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Oldwin Paris Torpedo Nibs.com 28th Anniversary Rhodium Limited Edition
Oldwin Paris Torpedo Nibs.com 28th Anniversary Rhodium Limited Edition
Gleaming rhodium trim and OMAS Wild Celluloid combine to make the Oldwin Paris Torpedo Nibs.com 28th Anniversary Rhodium Limited Edition an instant classic. A total of just 28 numbered pieces in three different trim styles are being produced.
The 14k solid gold nib in Medium can provide an excellent starting point for many of our exclusive nib customizations, and regrinds to finer tipping sizes are also available. In addition, our complimentary nib tuning adjusts optimum pressure and ink flow to your own personal preferences.
The Oldwin Paris Torpedo Nibs.com 28th Anniversary Limited Edition unites the legacy of two of Europe's most famous pen manufacturers. Oldwin Paris has long been known for the elegance and versatility of its writing instruments, while Bologna-based OMAS was renowned for their handcrafted celluloid pens.
Here, the classic Oldwin Paris Torpedo model has been produced in legacy celluloid in the renowned Wild Celluloid pattern from stock originally produced by OMAS itself. Each pen is carefully hand-assembled in the Oldwin Paris workshop.
The high capacity piston-fill system allows this pen to fill using any bottled fountain pen ink. An elegant presentation box adds to the pen's value and collectability and includes a special commemorative tag for this edition. We are an authorized Oldwin Paris 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.. |