I love that one could have a choice of 40 nibs in the past. It makes sense, pens and typewriters were really the only tools to communicate with formally, or as an adult. Having that kind of selection of nibs then is analogous to our selection of phones, tablets and computers now. That blue chatoyance is so cool!

Love that Esterbrook gave you this pen. Love that they are promoting their products. Your videos are awesome and your engineering background really helps bring a technical lens to the hobby. Looking forward to the interview.

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

The Nibmeister chat will be lots of fun

Super video and super nib. Esterbrook are to be congratulated for giving the customer more than the usual boring nib sizes. Once upon a time many many different grinds were available from every manufacturer. Thank you sir.

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

I like how they are making these options available

I bought that nob with the new Botanical resin. It's a great nob, love that Esterbrook is patterning up with nibmeisters to offer custom grinds. It really sets the brand apart.

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

Great colours options and nibs options too 👍

Great video I have this nib grind on my one and only Esterbrook. Like you say best for printing. I take to most nibs fairly easily. I’m very much at the beginning of my journey with the Scribe nib but growing to like it more. It needs practice and you need to keep the nib close to the paper when doing horizontal strokes. I also surprised myself by realising that I struggle with oblique nibs but not any other member of the italic family. For me oblique & architect nibs are the real challenge. Enjoyed the video and very pertinent for me. Thank you.

@XxXHardcoreshredderxXXxxxxxxxx

Жыл бұрын

Lol for me the reverse nibs are harder ahhaha i just got the scribe and it felt natural immediately. First nib in this style too lol. I tried a pilot signature nib and i failed miserably with it hahaha

I love the look of the different grinds out there, especially the architect. That is, until I write with them. The way I hold my pen in relation to the paper tends to counter any line variation, I need to practice holding, or positioning my paper differently.

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the architect requires the user to possibly change the way the write or orient their hand. Not for everyone, but offers a great effect for those it does work for.

I bought one with the Journaler nib. I’ve been intrigued by the Scribe. Thanks for the great video breakdown!

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

Hope you've been enjoying the journaler nib 👍

Thank you so much for showing a bit of what the Scribe nib can do. I've been waffling on picking one up since I'd not found any reviews that really offered up much detail, but this has helped clear up a lot of my questions. Thanks again!

@Doodlebud

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful

Love the scribe. Used to do mech drawings by hand and had to have 4 radiographs where this one could have done them all.

Printing yes. Cursive no. Thanks. Looking forward to seeing the interview. 👍

I saw the announcement by Goulet about these specialty grinds being available. I would LOVE to have the needlepoint grind by Kirk Speer! Unfortunately, it is just priced out of my reach at $255 here in the States.

I have the Scribe nib by Josh Lax on two Esterbrook fountain pens, Sea Glass and another Estie (orange body with copper-colored nib). Really nice.

Thanks this was super helpful and informative. I ended buying one in Sea Glass. I hope they get one in like a rose quartz or an amethyst quartz....waiting for the day!

Looking forward to interview with a nibmeister as I'm an up and coming one I guess. I'm certainly not at waiting list levels yet but I've sold about a dozen nibs so far most being stacked nibs. Excited to hear any tid bits of knowledge that comes with having sold way more. Architect grinds are my favorite so I'm glad to see another brand offer what looked like a really good one. Better than that Lamy Cursive thing for sure

@XxXHardcoreshredderxXXxxxxxxxx

Жыл бұрын

Ive heard some also say this nib is akin to a naginata togi or zoom in the sense that the different angles used changes the width, which sounds about right to me, i just bought it yesterday and i love it.

Thank you so much for this video! An architect nib has been on my wish list for a long time, so I bought this nib in a black Estie just recently and have been trying to figure it out. I found your explanation very helpful. Love your videos!

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

Oh good glad it helped!

love your contents!

Really cool nib. I'm happy with how mine turned out that I ground, but it also has a sweet spot for it to work

Love this nib. It's one of my favorites in my collection along with a Tibaldi vintage honeycomb Bononia with an Oblique Medium 18k gold nib. Excellent video Doodlebud as always.

