Reviews & Comments
Reviews, articles, and testimonials from clients and reviewers for nib modifications or repairs as well as Pret a Porter, ready to wear nib units and pen products.
Reviews, Articles, and Comments
SF Pen Show 2023
Hi JC!
Thank you so much for the Right Foot Oblique Reversible Sevledge grind on my Leonardo Momento Magico from the SF Pen Show. It's exactly what I wanted and I've been having a blast with it. I'm really looking forward to the next time I can catch you in person.
Nib Smoothing Workshop in London, Ontario, Canada 2023
Thank you so very much for your excellent nib tuning workshop! I felt as though I had gotten my money's worth within the first 10 minutes. Your hands-on workshop was very fun, and your information was delivered with clear, well-organized details that will ensure that I know what I'm doing and why when I adjust my pens. The nib tuning kit was most appreciated. I highly recommend your workshop to novices and seasoned fountain pen enthusiasts alike.
DC Pelikan Hubs 2022
A highlight from the Pelikan Hub was getting this music nib up and writing nicely. JC @thenibtailor was so patient with tuning it to write for my hand. I was super impressed he inspected my writing as well as the nib to see where things were going wrong.
Writing with the nib these past 2 days has been a completely different and pleasant experience! I'm thrilled.
Fountain Pen Day 2022 at Penny Post
So, we know JC to be a killer nibmeister, as seen with the amazing Naginata grind he did on a recent pen of mine. But then I asked him to simply tune a black ruthenium layered nib because it wasn't writing well. This nib has become my daily writer because it starts immediately every time. What I thought might be a simple smooth and tune is actually what JC perfects each time he works on a nib. Thank you, dear friend, for making my writing experience!
A podcast by pen makers for pen makers, customers, pen enthusiasts and the maker community. In this episode, we have a great chat with JC Ament, The Nib Tailor......and other stuff.
You can listen to Episode 28 (and other fun pen maker shenanigans) here.
A mechanical, not unpleasant buzz ran underneath the constant talk of vermilion ink and vintage Watermans. The sound came from grinding, as craftspeople shaped fountain pen nibs for customers. Individuality and customization matter to pen aficionados, said nibmeister JC Ament of Arlington, Va., whose company is called Nib Tailor. “A fountain pen is obsolete technology,” he said. “It’s not a necessity. You want it to be a very tactile thing. It’s a talisman.”
Excerpt from the Washington Post article by Eliza McGraw. You can read the full piece at the link below.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/08/30/fountain-pen-collectors-convene
“I’ve had this pen in regular use since returning from San Francisco, and it puts a smile on my face every time I use it. It’s that nice, and I made it even nicer, for me, with the addition of an Architect grind on the Medium steel Jowo nib I chose when purchasing this pen.
When I sat down with JC Ament, aka the Nib Tailor, I knew I wasn’t going with one of my standards (Stub, Cursive Italic, Needlepoint,) and wanted something cool, befitting this cool pen. I settled on a traditional Architect grid, and JC absolutely nailed it. My most-used Architect grind is more of a mini-style, befitting my small handwriting, so having this more traditionally-sized nib has been great.”
Excerpt and photo provided by Brad Dowdy for the Pen Addict blog. Read the full review at the link below.
SF Pen Show 2021
your architect nib grind is my absolute favorite pen to write with every day!!!
Bertram’s Inkwell In-Store Event
Man, spent the morning with this nib, and it’s killer. Great work, my friend.
Bertram’s Inkwell In-Store Event
I wanted to reach out and thank you again for working on my pens last week at Bertram's.
I love what you did, but most especially the Architect RT nib! I can't stop using it.
I look forward to seeing how your business continues to grow.
Bertram’s Inkwell In-Store Event
Very nice meeting you today and thank you again very much for saving my Visconti for me.
Reno, NV
The Nib Tailor worked on two pens for me. One was a medium-to-an-architect grind, and the other was tuning of an extra fine Sailor nib that was so scratchy and dry, I was ready to toss it! It is now smooth and so much better! Better ink flow. JC is responsive and accommodating. I would not hesitate to send more pens to him! Thanks, JC!
SF Pen Show 2021
THANKS for skilled nibsmithing AND inky courtesy
Thx for being one of the good ones
LOVE my nibs, which is all I really meant to say in the first place. Plus you were fun to hang out with and appropriately ocd (in a good natured way) about getting the grinds right!
Wädenswil, Switzerland
You’re a genius!
The nib is fantastic.
Very fine, but not scratchy at all and still wet.
I’m loving it!
Thanks!!
Bertram’s Inkwell In-Store Event
“JC worked on my Armando Simoni Club Nefertiti fountain pen with a #8 nib at Bertram's Inkwell about 10 days ago. I was reluctant since I've only used a nib meister once years ago (not JC) and my fine point was converted to a medium point by mistake. However, JC did an exceptional job on this pen. It was a very wet nib that wrote a medium/broad line. I tried various inks without much improvement. JC fixed the nib so that it writes as a fine line. The nib is very smooth and little wet. It writes with no bleed through and I can even write on franklin planner paper although Rhodia is my favorite paper.
JC also figured out a problem with another ASC that had dried ink inside.
Prices were very very reasonable. The expertise was exceptional and I will definitely only use JC for future nib tailoring.. Thanks again”
Bertram’s Inkwell In-Store Event
“Thank you, JC. I appreciate all the care you took in taming the nib for me. I’ll definitely look forward to seeing you at the Baltimore show if I don’t see you back at Bertram’s beforehand.”
“A daily driver from this week: A Schon DSGN Ultem Fountain Pen with an Inverted Architect nib from The Nib Tailor.” (Photo and Caption by The Gentleman Stationer.)
The link below is an overview of two Pret a Porter nib units that The Gentleman Stationer purchased in 2019 after trying my grinds at the Baltimore/Washington International Pen Show.
Please check out his blog and Curated Shop if you’d like to support a heck of a great guy who is interested in analog writing tools and “Vintage Living in the Modern World”.
“Today is the start of the @SFPenShowand the launch of the newly rebranded @TheNibTailor (old NibsOnPoint). 🎉
As much as I wish I could be there with so many friends, I’m thinking of them by writing with the “Tailor” nib created for me by@TheNibTailorand which I had originally received at the 2019 SF Pen Show.🙂
The nib is actually a T shape that offers 3 writing styles in one:
• I’m standard writing angle, it’s a forgiving though still sharp architect nib. 🤩
• On reverse it’s an italic and,😍
• At a 90° angle, it writes like a standard F nib. 🥰
2 years in, I’m always excited to write and draw with this pen. I find it especially enjoyable on days in which I just want to carry one pen and practice some modern calligraphy or play around with my writing style as the mood changes. ☺️
If you have a pen that needs its nib adjusted or any grinds, I highly recommend you stop by JC @TheNibTailor’s table.”
“JC @thenibtailor added this beautiful grind “Selvedge Italic” to my BPS Pen by @writeturnz at @bertramsinkwell 📕🖋”