Leonardo La Fenice nib comparison to previous nib

[jrdavis]

I have read that Leonardo's newer La Fenice nib uses a different mold than their previous nib.  

 

What more specific information do people have about the La Fenice nib's differences from the previous Leonardo nib?

[hairlame]

There's some photos and descriptions of the new nibs starting on page 30 of this thread: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/348476-leonardo-photo-thread/page/30/

 

and here is a post from Leonardo describing the nibs,  indicating that only the gold nibs are done in house: https://www.reddit.com/user/Leonardopens/. The steel nibs are still Jowo, but stamped with the 'la fenice' logo.

 

I have one of the new 14k la fenice nibs in EF - the overall shape of the nib is quite similar compared to the Jowo 14k nibs that they used previously. There are some subtle differences though, the shoulders of the in house nib are a bit more squared off, and the nib doesn't have the same curvature of the Jowo nib from base to tip (it seems flatter...). The tipping is distinct as well, more squared off than the spherical tipping on the Jowo nibs. 

 

[jrdavis]

Thank, hairlame!