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

That oblique sounds nice! My MB 24 has an oblique and it's lovely

@ironmic9244

Жыл бұрын

So the OM worked out well for you. I'm glad. I purchased it in the Pomegranate with the OB. Surprized that it was a right foot oblique, but it does write very well. Glad I purchased it. Not to mention the stunning nib design.

@williamcatalano1762

Жыл бұрын

@@Doodlebud I like that they are different and you used to be able to get them way way back from factory from what I've been told.

@williamcatalano1762

Жыл бұрын

@@ironmic9244 At first I didn't like it much but I also had a lighter color ink in it. I put Pelikan Edelstein Topaz in it and I love how smooth it is with this ink. I think I also had to have a lot of time with it to figure it out and hold it. Once you do though it's amazing. While not a flex nib it has a decent bounce to it. I've never tried an OB.

That's a cool grind, I'd like to have one

I like the scribe style, but prefer it finer (I think) - like the Schon reverse grind you did. I print when I'm trying to be neat, but print a bit smaller. Cool stuff!

Thats a good looking pen that tortoise

Great video and shout-out to @Esterbrook for excellent customer service! I hope other pen makers start pairing up with nib meisters for custom ground nibs. I know one seller in The Netherlands that has an in-House nib Meister - Appelboom. You can get a lot of pens with custom nibs or just get a standard nib tuned! Thank you!

Second viewing, the thing I forgot to mention 1st time round is that a juicy ink makes a huge difference to the performance of the Scribe nibbled pen. It seems to give a much better effect. I like KWZ Warsaw Dreaming for example as opposed to a thin dry ink

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

Yup ink is a big deal for sure!

BOOM

I'm interested in CY's Techo nib and Gena Salorino's Journaler nib. When I'm ready to buy my first Estie (probably an OS) I'll spring for the MV adapter too.

Looks somewhat like Sailor’s Naginata Togi nib

I gave away my pen with an architect nib because it was no use to me. I prefer stubs.

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

Well now you know what you don't like 😅

@ichirofakename

Жыл бұрын

@@Doodlebud Only cost me $75.

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

Thats cheap in the FP world LOL. I'm surprised it wouldn't be of any use with drawing. I love it for drawing straight lines. I have a terrible hand at drawing, but the architect nib seems to help me with pulling down to do lines. I have to rotate the page for horizontal lines, but the grind seems to keep my lines straighter.

@ichirofakename

Жыл бұрын

@@Doodlebud I've got a secret tool I use when it's important for lines to be straight.

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

@@ichirofakename a ruler? .... 🤣

It took a while getting used to the Scribe nib’s architect grind. But once I did, I started enjoying writing with it. I still prefer Esterbrook’s earlier medium stub Journaler nib by Gina Salorino. The Needlepoint is also good. All my three oversized Esties have the three custom grind nibs. I reckon I’d not buy any Esterbrook Estie if the only nib offered was the standard Jowo.

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

The nib options really makes the lineup unique. Custom grinds and the MV adaptor sets it apart

@sajjadhusain4146

Жыл бұрын

@@Doodlebud ..Very true. I agree to the tee. I only wish the MV Nib adapter was included free. It would be nicer and fairer to customers. Also, it’s really disappointing how since July 1st last year, retailers are having to charge (following Esterbrook’s decision) full MSRP for ALL Esterbrook pens in their product line.

@ironmic9244

Жыл бұрын

Dang, what pen do you not have Sajjad?

@sajjadhusain4146

Жыл бұрын

@@ironmic9244 …😀..I only have 70 pens. And I would cry me a whole river naming all the ones I still yearn to have but don’t…yet.

I have a cheap architect from FPRevolution that I wish was thinner on the downstroke, but after seeing you point out the sweet spot part, might just be me holding it wrong.

