G.Lalo Verge De France Souris Grey

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Hey Lion. I sent you a PM did you receive it ?

The Lamy Joy nibs are about $30 Australian, each, they slide very easily at the end of the pen. None of those are what you would say 'flex'. I would summise that if they were they would be too delicate to handle and would snap very easily.

For a flex nib, they would have to be larger than those Lamy Joy 24-nibs and they would have to come in nearly 2 pieces since the ends have to separate for that flexibility.

The non Limited edition newer Mont Blanc Pens are more flexible than the Lamys, but.. don't flex a whole lot. The more flexible ones are the limited edition. However the more flexible are the Mont Blanc pens that are more than 10 years old, the really old ones even more flex.

There's also of course the calligraphy nibs that flex so you can do Copperplate font.

However I guess if one is 'experienced' enough with Calligraphy, they will have the technique to bypass any flex concerns and write ANY font that they wish.
$2 pen or a $20k pen.

Make no mistake I get much more out of my Mont Blanc Meisterstuck than the Lamys, even if you take into account that I can change up to 5 different nibs, 1.1, 1.5, 1.9, medium and broad. The MB LeGrand Meisterstuck is soo nice to write with, I just won't want to pick up the Lamys.

The feel of the pen, the finish, forget what the pens look like, I am refering purely to how it feels to write onto the paper. The paper also makes a difference on the overall experience. I want to try as many ink colours and and as many papers as possible.

The differences will be more obvious once my handwriting and calligraphy improve and my style becomes more flexible (no pun intended).

If you can get your hands on the Quill paper range, they are very nice to write on as well, just about the same price. The Metallic paper is amazing, it is like chamellion paint on a car. If you don't like the green from one angle, tilt your head several degrees and the colour of what you see changes to blue, or yellow. Move your head to the other side of the paper the paper spectrum changes to oranges, pinks and reds.

Yes my writing does not quite show much variation of the thickness, unless I am NOT in a hurry and write very slowly with my Mont Blanc. It certainly to me feels easier to variate my thickness of writing using a Fountain pen, than a fineliner or mechanical pencil.

In the hands of a skilled writer (as I stated before), they can create as much flex and magic on the paper that it doesn't matter. Don't want to know how long it will take me to get to that stage haha, but I will certainly try hard to get there ASAP.