Gold nib or Steel nib

[AndreaDuni]

I have a lot of Steel nib fountain pens but also some gold too. I read in a site of nib repairment that acid's ink can really damage the steel nibs, but not the gold nibs.

The reason that I have most steel nibs is the price of the pens.

[Betty]

Do you feel that gold nibs write less saturated than steel nibs, but much smoother?

[penmanila]

i default like most others to gold nibs, but one of my smoothest writers is a pelikan e-motion (a nice fat, stubby pen with a shiny cap and a wooden body) with a broad steel nib. that pen's good enough to join the rotation of daily writers (alongside an m800, a 146, and a duofold international).

[alvarez57]

My first fountain pen many, many years ago was the Shaeffer transluscent barrel they used to sell @ Walgreens, and it was quite decent.

Lamy has very decent steel nib; I personally like best the gold ones. :ltcapd:

 

Love that Curious George!

Edited December 28, 2006 by alvarez57

[AndreaDuni]

Do you feel that gold nibs write less saturated than steel nibs, but much smoother?

I think it depends on manufacturing. Infact I have a lot of Parker, and sonnet steel are better than frontier steel (viceversa for the price ).

Edited December 28, 2006 by Netnemo

[bernardo]

GOLD RULES!!!!!!

[hatherton_wood]

I have steel nibbed pens that are excellent but I did not think there was that much difference until I got a Parker Junior. The flex on that gold nib made such a difference - completely different feel.

[rhk745]

My collection pen most is gold nib. My handbag is put gold nib pen.

 

But I will perfer to use steel nib in office. I need request difference color pen in daily job. My job request checking a lot of document so I will put three to four pen in my desk.

 

I will put difference ink in difference pen such as red ink in red color fountain pen, green ink in green color fountain pen and so on.

 

Jojo :bunny1:

[georges zaslavsky]

Gold for me but my 1997 stainless stell sheaffer nib isn't that bad.

Edited January 1, 2007 by georges zaslavsky