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ProfQ
4
Apr 12, 2016
Hello guys! I order an oblique nib, and it was opposite to what I was expecting. I would like to see if others ordered an oblique like me.
djringjr
22
Apr 12, 2016
ProfQ
4
Apr 12, 2016
djringjrI saw that, and I ordered a left-handed oblique (aka oblique for the right handed). and they send me a right-handed oblique and insist that they are correct and snubbed my reply and stopped responding to me. Keep in mind that during the drop they did not show any explanatory picture to explain their view of left or right-handed obliques.
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djringjr
22
Apr 13, 2016
ProfQI ordered Nib Size: Extra Broad Italic Oblique and it was only by setting that the more common oblique appears without and further identification, that MassDrop was using the wrong words to identify the nib. They weren't using Left Handed as a description of which type of oblique it was but the less useful and more confusing note that this type of oblique is used by left handed writers. A penman would know that right handed writers use both left-handed shaped nibs and right handed shaped nibs. Usually right handed writers use left handed obliques. I only ordered the correct type because I saw that massdrop was using the description incorrectly.
MassDrop is wrong and you are correct. You were given a right handed oblique nib that they incorrectly called a left: oblique nib. Left oblique nibs are for right handed writers. Right handed writers often use. Right handed nibs: for Arabic and Hebrew writing our: for writing Roman characters, with a different grip on the pen.
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BarryB
3
Apr 29, 2016
ProfQYou received a right-footed oblique generally used by left-handed people. A left-footed oblique is, generally, used by right-handed people. Maybe the options can be made clearer next time. I, too, was confused by what was meant on the choices. "Left foot oblique for right handed use" or a note to clarify would have helped, indeed. Notably, some people use both shapes with their dominant hand with success.