How Can You Tell If There's An Issue With New Nibs? - Q&A Slices

www.GouletPens.com I finally got, in my latest Goulet box, my long-wished-for Pilot Vanishing Point with the 1.0mm stub and am disappointed with it. I know Japanese nibs tend to be ground finer but in comparison to the 1.1mm stubs from both Lamy and TWSBI this one feels "sloppier" in the writing. I have small writing and a light touch but expected to fall in love with this and I didn't. Do you think it's likely to be a nib issue or an expectations issue? I loaded it with Liberty's Elysium and have liked that ink just fine with the other stubs. I expected this one to be finer and more precise but it just looks more like a mushy medium than a 1.0 stub. I feel your pain! it’s tough to have high hopes for a pen and be let down This is a different feeling stub than Lamy or TWSBI This stub is ground to be more stubby when held in a more upright position, different than German nibs It might not be quite as thin because of the tipping material (which the steel nibs don’t have) Try adjusting your pen angle up and down to see if that changes your mind Try a different ink, always a good approach when diagnosing if it’s really the pen or just an odd combo It could just not be for you, which stinks but happens sometimes... Check out the Full Version of Episode 107: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMSHtuJ4kR0 Shop at GouletPens Store: http://www.GouletPens.com Read GouletPens blog: http://blog.gouletpens.com/ Like GouletPens on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGouletPenCompany Follow GouletPens on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GouletPens Follow GouletPens on Instagram: http://instagram.com/gouletpens Follow GouletPens on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/gouletpens/