Tiffany T clip Fountain Pen

[playpen]

Does anyone know who manufactures the sterling silver Tiffany fountain pen with the T clip? I called one of their stores and was told that it was made in Germany but they would not release the name of the manufacturer.

[Brian]

Interesting. I think I've seen them at some point in the past and if you were looking at the same pen, I believe it was made by Pelikan. The nib unscrewed from the section and it definately had a Pelikan like shape. No one else I know of does a screw in nib quite like it. The piston filler also had a strange pelikan-like feel since it was very easy and not at all like the amount of friction one normally sees in a MB.

 

Let's who else knows about this.

[playpen]

Thank you Brian. It will be interesting to see if anyone else has an observation about this pen. The nib glides across the paper like a hot knife through butter!

[southpaw]

Can you post a photo? The only Tiffany fp that I recall (which means absolutely zilch) was made by Pelikan and was based on the M800 platform.

[playpen]

I am not able to post a photo at this time but the pen looks exactly like the ballpoint version now being sold on ebay. Item # 220183784073. The auction is ending in 4 days so if you have a chance before then to look at it, you will see exactly what the fountain pen looks like.

 

 

[Brian]

I am not able to post a photo at this time but the pen looks exactly like the ballpoint version now being sold on ebay. Item # 220183784073. The auction is ending in 4 days so if you have a chance before then to look at it, you will see exactly what the fountain pen looks like.

 

Hmmmm. After seeing the e-bay photo it appears the fountain pen version would be a cart/con and not a piston filler. Makes sense in that Tiffany is not a pen maker but commissions pens to other manufacturers.

[playpen]

Yes, it most definitely is a c/c......but on the converter it says Tiffany&Co. They sure cover their tracks...

I don't understand what the big deal is about releasing this information. Are they afraid people won't buy the pen if they know who manufactured it? It seems to me it would only add to the allure.

[KeatsPhD]

Photo: of T-clip nib

 

I was wondering about this myself. I have the T-clip FP. The nib is 18K white gold - and I assume has a rhodium plating - too "white" to be non-plated white gold.

 

Pardon the reddish tint and the dusty particles. I had to partly cover the flash in order to get a non-glare picture of the nib up close.

 

Little digital cameras aren't the best for these things, but I can't afford a Digital SLR at this point. Too busy adding to the FP collection! :embarrassed_smile:

[playpen]

Thank you for the photo. Would you please post a picture of the pen. Perhaps someone might be able to tell us something about it.

[KeatsPhD]

Here's another of the pen.

 

Capped it is 5 inches exactly.Posted (if that's your preference), it's 6 1/4.

 

The pen is converter/cartridge fill. I prefer bottled ink myself, so I'm not sure what cartridges it takes. I'm going to guess that it's Waterman - I received a bottle of Waterman ink with the pen when I bought it. Southpaw mentioned some of the other Tiffany pens being made by Pelikan - I don't think this one is - the nib doesn't taper in the same way as the Pelikan I have - though granted I don't have the same model that the older pens were made from.

 

 

 

Nowhere on the pen does it indicate where it was made, but other pens I've had from T&Co are marked "made in Germany", so that's a logical assumption.

The converter is stamped "Tiffany & Co.". The converter is a twist mechanism and one of the stiffest I've ever had - this could just be mine, so I don't know if all of their converters are so tough to turn.

 

The pen is sterling silver, but not super heavy. The silver does tarnish, but if you keep it in the blue bag included with your pen, you shouldn't have to polish it too often.

 

The nib feels like a true medium to me - I prefer a fine or extra fine - but I'm learning to appreciate it. It does have nice flex to it.

 

I'll try to post a scanned writing image when I get a chance.

 

On the whole, I was slightly disappointed but only because I prefer a finer nib - with more time I'm sure I'll adjust. And I'm trying some of Noodler's Lubricating Ink this filling, so maybe that will help with the stiffly turning converter. I usually reserve it for my piston fillers, but I'll try it and we'll see if it works.

 

Tiffany's price for the pen when I bought it a few years back (it hasn't gotten a lot of use lately) was around $200 - I've bought other pens for less that I prefer, but it *is* sterling silver and has an 18K nib, so I suppose that explains the added expense.

 

It's a good solid little pen and I like it and will come to love it once I get past the nib thickness.

Edited December 17, 2007 by KeatsPhD

[mikey_abz]

Just listed mine on the bay.

 

Mike

[tutelman]

I know this is an old post, but I think I have the answer to the question of who manufactured the Tiffany T-clip fountain pen. Here’s my logic: My sterling silver T-clip pens are both marked “Germany.” That narrows the field substantially. They also take international cartridges so that further eliminates makers who have proprietary cartridges.

 

The biggest clue, however, is the feed. The feed in the Tiffany T-clip looks nothing like a Pelikan, Lamy, Rotring, Diplomat, Bossert & Erhard, etc. It does match the feed in my Waldmann Allegro. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Waldmann, they have been making pens in Pforzheim since 1918. Although they make many models of pens, one of their specialties is sterling silver pens and some of their styles are similar to the T-clip.

 

Here are the two feeds, the one on the left is the Tiffany T-clip and the one on the right is the Waldmann Allegro.

 

Edited October 27, 2020 by tutelman