Titanium Nibs

[Miketsheehan]

I think titanium nibs are brilliant-I have them on my Delta Momo Special Limited Edition, Momo limited edition, Delta Titanio and Stipula Modelo T. Do you think titanium nibs are here to stay and deserve a place in serious fountain pen discussion? Or are they a flash in the pan?

[terminal]

I have a Stipula Duetto Lemoncello. I like it quite a bit but one thing that bothers me about it is that it's an extremely hard starter. I've always wondered if it's because of the Ti nib.

[Lemon328i]

I'm looking forward to trying one out on an incoming pen from Fountainbel and CONID, but until Bock gets into much larger production runs or JoWo develops something similar, it will likely remain a niche product like Visconti's 23k palladium (also a wonderful nib material).

[IWantThat]

I have both a Delta Titanio and a Stipula Model T. I think I prefer the Delta just a bit, but I quite enjoy using both. I have no problems with hard starts or skipping. The Delta just feels like it has a little more bounce It gives a beautiful line with shading inks, too.

[eric47]

Omas T2 nibs. I don't like any others that I have tried.

[tspin46]

I certainly cannot see any advantages of a Titanium nib over a good 14K gold nib or an old PdAg nib. Titanium is an unreliable material for a flex nib, just waiting to go sproing and when it does it is the devil to repair. A Titanium nib does not have the ability to sustain capillary action as well as gold, steel or the palatinate metals so Titanium nibs are among the driest nibs around. When the disadvantages are coupled with the high cost of Titanium nibs I believe that Titanium will remain a "snob" nib and will not become mainstream. It sure is pretty though...

[zquilts]

I'd never even heard of them before I got my FPN Modello T - but I have to say that I am quite impressed and pleased with them. My Modello T writes smoothly and never balks or has a dry start. I really enjoy it and would snap up another titanium nib as long as I could afford to!

[georges zaslavsky]

omas t2 and stipula model t

[thehewett]

hi, i have three pens with Ti22

 

1- Delta Momo stealt

2- Stipula Davinci

3- Stipula Gaudi Batló .- this is my favorite among my collection of 30+ pens. the weight, shape, design and NIB are excellent, just watch Bryant's video pay attention to the famous titanium NIB in action

 

 

and you'll want one too

Edited September 23, 2012 by thehewett

[watvolk]

Hi,

Monteverde is offering a titanium plated nib for the Invincia, see the descrition from their website:

 

The new Invincia Titanium collection has the striking combination of a Black Braided Carbon Fiber Barrel with a Titanium Coated Cap. The fountain pen has a new black flexible stainless steel nib with special Titanium plating to offer extra durability.

 

Those nibs are just a little flexible, I have tested 1.1 Stub and I am very satisfied with it.

Kind regards,

Volker

[RMN]

I have one on my Stipula modelloT, and I am not impressed. I have never learned to write with flex. I give very liitle pressure, the pen just rests in my hand. So I can't do anything with the flex-part of the T nib. And for just writing I find the nib too fine and scratchy.

 

And visually I find the nib looks like it is in bad condition and needs cleaning/polishing.

 

I am considering getting a steel italic nib for it.

 

D.ick

[tonybelding]

My one experience with titanium (on an OMAS) did not impress... It was a bit flexible, but not really any more so than, for example, my Lamy 2000. It was rough and generally not pleasing for me to write with.

 

I think titanium nibs have been a case of bad marketing. They're more expensive but pen companies aren't really telling us what the advantage is supposed to be. When I bought my OMAS, I had the impression that titanium was -- somehow -- a more suitable material for making flexible nibs, since pen companies are (for some reason) very resistant to making flexible 14K gold nibs anymore. It turns out that titanium isn't particularly suited to that after all, so now I don't know what the purpose is. I guess titanium nibs are, as grandma used to say, "just something to sell".