Nib guide
Choose the line first. Then the pen.
The nib decides how your handwriting looks, how fast ink dries and which papers you can use. Here is what each width actually puts on the page, drawn at true scale on our test card.
Nib
Line
Width
EF
Extra fine
0.3 mm
F
Fine
0.5 mm
M
Medium
0.7 mm
B
Broad
0.9 mm
1.1
Stub
1.1 mm
1.5
Italic
1.5 mm
Steel or gold?
Steel
From €96
Firm, consistent and forgiving of pressure. Perfect for daily notes and for anyone new to fountain pens. Cheap to replace if you drop it.
Firm, nail-like feel
Fieldnote 14, Graphite Carbon, Meridian Slim
Swappable in five minutes
14k gold
From €265
A little softer, a little springier, and kinder to a light hand. Gold does not make a pen write better by itself, but a well-tuned gold nib feels alive.
Soft, slight give
Moss Lacquer No. 2
Tuned by hand at our bench
Free nib fitting
Twenty minutes, four nibs, one decision.
Bring the notebook you actually use. We ink four nibs with the same colour, you write a paragraph with each, and we look at the page together. No obligation to buy, and the coffee is on us.