Stone Pen Workshop

Many nib makers (stub and italic) offer 1.1 mm grind and up; however, stylish and modern everyday writers shy away from ornamental lettering and find the 0.6 mm stub provides just enough line variation to give handwriting personality, turning ordinary notes and daily entries into something a little more artful. It rewards good penmanship with elegant contrast between thick and thin strokes, while still remaining readable and practical for journaling, note-taking, and thoughtful writing.

Unlike a plain fine nib, this stub has a more italic-like character, making each word feel deliberate and refined. Yet it stays forgiving in use, gliding smoothly across the page as you lay down your thoughts. The result is a pen that feels uniquely yours: smooth, expressive, and well-suited to the rhythm of everyday writing.

By pairing this dependable body with a German #5 nib that we grind, tune, and test write here at Stone Pen Workshop, you’re paying for what you actually feel every day: the way the pen starts, how it glides, and how your handwriting looks.

Steel, Geometry, and Craft At the heart of the pen is a German-made Nemosine No. 5 stainless steel alloy nib that we reshape into a fine cursive stub. The stainless steel blank is thicker and stiffer than most generic steel nibs, so the tines stay aligned and don't slowly spread or flex out of tune. That controlled hardness lets us grind the tipping into a precise edge that gives you broad, shaded downstrokes and fine cross strokes without scratchiness, skipping, or surprise "soft spots." Each nib is inspected and aligned under magnification, filled with ink only once for lubricated testing, ground and polished through multiple grits, and then test written on paper with real ink here in our Daytona Beach workshop.

The Nemosine #5 stainless steel nib blank is thicker and stiffer than most generic steel nibs, so the tines stay aligned and don’t slowly spread or flex out of tune. That controlled hardness lets us grind the tipping into a precise edge that gives you broad, shaded downstrokes and fine cross strokes. Each nib is aligned under magnification, polished through multiple grits, and then test written on real paper with real ink here in our Daytona Beach workshop. When it leaves the bench, its ready to go on day one.

The result is an Edison nib that lays down a thin, precise cross-stroke and a broader, expressive down-stroke. This complex geometry rewards careful writers and transforms everyday handwriting into something worth noticing.

The Edison #6 with a 1.1 Stub Nib is a German-made JoWo nib blank... then at Edison (before it comes to us), individually ground, aligned, tuned, polished, and purposefully tested in their workshop, not on a production line. Every critical detail has been checked and adjusted:

Tine spacing for consistent ink flow, edge rounding so the nib starts immediately without hesitation, and tip geometry calibrated for both slow, deliberate letterforms and a faster, more natural note-taking pace.

A stub nib is sort of the opposite of a fine nib. It’s ground flat and wider where the nib touches paper, so that you get line variations depending on the angle you are writing at. It’s closer to something like a calligraphy nib, and you can get some pretty nice swoops and lines with practice. When done well, the pen responds to the angle of your hand, varying line weight naturally as you write, without any additional effort or technique on your part. Good for note-taking, journaling, and note-writing,

Most fountain pens ship from a factory floor where nobody writes with them… this one left a workshop where someone spent days on it.

Oscar, our dedicated nib craftsman, took this Jinhao 82 and replaced the stock nib with a German Nemosine 1.1mm #5 steel stub, then ground it on whetstones and mylar to create clean, controlled line variation, firm on the upstroke, expressive across the page.

He aligned the tines for proper ink flow, checked everything under magnification, micro-polished the tip, and then wrote with it until it passed the final inspection. It's a craft to hand-tune, hand-test, and get fountain pens ready to write.

The brand on the cap doesn't matter here. What matters is that our expert prepared this pen the way most manufacturers never bother to because they produce at scale. We don't.

Every critical detail is checked and adjusted tine alignment, ink flow, and edge rounding so the pen starts easily, resists skipping, and feels confident whether you write slowly and deliberately or at a faster, note-taking pace. It is ground in such a way that it writes with varying degrees of line thickness based on your writing angle; it writes with a thin downstroke and a thicker cross stroke. This complex grind is something few nib crafters can achieve.

The Naginata Togi nib lays down a smooth, consistent line that works beautifully with all types of speciality inks, from shading and sheen to shimmer and intense saturation. It handles the subtle variations in ink behavior with ease, letting the character of each ink shine through without sacrificing flow or control. This versatility makes the Togi nib is an excellent choice for anyone wanting a nib that can keep up with their creative explorations.

At our Workshop, the stock nib is replaced and upgraded by hand. This Century 100 is fitted with a German iridium-tipped steel nib, expertly hand ground to a 1.1 mm stub by our in-house nib specialist.

Every critical detail is checked and adjusted, including a full tune-up, from tine alignment, ink flow management, and edge rounding are all dialed in, so the pen starts easily, resists skipping, and feels confident whether you write slowly and deliberately or in a faster, note taking hand. The result is a nib that encourages a more beautiful script without demanding calligrapher level technique.

This pen is fitted with a German steel Nemosine 1.1 mm stub nib, untipped for crisp, characterful line variation that brings out the best in your handwriting. Our nib expert has further upgraded the writing experience by installing one of our hand-finished, hand-polished Nemosine 1.1 mm stub nibs, tuned for a smooth, expressive, and highly enjoyable writing feel.

We use a 7-step tuning and smoothing process performed by our trained nib professional. Every nib the metal tip of a fountain pen that touches the paper undergoes this careful, multi-stage refinement before it is ready for use. Each of the seven stages is designed to optimize ink flow and smoothness, ensuring consistently smooth writing and a high-quality experience.

A modified Jinhao Century 100 premium fountain pen fitted with a hand-ground 1.1 cursive italic stub nib, this classic pen features a stunning ice orange acrylic/celluloid-style premium resin finish with Rhodium plating trim details to enhances the durability and shine. This finish is commonly used in high-quality pens and jewelry.

The pen comes with a quality ink converter for bottled ink and is balanced for extended writing sessions.

The custom 1.1 cursive italic grind produces a crisp, expressive line variation giving you both character and comfort in one pen. It's carefully tuned and well-balanced making long writing sessions feel natural and relaxed, allowing the nib’s effortless glide to stand out rather than cause writer's fatigue.

A 1.1mm Stub is known for its beautiful line variation when fine-tuned and polished by hand at Stone Pen Workshop known for smooth writing and tuned for consistent writing improvement with use.

The upgraded fine factory stock nib is shaped into a cursive italic, fine-tuned stub nib to deliver smooth, expressive writing with consistent ink flow... transforming handwriting with effortless line variation.

The stub creates striking contrast bold downstrokes paired with delicate cross-strokes bringing natural elegance to everyday handwriting without formal calligraphy skills.

Upgraded with the finest Monteverde JoWo 1.1 stub nib, hand-tuned and professionally reground with careful attention to tine alignment and ink flow... It is a customized size #6 stainless steel alloy nib machined to a 1.1mm cursive italic tip. We utilize traditional nib shaping stones during the final inspection and refinement. This includes hand-polishing, thorough examination and adjustment of the tines, careful spacing, and precise re-tuning to ensure a consistently smooth, wet writing experience. The nibs are made of special 361L steel designed for nibs, a European stainless-steel alloy used for its consistent quality and fine output.