Are There Any Modern Pens/brands With Manifold Nibs?

[dangran]

I am completely in love with my Waterman 12. It fits my hand like it was made for it, and the manifold nib is amazing.

It's such a soft, smooth writer with great ink-flow.

 

But I'm pretty sure Waterman no longer makes manifold nibs like this. It is a 14K gold one with a heart in the middle, and it says Manifold at the top.

Are there any modern pens (different brands maybe) that have a nib that's like this, or is this a 'vintage pen only' thing?

[wftrier]

I've been looking for a modern pen with a manifold nib to use at work too. I'll be watching this thread.

[Procyon]

Manifold really means "stiff". It was originally produced to write on several copies of carbon paper, in the days before the Xerox machine.

 

This pretty much describes the nibs on most modern pens, since people generally don't know how to write with a flexible nib these days, after spending their early years writing with a ball point or a roller ball pen.

 

Most pen collectors lament the lack of flexible nibs on modern pens - not the opposite, as you seem to be doing.

 

I suspect the characteristics of the nib you like on the Waterman don't really have much to do with the fact that it is a "Manifold" nib. In any case, almost all modern nibs are essentially a "Manifold" type nib.

[tripcode]

Buy literally any steel nib today, and you will get a manifold nib. If you're looking for specific ones, I recommend the Lamy Safari B, which I use to write cheques.

[cedargirl]

Yep, if they are not sold as flex, they are manifold.

[Ernst Bitterman]

This pretty much describes the nibs on most modern pens

 

Yep. For a powerful, current production form-filler-outer, a Hero 100 is probably the best bet. I've gotten through a three-layer form using a Carene stub without much effort, and there's few modern pens I've got that I wouldn't make the attempt with. I wouldn't say "none" though, because some are sufficiently soft'n'springy to resent the attempt (my Lamy 2000, sturdy in all other respects, leaps to mind).

[civil]

I have several of the pens mentioned on this topic, and I have difficulty accepting them as Manifold pens, for two reasons:

 

1-I CAN get a flex out of a Lamy Safari or many Hero pens (meaning a very noticeable line variation, which I really don't want at all, from any of my pens really).

 

2-Some of those pens are among my favorites, and and I rather protect them when it is time to write on multipart forms. For that I currently use a ball point pen, but I would rather use a Manifold fountain pen, if they exist as I understand it (a nib that will not budge no matter how hard I press on it, and will not be damaged by regular exposure to such heavy pressure over time).

 

3-Since regular fountain pens were not intended for such heavy pressure, I am concerned about the wearing out of the tipping material on the nib, in addition to the obvious splaying issue.

 

This is way I find it difficult to accept that any modern steel pen is a manifold.

Edited February 1, 2016 by civil