I'll admit to having a few fountain pens here. I've owned them for nearly 3 decades. Parker, Waterman and Pelikan. If you care to spring for the gold nibs, they are supposed to be more flexible. I'm not sure if it's a myth or nor but folklore used to say that you shouldn't let other people use your fountain pen because the nib breaks in to your own writing style. It sounds like an awful good reason to prevent some hamfisted philistine from scratching away with your prized scribing tool but I seriously doubt the pen has a memory.
For anyone wanting to try making their own quill pen, if you're ever in Vallejo CA, I'll be happy to give you a macaw feather or two. If you're shopping for feathers, I would suggest wing feathers over tail feathers. Wing feathers take much higher loads than tailfeathers and the shaft is thicker and heavier as a result. Unless of course, you are a gold nibbed aficionado, then for sure you'll want the improved flexibility of a tailfeathered quill. Just don't let anyone use it after it conforms to your writing style. Ray Vallejo CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
