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Say hello to the Zebra WF3! The very best lettering pens in the world are made in Japan, and now there are four new acquaintances in the shop. Here you will find the largest nib in the series, but do not be discouraged. It’s easy to handle.
The Zebra WF3 has the largest nib of the four models (see others at the bottom), which gives really fat and good lines that create letters with a little attitude. Mmmm. The tip creates lines in width like the Stabilo 68 brush pen, but it is a little more flexible and thus has an easier time making the narrow lines narrow, which can otherwise be a problem when you get up to size on brush pens. If the contrast between the narrowest and widest line in the Pen disappears, the letters become most clumsy and mediocre I think. It’s the line dynamics that are the real GREY with brush pens!
With the WF3 you have a fantastic Pen for your greeting cards or quotes to hang on the wall. Try it on coated paper, for goodness sake. You can thank me later.
As with most brush pens, it works best on smooth and kind paper. Not only will you get better results, but you’ll also save a lot on the nib by dragging it across smooth and soft quality paper. If you use the felt tips of brush pens on ordinary printer paper, for example, the tips will soon become “fuzzy” and lose their ability to make thin lines. Then you get much clumsier letters with significantly less difference and dynamics in line width. Good paper makes all the difference. I particularly recommend Letteringblock A4, mixed where you can let your Zebra loose on both smooth and coated paper to see which you like best.
Zebra’s brush pens feel very REAL, not like some somewhat hastily produced pens that some companies create just because they realized that they can make money selling brush pens, which often gives a slightly plastic result with a quality that is not up to par. These “fast-produced” pens can certainly be great first pens because they are often cheaper and available in many different colors, which of course attracts many, think text Bic Intensity or Staedtler double-ended water color brush pens. With Zebra’s Pens, it’s just the opposite. There is FEELING, reverence for the craft and an uncompromising attitude that I like very much. Everyone must have at least one Zebra pen if you ask me.
WF3, just like WFT5, WFSS4 and WF1 (sexy names they chose anyway?) has waterproof and archive-proof color, just like UniPin Fine Line Brush. Big difference from other brush pens, then, which are usually water-soluble. It’s often described as “deep black”, but I’m a bit conflicted. I think the color is aaaaaany softer black, a little bit softer than others, which is very appealing.
As with all brush pens, you can determine how wide the lines the Pen creates by varying how hard you press it against the paper. Use really good paper to make the felt tips hold their shape for as long as possible.
The WF Zebra series is available in three additional variants with different sleeve colors:
