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Originally Posted by Quoth
None of the nibs I have (Kobo or others) are pointy when new. They are all rounded somewhat like a Pentel rollerball pen.
They should not be pointy. My original and oldest Kobo nib is looking the same as the unused spare ones I bought from Kobo. Not long after the original Elipsa was released.
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I was just being figurative.
Compared to my tip above, these new tips are pointy.
We’ve established over the past two years that your experience with your Elipsa was different than mine. But my experience is valid. I dare say I may have used my Elipsa more than you used yours because you moved up to the Sage, which I didn't do.
My official Kobo nibs were soft, wore down quickly, and the first nibs from the summer of release even left traces of the nib material on the surface of the Elipsa. I would have to wash the screen frequently to remove stylus marks. Subsequent nibs didn’t do that. I can assure you that I did not bear down hard on my nibs. I come from an artist’s background. Bearing down on nibs ruins the tines. I use the same finesse with my styluses.
For all we know, our nibs—from two different sides of the planet—had different builds. I got tired of buying replacement nibs, so I decided to let this last one wear down to the shaft. It’s not as if the Elipsa has the input resolution to tell the difference.
At any rate, now people have two different datasets of experiences to plug into their knowledge base.