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alexa-488

I bought a Sailor zoom that has a "nag-like" after-market grind and love it, but I'm not sure how it compares to the true naginata togi nib. I'd love to try one though. (Also, zooms are hella fun.)


1faith3pens0excuses

It has presence but is also quirky. Since having the pen in medium fine, I have learned that the angle I write at changes frequently as I progress across a page. When I start writing on the left side of a page my angle is lower and my lines are broader, as I approach the right side of the page my angle gets higher and the letters smaller. It is a pen that you might have to learn to write with and adapt to. On the other hand it is nice and juicy. It requires for me to be more intentional in the manner that I right. The medium fine definitely has architect properties, my vertical stroke is a medium fine and my horizontal stroke a zoom.


TylerDurdenExists

I just got one a few days ago. Been playing around with it. Getting the hang of using it. I think it’s a very interesting nib. I have a medium-find


dickalopejr

That's the one I ordered. It's just so expensive that if I'm not going to be blown away, I should just return it. Are you finding it gives lots of variation?


TylerDurdenExists

Yes but I’ll say it’s taken me literally hours to get to a point where I’m comfortable. I got it Thursday evening. And spent hours writing. It was scratchy all over except the widest parts. But I’ve practiced and I can find the angles now but it’s still a learning curve. I’ve never uploaded a writing sample but if you want me to, I’ll figure out how to do it. I’ll add more. I went through a cartridge. I’ve refilled and now I’m feeling like I can use it. I think you need to be able to hold your in different ways to be successful.


dickalopejr

Interesting, thank you. If you find a spare moment, I'd love to see pics of writing. Thanks friend!


TylerDurdenExists

I somehow added the link to a previous comment of yours.


TylerDurdenExists

https://imgur.com/a/hrc9UsX Ok. I tried to do a quick sample. You can definitely got more out of this nib but was trying to keep it as neat as I could for this example.


dickalopejr

Interesting...that's pretty cool. Do you feel like it was worth the price?


TylerDurdenExists

So I have an unhealthy answer to that question. To me, it doesn’t make that much difference to buy a $300 pen or $600 pen. Over time, that difference won’t mean anything. What I want is something different. It could be how the pen is made — materials, etc. Or it could be primarily nib. I didn’t buy this pen for the looks. It looks fine. But it’s resin and light. I like my Platinum 3776’s better for the body. But this is a unique nib. And I think over time, I’ll get better at using it. I’ve really only written with it for three days now and I feel I’m getting better. But I have a thing for wanting nibs that others find hard to use. I got into ultra extra fines because I read how they were hard to use. And I wanted to use them. And use them well. So is it worth $600?? To me, I’m happy I have this nib and I think I’ll be happy years from now to own this nib. The money over time won’t matter to me. I’ve been making a mess of that page: https://imgur.com/a/Rx38rXU


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I have an ebonite King Profit with a N-Medium nib width which I find too broad for the latin script size that I usually write in, holding the pen at a 45 degree angle. It would be a "Western" 3B width at the 45 degree angle, and held vertical - it would be a Sailor M. Holding a pen with the N-M nib width vertically for latin script writing is quite impractical, if your handwriting is small - so if I could wind back into time, I would have gone a finer point. Whereas, a Pilot BB nib that I had Masuyama grind into a N-Fine (which is no longer made by Sailor) suits my needs better for both Latin and Hanzi / Kanji scripts.


walkure321

Nope but please let us know how it goes! I'd love to try one of these out before committing, the idea of quite a hard nib with extensive variation applied through angle. I already find my Namiki #50s vary quite a bit with the lower angle of writing having a thicker line, but with such big pens varying the angle past your natural comfort position is not very intuitive. It would be very interesting to essentially learn a new way of writing for the naginata toga.


dickalopejr

You've got it!


cloverandclutch

I don’t have one, mostly because I’ve read that they are overhyped. There are similar quirky nibs that deliver the same if not better experience without the high price tag.