Iridium point Germany

[JBarry]

Am I correct in understanding that a nib labelled as Iridium Point Germany, and appearing as a gold-colored base and stainless steel-colored tip is neither manufactured in Germany and, although the very tip may be iridium, is neither gold not stainless steel? I surely hope that the answer is not "It depends."

 

[hooked]

Here is a good article I read recently about the topic from Phil Dart:

All about IPG fountain pen nibs - they are not all what you might think

From time to time I spot ill informed and sometimes frankly misleading explanations of so called IPG nibs on line, including on occasions, on websites run by people selling pens and nibs. It seems it's high time then, that one of the most widely perpetuated myths about fountain pen nibs is...

www.beaufortink.co.uk

 

[Oliver X]

While not every IPG nib is complete garbage, most are.

 

[TonyL]

Very good to know. I was definatley fooled.

 

[duncsuss]

Brian Gray, of Edison Pen Company, wrote an excellent article about fountain pen nibs (including the IPG controversy) a long time ago.

The article is no longer on his web site, but the Wayback Machine (internet archive) has a copy of it HERE.

 

[TonyL]

Brian Gray, of Edison Pen Company, wrote an excellent article about fountain pen nibs (including the IPG controversy) a long time ago.

The article is no longer on his web site, but the Wayback Machine (internet archive) has a copy of it HERE.

excellent info. Thank you.

 

[montmill]

"So in the pen industry, understand that iridium is a term used to refer to tipping material, even though there is usually no iridium present."

From the link above. If this is true it sounds like the pen industry needs to clean up it's act. Maybe just say "tip".