What is an oblique nib used for?

An oblique delivers more subtle line-width variation than stubs and italics because the broadest stroke is the upper-left-to-lower-right diagonal, and if your writing style is typical of most right-handed writers, your characters will have few of these strokes.

Should I get an oblique nib?

If the thin line is your cross stroke, then if the tip leans to the right, you need a right foot oblique, if it leans to the left then a left foot oblique should be chosen. Non italic oblique is more of a grey area, as a standard ball tip medium, broad or fine should accommodate most writers.

What do different fountain pen nibs do?

Narrower nibs have a sharper tip that lays down less ink and can drag on the paper. Wider nibs have more ink that helps lubricate as the pen writes creating a smoother writing experience.

What is oblique broad nib?

Oblique Broad (OB): This is a Lamy broad nib ground with a left-foot oblique. Like the medium, it’s ideal for righties rotating the pen counter-clockwise in their hand. All of these nibs need to be considered as “specialty grinds”, which means that not everyone will notice or appreciate the subtleties of these grinds.

How do you hold an oblique nib pen?

Calligraphy purists will say that there’s only one grip to use with the oblique pen. This grip involves putting your index finger on the top of the pen and letting the tip of your thumb rest just above the flange. If you want to use a traditional grip, put your index finger on top of the pen.

What is a reverse oblique nib?

A reverse oblique nib is similar to the oblique nib but cut for a left-handed user. It is a broad but flat nib, cut at an angle to suit the writing angle of the owner. Usually, the angle is around 15 degrees. Thanks to its tip shape, it provides line width variation, with a broader downstroke and thinner cross stroke.

What is right oblique?

The obliques are the muscles that are known as the waist muscles. The oblique muscles connect the ribs, top of the hip bone, fascia of the abdominals and lower back. Oblique muscles control bending physical activities such as bending over, twisting the torso, side bending and they also assist with breathing.

What is oblique medium?

OM, OB etc (oblique medium, oblique broad etc). A nib ground so that the tip slopes to the left, rather like your left foot. Designed for those writers that either rotate the pen anti-clockwise or hold the pen at an unusual angle.

How do you use the oblique fountain pen?

The key to using an oblique nib is in the rotation of the pen in your fingertips. If you are right-handed you will rotate the gripping section of a left oblique, and thus the nib, toward your thumb. This will keep the flat edge properly on the paper as you write.