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Are Cross Nibs Still Made By Pilot?

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At one time, Cross FP nibs were made by Pilot. Which meant that they ran on the fine side of most nibs - a medium was somewhere between medium and fine (compared with most German made nibs.) A fine was very fine, etc, etc......

 

Anyone know where the nibs come from in current Cross models?? And how do they perform???

 

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It was Pilot for a while as I understand it. The absolute latest nibs in the Peerless 125 - I believe are high end Sailor nibs. Check the Cross forum for details.

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I don't know about their upper eschelon pens, but the Stratford that I have is a M nib and it is a but broader than my jinhao M nibs so I would be inclined to say no...

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I'd love to know the answer to this question. I was gifted a Cross Bailey during the holidays; I wrote about it on this forum. It's a pen I'd have never ever considered buying perhaps because of snobbery. As I wrote, the pen perfomed beautifully right out of the box much to my surprise. However, if that nib was made by Pilot that would explain its excellent performance.

 

Great question. I hope someone has the answer. Moderator perhaps this question can be posted on the Pilot forum too?

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