This is a new nib for me. never seen it or used it. I was buying spare lamy nib for my L2000 and I bought this nib just to satisfy my couriosity. So once on my Lamy Safari it is the same quality as other lamy steel nibs. As a personal preference I like more the old style design for my Safary. But this nib works just fine. So you can choose this one or the old one - they are the same quality.