rOtring Isograph Technical Drawing Pen Replacement Nib | 0.20 mm

Good fine nib

The item is fine

I've been using Rotrings for over 40 years and for the past 3 years I've had problems with the 0.10 Isograph nib. Some haven't worked at all. Some have given up after a day or two. Some have worked for a while but needed a lot of shaking and cleaning and then have eventually died on me. Have Rotring outsourced them? The previous full pens I bought were made in India... they were the recent ones that didn't work.Now the good news. The two nibs I've just purchased arrived very quickly and thankfully work superbly. I can tell by the flow of ink and the 'feel' of the nib on the paper that they will last! I'm very grateful and when finances allow will buy a couple more.

And many of those nibs last for six or eight years. My method is: several hundred words per nib, then a wash in the cleaning fluid and back into service. The nib, & even the fine wire, can take it -- the challenge is my needing a very steady hand, and very good small jeweller's pliers to hold the wire just above the nib, and then to drop it absolutely straight down in.It works for me, but only because I use the nibs constantly, so each one would get cleaned and re-filled every two days. Practice doesn't actually make perfect, but as long as the wire goes straight down in at the first drop, it's great. When that step fails, it turns into messy darned nuisance! I always do the cleaning over the sink, and wear an apron; but the payoff is a perfect nib ready for use at any moment.

I have used Rotring pens now for over 30 years and that speaks volumes in itself. If you want a solid, reliable, high quality pen that writes with smooth fluidity look no further.

All was as I expected it to be.

I ordered 2 no 0.2 nibs i received. 1no 0.2 nib and 1no 0.3 nib .I havent sent them back due to the inconvenience it would cause me , so i made the best of it

An excellent technical drawing pen with a long established good reputation.