PILOTNamiki Vanishing Point Nib/Neck/Converter Set, 18k Gold Rhodium, 1.1 mm

I have had the Vanishing Point for about three years and I stopped using it as the broad nib was just too much for me. I began to use the Lamy Safari with the 1.1mm nib. Perfect! So after about a year of use I decided to buy this 1.0 mm nib. Now, this is my everyday take along pen. Quick to use just like a ball point pen - but with the flair of a sub nib. It greatly impoves my handwriting!

Pilot makes the best nibs. I bought these replacement nib units for my Vanishing Point instead of having to buy multiple pens. I have three nib units and the matte black Vanishing Point pen body. This is my favorite workhorse pen.

This item is delicate. It was shipped in a simple padded envelope but had no protection from bending, which resulted in the feed and nib snapping off of the section prior to arrival. A sad and needless end for such a great item.

My favorite fountain pen is Pilot's Vanishing Point, and I have three different 18k gold VP nib units: fine, medium and this 1.0 stub. My favorite nib to use with fountain pens is the stub, and I have many stubs ranging from 0.6 to 6mm. I wish that this was my favorite stub nib -- what a match that would be for me: my favorite pen would also have my favorite nib. I have to settle for a near-miss.The fine and medium nibs provide an unbelievably smooth writing experience. Of my 30 or so fountain pens, the only rival for them is a vintage 1940s Eversharp Skyline gold fine. The good news is that the VP stub nib adds a beautiful flair to my writing, both cursive and printing. This allows the ink I'm using to show off its beautiful attributes of sheen and/or shading, and those are the types of ink I use with this stub.The not-so-good news is that this stub is not smooth -- it's just not. Most stubs don't quite match the smoothness of regular nibs, so I don't expect the VP stub to match the VP fine and medium nibs in that regard. But I have several non VP stub nibs that are smoother. I am right handed and use a tripod grip, holding the pen at about a 40 degree angle. The stub scratches and drags, regardless of my experimenting with different angles. I can't say I ever found a true "sweet spot."I still use this stub because it makes my handwriting look so good, and I love the VP pen itself. Perhaps I have a defective nib, but I have read similar comments to mine elsewhere. I am considering sending the nib to a nibmeister for tuning, but at any rate, I'm not giving up on it.

Purchased this nib to complete my collection of nibs. I have the broad nib( lays down a lot of ink) then medium( nice writing) and now the broad, which after a brief break in writes smooth and steady if your angle is 45 degrees it will not perform as expected. Almost need to be parallel slightly. Otherwise great nib. Wouldn’t consider it a daily writer. But for intermittent penning it’s beautiful.

These nib units write extremely well. I modified mine for a more oblique / italics appearance and it's one of my favorites in the Ferma pen. It's isn't designed to hold and write with outside the pen body (in response to the question asked for by Amazon).

I switched out the fine nib my Decimo came with fir this stub. It writes beautifully and has become part of my EDC. Highly recommended.

I can't get it to write and not be super scratchy, skipping, and just not performing at all. Maybe I caught a bad one somehow and some of the others sold here on this only listing are better. The price is heavily discounted also for some reason.