[Scriptoris] Nib flexibility tips

[letebts@earthlink.net]

A side note on flexibility of dip nibs:

The Brause nibs are somewhat stiff, better for heavy-handers and beginners,
and come with a "poynte" and dangerous top-loading, removeable reservoir,
which, unfortunately, cannot be adjusted to the thickness of the writing
medium.

The ubiquitous Speedball nibs are not as stiff, have a non-removeable,
top-loading reservoir, which can be irreversibly adjusted to accomodate more
ink and avoid "dams" of the thicker media. To adjust the reservoir, slip one
side of a pair of tweezers under the reservoir, lifting, pinching the
tweezers, and bending the tip of the reservoir down to touch the nib's slit.

The William-Mitchell nibs, formerly known as Rexel nibs, are the most
flexible and have an easily-removeable, bottom-loading reservoir which can
be adjusted by bending or straightening at the two holes. A caution: do not
angle the tip into the tines enough to make the tines splay or ink will
blob.
Check the wings on the side to make sure they are adjusted tight enough to
hold the reservoir on, but not so tight as to make the tines separate due to
tension.
Wm-Mitchell's is the only nib I know that also can slide up and down to
further tweak the adjustment of the ink flow (which changes due to the
viscosity of the media, the slant of the work surface, and the barometric
changes in the environment).

Just thought I'd share...

Lete
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on 3/28/03 6:18 AM, Mahee at mahee_of_acre at yahoo.com wrote:

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> Short commnet on left handed writing:
> I, like Ari, write arabic as well as english stuff. Both of us are use to
> starting on the right side of the page and working our way to the left. It is
> no different than a lefty starting at the left going to the right. The
> difficulty I have found is not with how you move your hand. Do it like any
> righty...(there are exceptions)...but you can not use those really fancy soft
> ended pens with the very sharp tips. They catch  the paper. Rigid nibs work
> great in either hand and do not catch paper. Now if you are a "Hooker", I have
> no idea. I too lost the use of my right arm for a year and became a lefty for
> that year. I changed nothing excepted reflected my hand and paper positions
> from righty to lefty and back again. To use the fancier pens however, see Ari
> for details.
> your servant,
> mahee
> "letebts at earthlink.net" <letebts at earthlink.net> wrote: Until Ari's is out,
> there's an ancient one (1979) by Vance Studley called
> (duh!) "Left-Handed Calligraphy" and published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
> Not too terrribly informative, but adequate and the rest is a compilation of
> various historical hands and layout stuff.
>
> Another is by (Am I really recommending a book by *her*?) Margaret Shepherd
> called "Basics of Left-Handed Calligraphy" 1998, Prentice Hall Press, NY
> which is more informative as to how, but one should ignore her letterforms.
>
> Lete
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> on 3/25/03 2:42 PM, Jocelyn Hinkle at scribe_ari at lycos.com wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:55:01
>> Crystal Lamb wrote:
>>>
>>> And Serena is absolutely correct about marathon calliging. When you
>>> can't feel your hands, stop. When you stop calliging, take the pen out
>>> of your hands, and your fingers don't move, it's time to take a break.
>>> LOL!!!
>>>
>>> ~Aslyn
>>
>> Yes, Calligrapher's claw is awful!!!!! and PAINFUL!!!!
>> Those of us with arthritis can vouch for that one. I have been beaten about
>> the head and hand by physical therapists for writing too long. WHen they
>> found
>> out that once one hand was out of commision I was a bad girl and switched to
>> the other, I got beat up again.
>>
>> Yes I have a list of all of the Instruction manuals I am supposed to be
>> writing up, and one of them is Calligraphy for Southpaw's. I am still trying
>> to figure out if I will be able to make Kings College in June. If I do make
>> it
>> I can teach lefty Gothic and Uncial.
>>
>> Ari
>>
>> ---
>> Is there enough of God left, in the dust
>> between the stars, to dance up more
>> life than your fragile ego can stand?
>> Scribe_Ari at Lycos.com
>>
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