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Serious Nibbage Part 6: Edison Menlo

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Azizah and I discuss the Edison Pen Co. Menlo in light blue translucent acrylic! Is this Serious Nibbage?

Check out previous episodes of Serious Nibbage:

Part 1: Noodler’s Neponset
Part 2: Franklin-Christoph “Christoph” Music Nib
Part 3: Conway Stewart Winston
Part 4:  Pelikan Souverän M101N Red Tortoiseshell
Part 5: TWSBI Classic

More on this pen:
My review
Azizah’s review

If you’d like to sponsor an episode of Serious Nibbage and would like us to review a pen/nib/ink, etc, contact me through the contact page, or via email.

Serious Nibbage Part 5: TWSBI Classic

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Serious Nibbage Part 5 is on the TWSBI Classic fountain pen!


Check out previous episodes of Serious Nibbage:

Part 1: Noodler’s Neponset
Part 2: Franklin-Christoph “Christoph” Music Nib
Part 3: Conway Stewart Winston
Part 4:  Pelikan Souverän M101N Red Tortoiseshell.

More on this pen:
My review

If you’d like to sponsor an episode of Serious Nibbage and would like us to review a pen/nib/ink, etc, contact me through the contact page, or via email.

Serious Nibbage 4: Pelikan Souverän M101N Red Tortoiseshell

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You may already know I love Pelikan fountain pens. Here is a Serious Nibbage discussion about the Pelikan Souverän M101N Red Tortoiseshell. Thanks to Joost of Appelboom for lending us this pen to check out!

Check out previous episodes of Serious Nibbage:

Part 1: Noodler’s Neponset
Part 2: Franklin-Christoph “Christoph” Music Nib
Part 3: Conway Stewart Winston

More on this pen:
GourmetPens’ review

If you’d like to sponsor an episode of Serious Nibbage and would like us to review a pen/nib/ink, etc, contact me through the contact page, or via email.

Serious Nibbage Part 3: Conway Stewart Winston

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Ah! One of my favourite pens – the Conway Stewart Winston. And now I share it… GourmetPens and I decide whether we think the Winston is serious nibbage or not.

Check out previous episodes of Serious Nibbage:

Part 1: Noodler’s Neponset
Part 2: Franklin-Christoph “Christoph” Music Nib

If you’d like to sponsor an episode of Serious Nibbage and would like us to review a pen/nib/ink, etc, contact me through the contact page, or via email.

Franklin-Christoph “Christoph” Music Nib

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Now here’s something truly special: a nice, modern music nib.  Expect 0% flex, but it does offer serious line variation, being a 1.9 mm italic.  Three tines, two slits, superb ink flow, and a wonderfully smooth writing experience.


Franklin-Christoph Music Nib Writing Sample
Franklin-Christoph Music Nib
Need more details? Check out Serious Nibbage Part 2 with Gourmet Pens.

As promised, I have tried to put this nib in a number of popular pens. I haven’t inked up all of these pens, so I can’t guarantee a wet writing performance, but the nib fits easily in these pens.

Franklin-Christoph 02 – Nib Unit
Franklin-Christoph 03 – Nib Unit
Franklin-Christoph 19 – Nib Unit
Franklin-Christoph 33 – Nib Unit
Franklin-Christoph 40 Panther – Nib Unit
Franklin-Christoph 66 Stabilis – Nib Unit
Edison Collier – Nib Unit
Edison Menlo – Nib Unit
Ken Cavers Cigar – Nib Unit
Lyle Ross Pompey 3 – Nib
Nemosine Singularity – Nib
Jinhao x750 – Nib
Jinhao x450 – Nib
Jinhao 159 – Nib
TWSBI Vac700 – Nib
TWSBI Micarta – Nib
Italix Churchman’s Prescriptor – Nib
Wing Sung 590 – Nib
Noodler’s Ahab – Nib
Noodler’s Konrad – Nib