The following guide is designed to help make sure you understand what you are getting when you order a stub nib, or a cursive italic, or which ever option you decide to go with.

Stub/CI/Italic	Left Oblique	Right Oblique	Hebrew

Round nib: This is the most common nib type where the tip of the nib is shaped like a sphere to provide a consistent line width regardless of the writing direction.

Stub: This nib is created by grinding a small bit of material away from the point transforming it from a sphere in a square shape. The edges are then rounded to bring back the smoothness you get from a traditional round nib. A stub grind provides line variation by creating a thick vertical stroke and a thin horizontal stroke. Stub nibs are recommended if you want to add a little pizazz to your everyday writing.

Cursive Italic: This nib is created in the same fashion as the stub nib but the edges are slightly sharper. Cursive italic (CI) nibs provide very good line variation by creating a thinner horizontal stroke than a stub nib at the cost of smoothness.

Sharp Italic: Sharp italics, or just italics, are created just like stub or CI nibs but the edges are very sharp. They provide the maximum line variation by creating the thinnest horizontal stroke. Because of the sharp edges of an italic nib it will lay down a line with crisp edges but also feel quite scratchy when compared to a stub or even a CI. These nibs are recommended for calligraphy.

Oblique: A nib can be ground into an oblique to compensate for a writer rotating the pen in hand. There are two types of oblique nibs, the left foot oblique and the right foot oblique. If you look at a left foot oblique with the nib facing you the tip would resemble the shape of a left foot. The left foot oblique compensates for a right handed writer who rotates their pen counter-clockwise. Oblique nibs can also be ground into stubs, CIs, and italics.

Hebrew/Arabic: You can think of this nib as the opposite of a stub. It creates a thin vertical stoke and a thick horizontal stroke. Because of the nature of this nib it is important to hold the pen at the correct angle. Please let us know if you hold your pen at a shallow or upright angle so we can adjust it as necessary.