a finch cracking seeds in its nib
make sure the nib has been sharpened before you try to cut anything
Recent Examples on the WebThe Best of Beauty Award winner is practically a toolbox for your arches, including a mini toothbrush for fluffing, a slanted nib for defining, long and short spoolies for taming, and a tiny spatula for at-home lifting and laminating (if that’s your jam).—Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 11 June 2024 Low lighting protects the turtles, and the menu offers only seasonal choices, including gluten-free breadfruit pancakes that promise to be the next Manhattan superfood craze, with chocolate nib tapenade as a sweet treat.—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024 The company’s signature bitter drinking chocolate, a rich and dense concoction served in an espresso-size cup, is made with freshly ground cacao nibs, lightly sweetened and finished with oat milk.—Caitie Kelly Gisela Williams Julekha Dash Catherine Hong Devorah Lev-Tov, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024 This is cocoa nib ice cream on sugar cookies, dipped in milk or dark chocolate with cocoa nibs sprinkled on top.—Sarah Murphy, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024 The pen can be placed in the cradle with the nib end up or down.—PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024 The minuscule nib has a teardrop shape for artful sculpting and stealthy shading.—Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023 Image: Wacom The Wacom One 12 and Wacom One 13 touch pen display tablets are equipped with 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch glass screens, respectively, which are specially bonded to reduce parallax (that gap between the stylus nib and the cursor).—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 10 Aug. 2023 The metal components, as well as the traditional Pelikan beak-like clip, are finished with 24-karat gold, and the nib is bi-color: 18-karat gold and rhodium plate.—Nancy Olson, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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