JoWo #6 nib for German shorthand (DEK)?

[Dominink]

Hello everybody!

 

I am new to this forum and to fountain pens, and just ordered an Opus 88 Demonstrator after long research. I bought it in Italy online shop, it is cheaper than German. It will arrive next week, hopefully

Main selling point (next to the appealing to me design) was it has #6 JoWo nibs, which apperently can be exchanged.

 

Which #6 nib can I choose with line variations to write German shorthand (Steno system "DEK")? It uses thicker lines on downstrokes to indicate vowels, which are done by applying pressure on the downstrokes and dots. But just on selected downstrokes and dots, not on every like the calligraphy nibs.

 

In official court rooms and German parliament they usually write it with softer pencils (making thicker lines by more pressure on the pencil), but I don't like pencils and look for a work-around to be done using fountain pens.

Example please refer to the added image, thank you.

 

I know there are like 30 year old dedicated Pelikan Steno pens, but they are too small for me and use cartridges/converter, so out of the choice for me (also, I think they are ugly, sorry Pelikan 😔, your other pens are great however and beautiful)

 

Thank you for your recommendations!

Edited August 30 by Dominink
clarifications and example added

[Mercian]

I could well be wrong, but I don’t think that JoWo even still makes ‘steno’ nibs.

You could try to contact them to ask - https://www.jowo-nibs.com

 

If JoWo don’t still make ‘Steno’ nibs, your best bet may be to look on auction sites for a Pelikan 400 from the 1950s (or perhaps a 120/140?) that has one on it. Some - but not all - of them were marked ‘St’.
From memory, the 1950s is the most-recent era in which ’normal’ pens fitted with such nibs were still being made and sold.
 

Or you could contact @Bo Bo Olson, and ask him for his recommendations for pens that have nibs that are very flexible under light pressure. He is in Germany, so he should be able to give you great advice.

 

I wish you good luck 

 

Slàinte,
M.

 

[Dominink]

@Mercian: Thank you very much for your reply and such detailled knowledge sharing!

 

I will ask @Bo Bo Olson gladly, if he knows a flexible nib for my #6 size Opus 88 demonstrator, a nib, which is available in Germany for not so high shipping costs (like that Spanish nib online shop, shipping is insanely high for such small goods within EU, like 30 € for a 20 € nib?).

Strangely, Jowo does not have a shop in Germany, even if their headquarter are in Berlin 5 km away from my Home!

 

It does not have to be a dedicated Steno nib, any nib, that is fairly flexible under pressure should do (does not even have to be a "soft" nib). Actually, I rather buy a brand new #6 flexible "not explicitly Steno" flexible nib, than a vintage dedicated Steno nib (that might not even fit a modern #6 pen and maybe they have become rusty over the years).

 

Unfortunately, I do not have the budget for another pen (this was all spent on my new Opus 88), especially not for a vintage Pelikan one, so I will look for nibs only (for my new Opus 88 Demonstrator, see the photo which is the pen I bought and is on the shipping way to Germany right now, it takes #6 nibs from Jowo).

 

I will keep the thread updated when new developments in my nib search will have occured!

 

Edited August 31 by Dominink
added image for further information

[mke]

Check out the Kanwrite flexible nib. Kanwrite is located in India and can provide units with their nib in Jowo housings.

Contact them to ask for prices of nibs and shipping: kanpurwriters@gmail.com

[Dominink]

2 hours ago, mke said:

Check out the Kanwrite flexible nib. Kanwrite is located in India and can provide units with their nib in Jowo housings.

Contact them to ask for prices of nibs and shipping: kanpurwriters@gmail.com

 

Thanks for the advice, I will definitely contact them.

 

I saw the flexible nibs on their website (picture) and they have the same slit without hole and thus look very similar to the dedicated Steno nib by Pelikan from the 70s/80s (picture). This looks promising!

 

It would be perfect if I could use such a flexible nib in the Opus 88 demonstrator. I will ask them in an email.

 

 

Edited August 31 by Dominink