Good morning from Winnipeg,
I mentioned in an earlier post that I had ordered some Arete kits from Woodcraft Utah ... well, my daughter delivered them a couple of weeks ago and i finally finished one. The complaint had been about the nib - too fine, too scratchy and not replaceable. However, and it's still early days, but I've been writing with it quite a bit and my 'one-off' conclusion is very positive. The nib is medium-fine (my term), not the least scratchy and you can't replace the nib. It did not lay down a vast amount of ink so a small tine adjustment was necessary but now, more than acceptable.
I'll turn another this week and if the results are similar, I'll order 10 more given they won't replacing stock.
Rod