What color is the nib? It pictures a silver nib, but the product features say a black coated steel nib.
74679
Got mine (Charcoal) in today, 7/29/13, and it came with a black nib. I prefer it as it seems less pretentious.
74680
Both my clear vista and my partner's red safari nibs are silver, i.e. polished metal. I understand that Lamy used to match the most appropriate barrel colours with the black or silver nibs. But I don't know where they draw the line. Black and charcoal barrels would go with black nibs but then what about other dark barrel colours? With some vendors, if they are pen specialists, you could pick the colour you wanted, but not sure if you can still do that. You can always buy separate nibs in the colour you want.
74681
When I purchased my charcoal Lamy Safari Fountain Pen, the pen came with a black nib. I do know that you can purchase the Lamy Safari, Al Star, and Vista fountain pens with a black or a stainless (silver) color nib from an extra fine nib to a broad nib.
74682
The nib is silver. This is a great Pen, I love it. Folks always ask about it. I like the red color I got, easy to find and unique among all the black pens. Writes great. I have 2 of these pens, also got the refillable cartridge and the blue Lamy ink and refill my own cartridges. Enjoy!
440736
Yes, mine was NIB (New In Box). It also worked fine from my laptop tot my flat screen and from my Blu-ray player to the TV.
1409485
We bought this item last year. The color is black and it has some nice silver patina (spelling??). We are very happy with it.
350691
The one we received was black, but I don't remember if there was a silver option.
1153079
No black...it's just an artifact of the photograph. It's shiny stainless steel all over.
1856085
In short, I don't know how to tell. Unfortunately, and I forgot to add this in my review, there seems to be only one nib size. It is really difficult to tell either way, though. They all seemed like Western-style medium nibs when I tried them. Some of the pens write a little wetter or a little drier, but not too drastically.
2011879
I don't have the extra fine nib, however my medium nib is a graphite. Write great and I am a lefty.
173965
I'm sorry I've not changed the nib, therefore I'm not able to give you the correct answer. Although I did attempt to take the nib out today and was not able to move it. Perhaps I'm not doing it properly. Sorry I couldn't give you a better answer.
2097392
Mine is silver and black -- like the photo -- don't know if they come in other colors.
555002
The nib seems to be medium. I enjoy using the pen, and people who see it find it interesting.
568665
Looks like it could just be color. If you're talking about the "silver: versus "metal silver," the "silver" is a matte finish, whereas it looks like the "metal silver" is shiny.
1502705
We have 2 different model. silver and black. This specific product is all silver.
2231432
It's silver. The Sensei version is silver. There is another Steelseries mouse that is black.
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Robert, are you talking about the area that is silver (the sharpened area)? Because I looked at mine closely just now and what I didn't notice when I first got it was that on mine the silver part seems to have a clear coating on it. I'm not sure of what, but it seems like tiny bubbles or debris in the clear coating. The black metal part of mine has one or two tiny pits but thats about it. Maybe contact the seller and swap it out?
608934
Mine came with the Preppy medium nib. This is a Japanese weight medium, labeled 05. I find it somewhere between a European medium and fine.
645570
My understanding is that you get to pick between find and medium.When I ordered mine, Mirani Jewelery (the selling company), emailed me and asked me what color pen and what size nib (fine or medium) that I wanted.
908704
These comments said the pens were black ink.... Description said it was for medical professions....Just got my order and the ink is most defiantley BLUE