Schmidt Iridium Point Nibs

[andybiotic]

Hi guys

 

I have some very good, very smooth Schmidt Iridium Point nib units lying around without a pen for them and I was wondering what pens out there uses these nib units or can fit with them so I can exchange the unit simply by screw them on and off.

 

I know the Rosetta, the Fiorenza and the Retro 51 use them, I've also "heard" that TWSBI Micarta can fit them but what other choices do I have?

 

 

 

Thanks!

Edited April 27, 2012 by andybiotic

[fpstdnt]

I have a pen with written "Schmidt iridium point." What does this mean???

[mirosc]

I have a pen with written "Schmidt iridium point." What does this mean???

 

Few pen manufacturers make the nibs and feeds themselves. Usually they just buy it from someone else, but there are very few nib manufacturers, for example Bock, JoWo, etc. Schmidt is a big redistributor who doesn' make nibs himself, but buys them and assembles the nibs and feeds so that the pen manufacturers can buy complete nib units and don't have to think about that stuff any more. On some of these nibs it's printed "Schmidt iridium point", on others the name of the pen company.

For "iridium point": The tip of the nib has a tiny blot of "iridium" for ease of writing and better durability of the nib. It's actually not real Iridium, but rather an alloy of several metals.

 

@andybiotic:

If I remember correctly, Online pens also use Schmidt units.

[skipwilliams]

It means it's a nib made by Schmidt in Germany. The tip has a bead of iridium or similar metal welded onto the end and ground/slit into a writing surface.

 

http://www.schmidttechnology.de/en/schreibgeraete/produkte/fuellhaltersysteme/c_1_3.htm

 

Skip

 

 

I have a pen with written "Schmidt iridium point." What does this mean???

[KrazyIvan]

TWSBI 530 and 540 but you need to pull the nib out of the collar I think.

Sensa Meridian for sure but I think the whole line had them and they screw in.

Romet of Italy (You have to pull the nib)

Bexley BX802 screws in but I think there are others

[mirosc]

It means it's a nib made by Schmidt in Germany.

 

No, it's not.

Schmidt just does the assembly work of nib/feed/nib housing, but Schmidt does not make nibs. Schmidt buys nibs from JoWo and Bock, but we can't always be sure from which one the nib in a given "Schmidt" nib unit really is. But it's definitely not from Schmidt...

[fourseamer]

If I'm not mistaken, Edison and Bexley use these nib units but usually with their own logos engraved. See Brian Gray's (of Edison Pen Co.) Meister Nibs site for examples of "IPG" nibs and those he has customized.

[bgray]

It means it's a nib made by Schmidt in Germany.

 

No, it's not.

Schmidt just does the assembly work of nib/feed/nib housing, but Schmidt does not make nibs. Schmidt buys nibs from JoWo and Bock, but we can't always be sure from which one the nib in a given "Schmidt" nib unit really is. But it's definitely not from Schmidt...

 

Correct.