◆ Japanese Nib ◆ Lion Nib ◆ Chrome, 10 pcs / Free Shipping

Lion ◆ Nihonji Nib Chrome
Engraved with FUKII & CEP
This is a listing for 10 nibs.
This nib is less likely to catch than those for beginners, and is different from spoon pens and G pens.
It is a nib developed in Japan for Nihonji writing.

◆ Nihonji nibs are nibs developed in Japan for writing Kanji and Hiragana.
Their hardness is slightly harder than G pens.
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This nib has less of the catching associated with dip pens and is easy to handle without any quirks.

It allows for soft, smooth, and free-flowing strokes.
This nib is ideal for dip pen beginners who want to draw with a pencil or ballpoint pen feel.
It is also a popular nib for manga creation.
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◆ About the Nib Manufacturer ◆
Lion nibs were manufactured by the office equipment company LION,
but they are no longer produced.
The brand discontinued the manufacture and sale of nibs in 1996 (Heisei 8),
over 20 years ago, and these are nibs from a brand that will eventually disappear.

Currently, the Japanese nib brands available are
Tachikawa, Nikko, and Zebra.

Nikko brand was inherited by Tachikawa, so
there are only two manufacturers: Tachikawa and Zebra.

There are stories that older products have better performance.
Around 1985 (Showa 60), during the period of high economic growth, the production of dip pens was 1 million gross
(1 gross is 144 pieces), an astronomical figure.
However, with the changing times, government offices and banks also shifted to ballpoint pens.

Nibs
In the past, many nibs were manufactured, and a large number of workers,
including skilled craftsmen, were employed.
It is said that they still use the same manufacturing machines from that time.
The number of workers has drastically decreased, and many of the workers who manufactured during the mass production era
were highly skilled.
We have heard that products from that era are better.

Also,
we have heard that they write smoothly without catching,
but we will only consider this as a reference.

Furthermore, chrome-plated nibs are less prone to deterioration and are said to retain their original performance to this day.