Generally, I dilute my Higgins ink quite a lot: 5 to 4 water to ink ratio. I don't have experience with Sumi to give you insight on that. For general practice nowadays, I may find myself a bit unusual because I use an esterbrook 356 nib, which is very fine, and somewhat smaller.Īs for inks, I have not been playing around much with various inks, I cannot give you much insight on the types of ink, but I have found that Higgins Eternal tends to work well, and some hand-ground (ink from a stick) ink tends to work well. Thats how I began to get accustomed to this expert nib. In contrast, the fingers are not capable of graceful movement because their radii of movement is limited. When you use your arm to move the pen, light lines will not be a problem, mainly because of the greater degrees of freedom. I started out using Japanese G nibs, of which are much more sturdy. The key thing with this nib is that you need to have a really, really light hand. By using your arm, you maintain the paper-nib contact angle, so it will catch less often. If you use your fingers, you will change the angle in which the nib contacts the paper, which will be much more susceptible to being caught. All the propelling is to be done be the arm. Your fingers are only allowed to hold, but not move or do anything else.
Most beginners tend to use finger movements, but as I have read in the past, the way to use these ridiculously sharp points is to use pure arm movement. but the main thing I would like to add is that the way you use the pen. Do use a hard, smooth surface beneath the paper that you are using, as it helps to even out the paper further. I have found that one medium or hard paper catch is enough to screw up the tines pretty severely, in my experiences, so do be careful. It has been described for expert usages, and I pretty much agree with M. The Principals are very, very sensitive to your hand. I thought I should probably add some imput, I never liked having my threads be dead and have a paucity of reply. I'd like to give this nib a good honest try before giving up on it for another of the hundreds of nibs out there waiting to be tried. Now before I end up way out in left field on trying to solve my dilemma with this nib, I thought I'd query you kind folks as to how you handle this temperamental nib with the hop and skip snagging problem and still being able to produce a fine committed line. Perhaps the ink is too thin and not cushioning the nib as it glides over the paper. It could very well be the paper not being suited for this nib, and possibly even the ink. Now in my reading on this forum, I've run across several potential sources to the problem, like the hard surface beneath the paper, rather than a piece of leather or some softer material. I've played with adjusting the angle of attack, and rotating the nib some, but haven't really found anything that felt as though it corrects the problem. Although I have to say that the ascending line is narrow and shows good contrast next to the descending line.Īny adjustment in pressure to try to gain control over the ascending line, results in hop and skip snagging of the paper. With such light pressure, I seem to lose control in producing a definitive line that seems committed, but rather a line that seems weak and wobbly at times. On using the nib, I find that on the descending stroke, the nib splays very nicely and gives some nice character to my line.Īs for the ascending stroke on the other hand, that's where the problem begins! With such a fine sharp point, I knew before even starting that this nib was going to require very little pressure. My paper is a A4 lined Rhodia, and my work surface beneath the paper is a 12" x 18" piece of Corian material, very hard, flat and smooth. On inspection, I noticed that these nibs displayed a very easy flex which seemed a real plus!Īs for my ink, I'm using a Moon Palace Sumi ink. After receiving my nibs, I cleaned them with a rotary toothbrush and toothpaste as recommended by one member. Give your home, party, or patio space a long lasting look and a ambiance of color using one of Craft Warehouse’s realistic-looking and affordable garlands.Seeing that these nibs are touted as being very good nibs for the Spencerian hand, I thought I'd pick-up a couple to play with. Garlands Life like floral garlands and vines add to any home décor project indoors or outdoors.Books Books on Beading and Jewelry Making.
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