All About Wacom Stylus Nibs! 

EHM0341 thanks for the tip

It slightly messes up the pen sensitivity tho and it doesn't feel like paper but i'm very picky soooo.

I have brand new Wacom intuos. After using the pen for less than 10 hours, it has already developed a sharp edge. I was not even pressing hard. I was worried that my tablet surface will be ruined and was about to stop using it until I buy a cover off AliExpress. After reading your comment, I tried wrapping the tablet in the form-fitting plastic bag it came in. It worked! It's even easier to use it now and the pen moves smoothly on the surface. I can't thank you enough for the tip!

I'm using one nib for almost a year and I draw daily... is my nib extra hard?

@@ngdg_20 do you see any scratches on your tablets? How long is your nib now? And what tablet are you using?

I'm so glad that helped Reem! Thank you for checking it out. Happy holidays to you!

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It only works for a quick session, the paper stretches and buckles.

I think is only decorarive. Or perhaps is for somedrawers who have many pens and diferents nibs .

Late reply but... The nib is a piece of plastic, or hardened felt, or toothpick or whatever else your weapon of choice might be. No electronics in the nib itself. All it does is push something inside the pen (magnet, coil ==> electrical magic happens) and the amount that thing is pushed is registered in the tablet surface, and that bit then tells your computer where you are on the tablet and how much pressure you're applying (+tilt, keystrokes etc). To rephrase that: the tip is just a device to poke at the pen's internals with, which in turn "disturbs" what the pen does to the field around the tablet surface, which is processed by the thing and translated to all that functionality. So the tip's contact surface has the functionality of any piece of pokey plastic you drag along a surface. Feel only. What matters for line width etc. is what force is transmitted to that springy coil. Some tips can adjust this: a spring will take up some of the strength you're pushing with, so the coil effectively gets less pressure and so moves less - thinner line widths with the same settings otherwise. A rubber tip (the one with the white dot on the end) does the same to a much lesser degree (because the tiny amount of rubber won't take up a lot of that force) and mostly influences feel instead. Tl;Dr: Feel only unless you have something "springy" as a tip.

Yeah, from what I can gather. I think the only difference is the textures they give.

I think so, on the website it said that the intuos has cross-compatability with a few other tablets

I don't think so. However, I put a plastic sheet over the Wacom and the nib lasts forever.Oddly, even without it, I haven't had to change mine out before due to wearing out.

@@lmz000 you can buy the nibs off AliExpress for cheap.

You are doing nothing wrong, with the Intuos 3 nibs last ages; I guess that was what made Wacom change the surface roughness, so more nibs would be sold.

THe new one started to scratch almost immediatly, i could actually hear scratch. That was within first week using.

Ps that spring nib is for faking a real brush tip. they vilt one is like vilt markes and the rubber one is liker a marker.

PS just found this post, im gonna try the white tip one now. www.deviantart.com/lily-fu/art/Review-of-the-different-Wacom-pen-nibs-English-523117122

I recommend mat screen protectors if you want the ""paper"" texture back. You can either hunt for a glass one that's about the size of your active area: something made for a similar or slightly larger size tablet (the android or windows computer variety of tablet) tends to be easy to score. Personally I went the hard plastic route, they will need replacement a tiny bit more often but are also cheaper and you can cut them to size. AliExpress has them in packs of A4 size, you can even buy packs of 20 etc. for super cheap. This was what old tablets did as well basically... They had a plastic flap you could place paper to trace under. The flap was sort of removable. White rubber tip + mat screen protector is the closest combo to paper I have found. Everything else is just lacking control (yeah it's fast but it's too fast for anything small). On an L size tablet I might reconsider but nothing below that. Keep in mind you only drag the tip when you're drawing a line... This doesn't influence how fast you can click stuff. Cheers

I'm probably too late with this reply, but here goes. You can buy a4/a3 sized plastic screen protectors that are easy to cut to size. It helps a lot with the feel. Couple that with the rubber nib (the white dot on end) and you're as close to pencil feel as you'll be getting on a Wacom. You can also do a horrible thing and superglue a "donor" rubber tip on the end of the regular plastic nib, even something like an apple pencil replacement tip... You can replace the screen protector every few months after they wear out but the texture lasts a reasonable time for how much they cost (packs of 10 etc. from AliExpress or eBay) I am never relinquishing my intuos3-s!

I am unsure, I don't have the airbrush pen

No, it has not any extra nibs as it can be opened.

Sadly there isn't, they utilize the stem of the nibs to keep things firmly planted within, otherwise you may get wobble if they made the stem shorter.

@@pratiknaikedu ah, are they at least recyclable?

@@silvertongue8104 Yes they are :)

Diferent is black plastic nibs( hard) vs. Felt white nibs (soft(

@@culturabuzios3000 ahhh

Use your teeth. But try not to swallow it. 😄

@@VintageMemory You're no fun. 😄

I've ordered the one by wacom tablet, and I don't know much about it because it'll arrive tomorrow, but u can check removing the back of the pen and hopefully you'll find a few replacement nibs there, I saw a video which explained it. Here's the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IZH0I1E_rqE.html

@linkuei83 ah yeah I ordered the tablet and I saw that it doesn't have it T^T

@linkuei83 Awesome, thank you so much!

@linkuei83 They won't ship to Canada and no one here has them. Amazon has 5 packs for bloody $20 which... just no.

I've been using the same black nib for 10 years and there's basically no damage to it. (the white one with the spring on the other hand got worn out in a matter of hours/days when I was trying it out all those years ago)

Touch ring, second position = cycle layers. It's the default setting.

Does your intous have a pen removal tool under the panel in the back? If not try and pry it out with a household tool. It should be replaceable!

Why can't you replace it? If you have trouble grabbing it due to the wear, you can remove the top cover of the pen. It's always removable, at worst it takes 15 more seconds of disassembly/twisting and pulling it off. Look up a video or something of the sort on how it comes apart. You can replace it with a toothpick or any piece of plastic that you can sand to a shape that fits.

I've never used Pro Paper before so I'm not sure if they have the same nibs unfortunately! But contacting Wacom will definitely get you the answer!

@@pratiknaikedu thankyuu very much for your answers 🙏😭

They do not fit in because with the Wacom Pro Pen 2 (the one your Intuos Pro comes with), they changed the nibs shape and size; so older nibs won't fit in. But... all of the Intuos 4, 5 and Pro pens will work with your Intuos Pro.

I do not believe they are, but definitely double check.

No, they are not compatible at all.

Psst. You can use a toothpick cut to size. Or any piece of plastic sanded down to fit.

@@inconspicuous-nobody life hack type shit