-Castell Carbon Black 13. YongSheng 3008 EF - Diamine Sapphire Blue 14. Platinum Preppy EF02 - Momiji The grid drawing is grouped into two lines per row and column showing a line drawn with each nib in "Forward" (normal) and "Reverse" (upside-down). The list serves as labels for the rows, the columns are grouped under the number corresponding to each line. The "reverse" lines for #7 and #12 show signs of skipping/inconsistent ink

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