Cartier Nibs

[aggoo]

Just been doing a short review of a Cartier Roadster and the feed looked most familiar.

 

Turns out is it exactly the same as the Waterman MAN 100 and current Exception. The nib is also the same shape and is missing a breather hole like those Waterman nibs.

 

I know Cartier is French and all, but you would think being a Richemont brand, they'd get to use Montblanc nibs at least. I am very surprised Waterman agreed to make a nib for another company (unless they sold the tooling to Richemont).

 

Other Cartier nibs and feeds are totally different and have breather holes. They look to be the same as Dunhill in style, which makes sense because they are also in the Richemont stable of brands.

 

Anybody know who makes the normal Cartier nibs? All I know is they are very smooth and nice to look at.

 

 

[TassoBarbasso]

it's possible that Waterman made the nibs for this model. The shape of the nib is practically identical. Usually, Cartier nibs are made by Bock, though.

[aggoo]

it's possible that Waterman made the nibs for this model. The shape of the nib is practically identical. Usually, Cartier nibs are made by Bock, though.

 

 

Thanks for that info regarding Bock and regular Cartier nibs. They certainly are lovely nibs.