How Nibs Are Made

[sirgrunthos]

I've often wondered how nibs are made. And, as usually happens, I wasn't looking for this when I found it. It's a great little tour through the Bock nib manufacturing facility in Germany. Now, I'm sure there's lot's of other links to it out there, so bear with me if you've seen it before. For the rest of you . . . enjoy!

 

http://thesouthernscribe.com/PenArticles/Nibs.htm

[Shangas]

That's a hell of a lot of pelikans...

[Ink Stained Wretch]

I've often wondered how nibs are made. And, as usually happens, I wasn't looking for this when I found it. It's a great little tour through the Bock nib manufacturing facility in Germany. Now, I'm sure there's lot's of other links to it out there, so bear with me if you've seen it before. For the rest of you . . . enjoy!

 

http://thesouthernscribe.com/PenArticles/Nibs.htm

Thanks for the link. That's interesting stuff.

 

Here's an interesting quote from one of the folks who make the nibs, "Karin Bauschulte said, with a twinkle in her voice, 'The technical term is shaped like a baby's bottom.'" No wonder I get so many of those baby-bottom problems!

 

But I guess that this illustrates just what goes wrong in the manufacture of what those of us who've experienced the skipping caused by a misshapen pellet know as a "baby bottom" problem. They just go a little bit overboard in this part of the process. I bet they make the nibs for Rotring Cores!

[jonro]

Thanks for this link. I wanted to know more about nib production and there it is.

[domino]

This is so interesting. Thanks for providing it.