Jim Pingle

Father, geek, serial hobbyist.

I stumbled on this Osprey Madison pen while looking at nibs. They have lots of different nib grinds for it and the cost is pretty low ($30-37).

I've wanted to try an actual architect grind nib (not a blade) but didn't want to spend too much, so this looked promising. Looks good so far, and though I haven't inked it yet, the nib still feels smooth on paper.

Line width should be about the same as a typical 1.1 stub, but with variation in the opposite direction.

Photo of a fountain pen on top of its box. The cap and section are visible, they are transparent plastic with silver accents. The nib is steel and has an "OP" logo and stamped text reading "Osprey Pens B-A" The box has a silver logo of a bird with a fountain pen nib forming the tail. Under the logo is some text, partially visible, reading "Osprey Pens".
Photo of a fountain pen on top of its box. The cap and section are fully visible, they are transparent plastic with silver accents. A transparent converter is visible inside the body of the pen. The nib is steel and has an "OP" logo and stamped text reading "Osprey Pens B-A" The box has a silver logo of a bird with a fountain pen nib forming the tail. Under the logo is some text, partially visible, reading "Osprey".
Close-up photo of a fountain pen nib from the side. The nib is steel. The feed is visible under the nib. It is black and has slits cut in it at regular intervals. The focus of the photo is on the tip of the nib. It is a large vaguely triangular blob with a flat portion at approximately a 45 degree angle.
Close-up photo of a two fountain pen nibs. with their tips almost touching. Where they meet, they are approximately the same size. The left nib is the architect broad nib on the Osprey Madison, viewed from the side. The tip is a large vaguely triangular blob with a flat portion at approximately a 45 degree angle. The right nib is a TWSBI 1.1 sub nib viewed from the top-down, the end of its tip is flat.

For comparison, this is a "long blade" nib (On a Hongdian 1861). The tip is a lot more rounded where it meets the paper at most angles, where the architect is flat.

Photo of a fountain pen nib from the side. The focus is on the tip. The tip is a large mass but rounded such that it looks sort of like the blade of a chef's knife.

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