fine, broad, japanese, german, etc.

[Juantxo]

Yes, I understand that Japanese nibs draw thinner lines than European ones. Yes, I know there are charts that offer sizes in millimeters and so on. However, it'll always be a mess.

I recently bought from Classic Fountain Pens a Pelikan fine nib with stub modification. Shrtly after, I bought from the same outfit a Platinum #3376 with broad nib and stub modification.

The Pelikan draws a reasonably thick line and floats across the paper. The Platinum is stiff, dry, unpleasant to write with. As a matter of fact, you can notice in the attached picture that when writing with the Platinum the handwriting is smaller than is the case when writing with the Pelikan because the nib rather sticks to the paper.

I like the way Pelikan nibs write.