Choosing a nib size

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1. You've come a long way in your videos that's for sure.
2. Thank you for this video. Please let me know the follwing,
   
   am a student who has to spend more than couple of hours in a class writing/ taking notes. am planning to buy the following pen, Please let me know whether this is the right purchase? Also, which ink should be used on Lamy, Can i use other brand ink in Lamy pens? because of the cost issues?
   
   http://goo.gl/crBn6V
3. This is a wonderful video. Thanks
4. This is a great video Stephen! Started out with a Lamy M...and like it. Two Visconti's later, Fine Rembrandt and EF Saturno...I like the extra fine very much. Learning Spencerian, it is the easiest. Overall I love my Rembrandt the best but I fear I need to go with a broad nib to use shading ink and my hand is too small for a broad I think. Will have to learn to write bigger, I'm really itching to try a nice shading ink. I must be odd as an American I always loved narrow ruled paper, when I discovered the French rule...I was in heaven.
5. I really enjoy the character and quirkiness you bring to these videos.
   May I ask ... I wonder if you remember what the dark red ink you used was called please?
6. Great
7. This is excellent and helpful for starters.
8. Hi r u dutch? Nice vid by the way
9. Hi, What ink have you used for the yard o led retro grand and lamy nexx?
10. What would you recommend for a student who sometimes has to write on cheap copy paper handouts?
11. Still have a Parker Vector with a medium nib from a 3 piece set from the 1980's that my dad has given to me but I am trying to persuade him to search for the rollerball and the ballpoint that are not present in the set.
12. Say I would want to get a pen for extensive writing, long letters, a novel, whatever. Lots of text. And I would choose between say, a broad nib, for smoothness, or maybe a stub, for nicer letters. Given I have some experience in both, what would you think works better for writing for a longer time?
13. Great and helpful video as always, Stephen!
    Also helpful in this important decision:
    Goulet's nib nook, online interactive comparison tool:
    http://www.gouletpens.com/nib-nook
    and nibs.com Tipping Sizes Comparison Page :
    http://www.nibs.com/TippingSizespage.htm
14. what ink is that in the 2nd medium pen  the blue ink.   love your videos i just got into fountain pens in the last month and im a new user. i just picked up a twsbi 580  and got a bottle of pelikan edelstein jade.
15. may i ask what is the purple/blue ink you are using at 16:09? (which is the 6th line).thank you
16. the sf stands for "soft fine" because the namiki-falcon is meant to be a flexy pen
17. I really like the green ink that you used for the BB.  What brand is it?
18. I think your handwriting looks good whatever size nib you use. I guess in the end it just comes down to personal preference. I've started using Jinhao pens for every day and find their medium nib a bit more on the fine side but not too fine so makes my handwriting more legible. I find your videos very informative and interesting so please keep making them
19. So what does the number engraved on the nib mean? For example on my Pelican Junior its #7.
20. I changed in nib size recently. I used to write with a medium. But when I started to write in cursive again(after 30 years of writing block letters)I found out that a medium is way too wide for me. So after trying different nib sizes,I ended up with an extra fine. Too bad a lot of fountain pens don't have a extra fine nib option. But I found a nice Pelikan M200 that suits me very wel.