When did waldmann nibs have "iridium point"?

[migotka21]

I've seen some waldmann pens and they don't have "iridium point" on nibs. Supposedly it used to be on some nibs several years ago.  I've tried to find any info because it helps with identification but it looks like waldmann pens aren't populat in Poland. Is there any database or something?

[mke]

Before the time and the first years of the previous owner, they had Schmidt nibs which had "Iridium Point" engraved; that means between (1998)2000 and 2007(2008).

Later they switched to Bock and then to Jowo. Bock and Jowo show the engraving of "Waldmann".

 

from: https://mkepens.blogspot.com/2017/12/waldmann-tuscany.html

[migotka21]

Thanks! 

So it could NOT be fake. Good to know.

[Karmachanic]

The iridium tipping story.   So the iridium on the earlier Waldmann pens probably wasn't 

[mke]

Easy to distinguish.

 

"Iridium Point Germany" => most probably a cheap pen from somewhere else or someone took the original nib out and replaced it with a cheap nib. 

"Schmidt Iridium Point" => a steel nib from Schmidt Technologies, Gold nibs from Schmidt only show "Schmidt" and the purity of the gold.

 

 

left: steel gold-plated

right: gold 18k/14k

 

The nib I showed above is a Schmidt steel nib from a Tuscany pen made between 2000 and 2008 - as confirmed by Waldmann Pens.