{"title":"Nib Customization","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"nib-resizing","title":"Nib Resizing","description":"\u003cp\u003eA resize is necessary when the existing tipping is not as broad as that which is desired. For example, a customer would like to go from a Medium to a Broad or wider nib. In cases such as this, the existing tipping has to be physically removed and a new pellet must be welded onto the tines to accommodate the new tip. Any broader customization will require a resize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nibs-usa.mom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50573987676455,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/0486\/9168\/files\/Nib_resizing.png?v=1663716210"},{"product_id":"nib-stub","title":"Nib - Stub","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbove 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nibs-usa.mom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590740152615,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/0486\/9168\/files\/stubv2.jpg?v=1761581085"},{"product_id":"nib-cursive-italic","title":"Nib - Cursive Italic","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nibs-usa.mom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590740611367,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/0486\/9168\/files\/cursive_italicv2.jpg?v=1761581085"},{"product_id":"nib-cursive-italic-copy","title":"Nib - Formal Italic","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormal 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nibs-usa.mom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590740873511,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/0486\/9168\/files\/formal_italicv2_10b08048-3c2b-4eea-bd09-a03d21c4d3c2.jpg?v=1761581085"},{"product_id":"nib-left-oblique","title":"Nib - Left Oblique","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommonly 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nibs-usa.mom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590744248615,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/0486\/9168\/files\/Left_Obliquev2.png?v=1761581085"},{"product_id":"nib-left-oblique-copy","title":"Nib - Reverse Oblique (uncommon)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"multicolumn-card__info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReverse Oblique is a rare form of customization that provides for the broadest stroke on the reverse diagonal. It is extremely position-sensitive and demanding on the skills of the writer; most pen owners will be much happier with customizations to Left Oblique or Cursive Italic. Some lefties like this one because it requires a clockwise rotation of the nib, making the top surface of the nib more visible to them while they write.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"nibs-usa.mom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590744281383,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/0486\/9168\/files\/Reverse-Obliquev2.jpg?v=1761581085"},{"product_id":"nib-flexible-oblique-copy","title":"Nib - Architect's Point (Also for Arabic and Hebraic writing)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"multicolumn-card__info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"multicolumn-card__info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"multicolumn-card__info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"nibs-usa.mom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590744674599,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/0486\/9168\/files\/Architectv2.png?v=1761581085"}],"url":"https:\/\/nibs-usa.mom\/collections\/nib-customization.oembed","provider":"nibs-usa.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}