The pens had the ordinary steel nibs and it was essential that they had just the right amount of ink on them or blots resulted.

Vintage steel nibs can have flex, the best known example being the Esterbrook 9128 nib.

Green metal filing cabinets extend to the ceiling; most of their drawers contain steel nibs.

There were stacks of wonderful paper, and southern steel nibs for their pens, not goose-quills.

Even so, he began wiping the steel nib of his polished wooden pen.

Wrote with steel nibs whereas Gustave always used a quill pen.

The lowest series were made in simpler finishes and had gold plated or un-plated steel nibs.

A dip pen has a steel nib (the pen proper) and a pen-holder.

By 1860 there were about 100 companies making steel nibs in Birmingham, but 12 large firms dominated the trade.

She corked the bottle and wiped the steel nib of her pen on a small scrap of parchment without looking at him.