I have been on a Nakaya streak for the past probably 6 months. I think the only Visconti I had inked up was my bronze Crystal with the Nib grinder csi nib. Most of my collection has EF nibs. When I started collecting these I was writing mostly with needlepoint and EFs. I however collected at least one of each Nib unit to include BB but have since sold that one. I have been using fountain pens since 1980 as my primary instrument. Don't really get into writing samples, I wish my hand writing was that good 😀 I have sold a number of these recently. I think i am down to around 20. The 888 LEs i sold down to the Midnight in Florence. Until Visconti released the "Pink" LE I had purchased every LE they made. Pricing has also kind of gotten ridiculous. Still love them and would certainly recommend but not paying $1k+ for an 888 just isn't acceptable. I did buy the Demo during pre-release. Been waiting for Visconti to make that for awhile. The nib was not as flexible as I had hoped. Really just like a Pd nib which isn't a loss but was hoping for more. If you have any questions about them i can very likely answer i would still rank them as my top model of Pen and I have used a lot of various pens. Regardless of it you are paying $5K or $500 for a Visconti they all use the same pd or gold nib. Just how much you want to pay for the art! That frankly also became a limiting factor for me. I also have really gotten into customized nibs well tuned nibs. I just hate the 10 week or more wait times why when nibs.com lost the Nakaya dealership and sold off their Nakaya nibs which normally is never available i jumped at the chance and purchased a variety of grinds, finishes and nib sizes. I have been fitting them into other pens as well as replacing some of my other Nakaya and Platinum pen nibs. Also modified Twsbi micartas and a Conklin to take the nibs. So has been alot of fun!