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How does the steel nib on a GvFC Tamitio feel, as compared to the FC Loom/Ondoro/Ambition? Which do you like better?

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Good question. I don't know but I wondered. We all know that the Faber Castell steel nibs are great, though the fine is quite fine and dry (still nice).

 

What I found strange is that the Tamitio is a little shorter than the Ambition, but it looks so nice (in pictures and video)...

Link to a post about ergonomics I made: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/343593-which-indian-fountain-pen-would-you-write-a-novel-with/?p=4179072

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On 6/23/2021 at 5:30 PM, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

How does the steel nib on a GvFC Tamitio feel, as compared to the FC Loom/Ondoro/Ambition?

 

Lonely and without kin in the GvFC family, when his distant cousins, whose family is of purportedly lower standing, can enjoy the company of siblings who are compatible with each other, I suppose?

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A betting man would suggest that they are made by the same company and the main difference is the etching detail on their surfaces.

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6 minutes ago, Dione said:

A betting man would suggest that they are made by the same company and the main difference is the etching detail on their surfaces.

Rumour suggests that the GvFC nibs are made by Bock, and the FC ones by Jowo. 

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45 minutes ago, A Smug Dill said:

 

Lonely and without kin in the GvFC family, when his distant cousins, whose family is of purportedly lower standing, can enjoy the company of siblings who are compatible with each other, I suppose?

Isn't the same nib on the all the FC pens except for the Grip?

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8 minutes ago, IlikeInksandIcannotlie said:

Rumour suggests that the GvFC nibs are made by Bock, and the FC ones by Jowo. 

If that is the case then that will be the difference between them. I heard a nib person say that Bock nibs are, generally speaking, slightly better finished than Jowo nibs. I've don't have any Gv F-C nibs but have never had a bad F-C nib.

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The feeds usually give a clue and interestingly, the feed on my gold-nibbed GvFC Guilloche is the very same as on my Faber-Castell Ondoro and Loom.  I therefore suspect the steel-nibbed GvFC has  the same nib as that on the Faber-Castell pens.  Just a different imprint.

 

The Guilloche has the same nib as on the Classic and Annelo.  It's just that the nib on the Guilloche is fully Rhodium plated while on the others, its two-toned.

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The FC nibs are nails, right?

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8 minutes ago, maclink said:

The feeds usually give a clue and interestingly, the feed on my gold-nibbed GvFC Guilloche is the very same as on my Faber-Castell Ondoro and Loom.  I therefore suspect the steel-nibbed GvFC has  the same nib as that on the Faber-Castell pens.  Just a different imprint.

I just checked with photographs on the web, and it seems the Tamitio and FC models have the same feed.

 

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It also seems FC changed the nib structure atleast once ( they removed the breather hole).

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On 6/26/2021 at 10:39 AM, maclink said:

The feeds usually give a clue and interestingly, the feed on my gold-nibbed GvFC Guilloche is the very same as on my Faber-Castell Ondoro and Loom.  I therefore suspect the steel-nibbed GvFC has  the same nib as that on the Faber-Castell pens.  Just a different imprint.

 

The Guilloche has the same nib as on the Classic and Annelo.  It's just that the nib on the Guilloche is fully Rhodium plated while on the others, its two-toned.

 

I am guessing that Faber Castell uses its own custom feeds. For example, TWSBI pens use similar #5 Jowo nibs but their feeds are different. So maybe FC and GVFC use the same feeds as a company but yet different nibs. I also remember reading in the past that FC uses Jowo and GvFC uses Bock.

Link to a post about ergonomics I made: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/343593-which-indian-fountain-pen-would-you-write-a-novel-with/?p=4179072

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A gold nail is exactly = to a steel nail....a nail is a nail, be it 18k, 14K or Steel.

There is no soft gold nails......what one has is a semi-nail, like a modern 400-600. or a P-75 nib.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

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