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

Hope it helps

@GuitARPlayr100

Жыл бұрын

After finding it and playing around with angle a little bit, it's definitely a little better. But I still feel like I have to be more deliberate with it than I do with a stub. Probably because it's a $7 architect nib and not a hand ground esterbrook one

Couple of things: i) I'm still trying to get an architect grind anything like as good as the ones you show off in this video. They are hard to find as an off the shelf item. ii) I don't have Monteverde Azure Noir in any of my pens at the moment and I can't think why ... I'm going to put that right straight away 🙂

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

Yeah a good architect can be tricky to find. Josh did a great job on this one. Azure Noir is a lovely ink! Especially on that Regalia paper.... it makes it POP!

As a left hander, I find it very difficult to use most grinds on a fountain pen. I would love to know what other Lefties do for the perfect, comfortable nib shape. No right hander can accurately experience the hardship of finding a great nib. I have ground nibs to try to find one. No luck.

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, lefties have several hurdles with fountain pens and nibs... not to mention ink smearing.

@bbrachman

Жыл бұрын

@@Doodlebud Smearing gives the writing character. Spilling a bottle of ink, does not. I wonder if I can learn to write, Right Handed. Naw. Over 65. I am stuck.

@Kirkster131

Жыл бұрын

Another lefty…. I choose my ink carefully and have a bunch that I love and minimally smear or not at all. Still working on great nibs. Surprisingly Schon DSGN are pretty high on my list so far. A reground Visconti Homo Sapien is waiting on a new nib and at the bottom of my list.

@kookatsoonjan

8 ай бұрын

I have the architect...I am an OVERHAND...on the top lefty writer...just realized that...so...my estie architect...looks exactly the OPPOSITE of how it should...the downstrokes are FAT AND THE CROSSSTROKES ARE SKINNY...my cheap shaeffer 1.5 calligraphy stub...becomes an ARCHITECT FOR ME...WITH THE DOWN STROKES THIN AND THE CROSSTROKES FAT...I hope I can return it...but it is doubtful....crazy...no matter what it do...I cannot make the architect Estie grind have the fat cross stroke and the skinny downstroke...it is the opposite! I am at my wits end!

How would you compare it with a .6 or .8 stub nib for someone who has small lettering (printing). Thanks. Love that old tortoiseshell vintage look.

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

Well a stub is sort of the opposite of the architect. I used my MB 149 with a cursive italic nib as the comparison. Its very similar to a 0.6mm stub, so look at that part of the video where I compare the cursive italic to the architect and that should answer your questions

@AndrewWertheimer

Жыл бұрын

@@Doodlebud thanks for the reply and clarification. I’m still newish to grinds and only have a small FP community and no real stored here in Hawaii. Thanks.

Where would one acquire this Regalia pad?

Who was it you had redo your Visconti Homo sapiens? I’ve been looking for someone to redo an old Conway Stewart I have!

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

Marc Bacas

@Doodlebud I'd love to see somethingi in hebew or arabic written with this nib vs a with a M or B. Do you know someone that can do that?

@Doodlebud

10 ай бұрын

I did a video where a colleague of mine from Iran who studied calligraphy did some writing samples for me and I showed them in a video with him using a regular, CI, and an Architect nib. For the life of me I cannot find the video! I got him to do that because he knows all the characters and wanted his input. If I can find the video I'll add a reply. I guess I named the video poorly since I can't even find it!

@__mader__

10 ай бұрын

@@Doodlebud I'll search for that video, thanks

i dont know to what standards you are working but as a DIN/ISO Guy im a little confused by your drawing is this rlly how you draw threads over there ? Whatever i rlly enjoy your Nib Content got me into grinding myself a little works better than expected :)

@Doodlebud

Жыл бұрын

This was a quick hand sketch, not a proper signed off drawing that will go into production LOL

@Xyz-ij6rh

Жыл бұрын

@@Doodlebud sry didnt meant to be rude I was actually wondering if that kind of thread drawing is a thing since imperial has other treads I figured maybe there's a need to have other drawings as well Me personally I was never able to get a Hand sketch right with line with and different lines and cuts and stuff it's just to much I messed up at least one line every time