jon fabian a écrit :

In article . com,
"virgiliopoeta" wrote:

I note with approval that the absurd business of nibs weighing only
1/20 or 1/10 gram is now abandoned by all - though with very bad grace
(as usual) by BL. One has only to calculate the relative specific
gravities and surface areas of nibs relative to say, a copper penny,
then compare their thickness to a penny, and if necessary to a razor
blade (flatter than a nib and easier to compare), to know that a gold
nib can scarcely weigh much less than half a gram, and can easily weigh
much more. Only a very thin, small flexible gold nib can be got out at
less than half a gram or so.

Try to babooozle 'em with bull**** all you want, Vergie, but I actually
took the trouble of weighing a few nibs:

So did I - many years ago when I was a child. I am puzzled by your
aggressive tone. After first making a fool of yourself by asserting
that gold nibs weigh little more than feathers, your later results are
now in rough agreement with the figures I have given, which are well
known to penmeisters. I would not place too much reliance on even your
later results however, for you do not seem to understand scales very
well. If you will reread my post, the figures I gave are for medium,
open nibs, not small, hooded nibs.

At all periods, even before the advent of the stainless steel nib, the
vast majority of nibs have been made of steel, not gold. Anyone so
ignorant of pens as to dispute this need not be taken seriously.

I make it a practice of replying only _once_ to aggressive, ignorant or
insulting correspondants. I make an exception only when the fellow
seems to have something to contribute, or when I am in a fey mood. You
deserve _one_ reply merely for your endless - although somewhat
unreliable - weighing of nibs.