Who Makes Faber Castell Nibs?

[Mafia Geek]

Just looking to get a quick answer to the topic question. Who makes the nibs for Faber Castell pens? Do they make it themselves or get another manufacturer?

[jar]

Faber Castell nibs are likely Jowo and GvFC are likely Bock. At least I hope so.

[nikoskard]

Peter Bock have them in reference list of brands that use their nibs.

 

Bock Reference List

[nikoskard]

I also Find FC nibs to be very smooth writers. Their nibs are totally trouble free, at least in my little experience.

[Keyless Works]

Interesting, I had thought GvFC were made in house...good to know.

[PenTieRun]

I test drove some Faber Castell pens at the Fountain Pen Hospital back in October, and--oh,my!--are they nice nibs. At that point I had already dropped too much on birthday pens, so the FC had to wait. It's now on the list, though.

[Bo Bo Olson]

It depends on what the company who has the nib made to exactly what alloy could or will be used.

 

Delta is known to make an occasional semi-flex nib...so that was a surprise...that Bock still makes semi-flex nibs...I have vintage semi-flex and regular flex Bock nibs.

 

 

Astoria Schreibkultur made by Max.

Bexley Pen Company Known by many.

Classic Pens*

Cleo Skribent*

Conway Stewart Manufacturing

These are ground wider as the company wishes.

David Oscarson heard of but know little....

Delta

dns - Drechselstube Neckarsteinach*

Faber-Castell Thought so.

Karl Meisenbach*

Kaweco logical.

Norbert Zeplien*

Sheaffer Pen!!!!!!! Now that was a surprise.

Starbond Europa*

Stefan Fink* is that the Pfortsheim Fink pen company?

Visconti That I knew.

WaldmannAgain logical.

 

* more ignorant of pen makers than I thought.

 

 

Twsbi had some made by Bock don't know if they are sill made or if they went to JoWo.

 

For a long time after Pelikan brought back nib making to it's factory...the 1000 was still made by Bock. So a Bock nib can be as good as the company wanting a nib wants.

 

As noobie, I thought only factory nibs were any good.

Even if the Bock (founded 1938) Factory is only 30 minutes away and a huge factory...I was ignorant.

What steel alloy or gold alloy is wished must be bought.

The steel alloy is small order so and so many rolls of thin steel alloy that is very expensive because of the minuscule size of the order from which ever steel factory can and has the time to 'waste'.

 

I have fine steel & Gold nibs made by both Bock and Degussa. (Degussa took over the Osmia nib factory in 1932; continued to make Osmia nibs, lasted to the '60's-70's when the bottom line closed it. The main company still makes machines like it did back then too.) Some were regular flex for other companies, for Osmia were semi-flex and flexi, and I have steel easy full flex by Degussa.

 

It is still possible to do that by Bock, there is just not enough people to make it worth while for any company to order it alone for them selves...even if Bock was to offer such nibs again, none would order them...to many fountain pen 'noobies' would ruin the nibs, causing return problems.

 

There are enough vintage nibs to cover the market.

Edited April 1, 2013 by Bo Bo Olson