First stub

Could someone point me in the direction of a good stub nibbed pen?

Don't know your budget so I'll point you towards two people who make extremely good stub nibs and a pen you can order with a stock stub nib.

Pendleton Brown has made two nibs for me. They are both great writers. I own one of his TWISBI 580 Lumi pens. It's been inked since it arrived in the mail. The other is attached to a Lamy 2000. http://pendletonspens.com/Pens_for_Sale/index.html

(You can also order TWISBI 580s with stock stub nibs.) Check out Goulet Pens, Amazon, et al...

Michael Masuyama is another nib meister. Franklin Christoph pens can be ordered with his nibs. I have one of his stubs and it too is a great writer.
http://www.franklin-christoph.com/fountain-pen-nibs.html

Thanks. I've been looking at the TWSBIs. My budget is under $100.

The Pilot 78g can be had off e-bay for under $15, shipped worldwide. Order a "B" nib and you actually get a stub.

You can get the same nib on the Pilot Plumix, similarly inexpensive. (This nib is either a stubby italic, or an italic-y stub ... so, crisper than some.)

I recently picked up a Nemosine Singularity with a 0.8mm Stub/Italic nib. I'm really impressed with the nib. Really smooth, nice ink flow, and best of all, cheap as chips!

http://www.xfountainpens.com/collections/fountain-pens/nemosine

I think there is often a fair bit of confusion between, and "inter-labeling" of, stubs and italics. The OP should investigate the subtle differences ... not so much as "A or B" but a continuum "from A to B with lots of different ones in between" sort of thing. It will be easier/cheaper to get an italic ... and most "factory made" non-custom italics will be "not too crisp", as it were. Kaweco makes a good one too.

If he really wants a stub ... as opposed to a generic italic ... then he is probably looking at custom-grind on a new nib, or buying a pre-customised stub used, second-hand.

Doc4 said:

I think there is often a fair bit of confusion between, and "inter-labeling" of, stubs and italics.

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I think so, too. To me, a stub nib still has a fair amount of tipping material and thick. No iridium and thin (like the 78G broad), then it's gonna usually be an italic, even if the corners are slightly rounded. But that's my definition and will obviously differ from others.

Best education for a "nib newbie" is to carefully read and understand Richard's or another nibmeister's descriptions.
Example here: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=ref/nibs/primer.htm

If you have a pen that accepts standard #6 nibs, there are many replacement italic nibs available. Nemosine, Knox, Goulet and others have italics ranging from 0.6 to 1.9 mm. Lamy has their proprietary nibs in 1.1 and 1.5 mm.