Nahvalur
Nahvalur Nautilus Grand Rhapsody Limited Edition Steel
Nahvalur Nautilus Grand Rhapsody Limited Edition Steel
The nautically themed Nahvalur Nautilus Grand Rhapsody Limited Edition Steel, also available in a version with a 14k solid gold nib, is a beautiful writing instrument and also a great low-cost option for those just beginning to explore the world of quality fountain pens. It is supplied with a steel nib in your choice of three tipping sizes.
Please note that steel nib pens are sold without our usual complimentary nib tuning or optional nib customization options - for these services, click here to order this pen in the 14k solid gold nib version.
In the short time since its founding, Nahvalur has a gained a reputation for imaginatively designed fountain pens at a very reasonable price. Nahvalur now steps this up to the next level with the new Nautilus series of ebonite body piston-fill pens, also available from us in versions with 14k solid gold nibs.
A porthole-style ink windows let you know when it's time to re-fill with the bottled fountain pen ink of your choice. A special presentation box is also included. We are an authorized Nahvalur dealer.
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Customization Guide
Stub
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Above is the same size nib after a regrind to Stub. A regrind to Stub is often a good place to start for your first customization. A Stub nib provides broad down-strokes and narrow cross-strokes while writing, and is less position-sensitive on the paper than the crisper and slightly more demanding cursive italic.
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Cursive Italic
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More demanding, but also providing crisper edges and more line-width variation, is the very popular customization to Cursive Italic. This also provides broad down-strokes and narrow cross-strokes, but is also more position-sensitive in terms of how the pen is held and requires more skill on the part of the user. This is a common customization for artists and calligraphers, but is still smooth enough to make for a good everyday writer.
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Formal Italic
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Formal Italic is an even crisper and more demanding customization than either cursive italic or left oblique, and is usually utilized for calligraphy and by the most experienced users. This provides broad down-strokes and narrow cross-strokes, with even crisper corners and edges than a cursive italic - this is an extremely position-sensitive customization.
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Left Oblique
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Commonly used for signatures and correspondence, the Left Oblique customization provides broad diagonal strokes and narrow cross-strokes, and like a cursive italic, is more position-sensitive and demanding than a stub. The whole pen must be rotated to the left in order to write smoothly, without skipping. The "Left" in Left Oblique refers to the cut of the nib itself, and does not refer to the handedness of the writer. |
Architect's Point (Also for Arabic and Hebraic writing)
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A more exotic regrind is that to Architect’s Point. Named after the style of writing used by Frank Lloyd Wright, this regrind is the opposite of cursive italic, and provides for broad cross-strokes and narrow down-strokes. This also tends to be a particularly useful customization for those practicing Arabic or Hebraic calligraphy. |
Spencerian
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Perhaps our most popular customization, but also one of the most advanced, the Mottishaw Spencerian Customization has gained special attention from being featured in a customer's YouTube video which has now received over twelve million views! The Spencerian starts from a semi-soft 14k nib and adds additional flex and a regrind to needlepoint to create a specialized writing point used for copperplate calligraphy. For more details, visit our special Spencerian page.. |