Lamy 2000 Cursive Italic Regrind
Around 2 months ago I decided to send the Lamy 2000 to Michael Masuyama for a cursive italic regrind. The factory EF nib writes too broad for my likings. The Lamy 2000 saw little use since I purchased it almost 2 years ago. I sent an email to Michael to inquire about the possibility of putting on a cursive italic regrind on the EF nib to add line variation. His reply was very informative, making sure that my writing style would suit a EF cursive italic nib, which is inherently less smooth due to its nib shape. As the nib is already fine, putting on a cursive italic regrind would make it very fine, which might dig into paper if one writes with high pressure on low quality paper.
When Michael received the pen, he sent an acknowledgement email, saying that he’ll get back to me when he works on the pen. After 7 weeks in his task queue, the regrind was done. The factory EF nib is now a 0.3mm cursive italic regrind. Michael was kind enough to try the pen on the paper I printed the order form with, to ensure that I would be satisfied with the line variation the nib offers.
One day when I got home, there’s this package waiting for me on my desk. I couldn’t wait to open it. There, it is the Lamy 2000 with a 0.3mm cursive italic nib. I loaded it with the Montblanc Midnight Blue ink I specially bought for it, and laid down a stroke with beautiful line variation.
Written on Rhodia paper, 5mm grid.
The nib is a joy to write with. I would not say it is butter smooth, but then it could be mooth when held at the correct angle. The regrinded pen took just a few minutes to get used to. The line variation is prominent as you could see in the scan above. MB Midnight Blue (which is the same as MB Blue Black), is also a very beautiful beautiful shade of blue. The appearance of this ink depends a lot on the flow and nib size. This combination of nib and ink is producing excellent results. I am very satisfied with the regrind.
Tags: cursive italic, Lamy
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