I love seeing Parker. She is a typically nosy cat. While I was watching your video, and Parker meowed, I thought it was my cat, who is sleeping under my office chair. I don't want to be a "grammar hammer" here, but you don't need to say "general consensus." The definition of consensus is general agreement : unanimity.
I have the same pen as Joan W noted. I ordered a double broad that wrote like a fine. I had the retailer send me a replacement nib unit. The exact same result. I could see the breather hole from the underside of the nib looking up. Both nibs were not making contact with the ebonite feed. I swapped a Leonardo nib on the feed and voila...a beautiful writer. There seems to be a quality control issue with Tibaldi steel nibs. Quite a sad event given the premium price for the pen.
My Leonardo Momento Zero has sticky and rough cap threads too. Even worse it often starts unscrewing the body while I unscrew the cap! Worst times it’s done this when I pull the body separates while the section stays in the cap. I don’t know if this is a common problem but is is irritating and frustrating. I love everything else about the pen and use it still but uncapping it always makes me grit my teeth.
This pen is out of my budget, but thanks for the honest review. It always surprises me that a pen over 250 Dollars have a stiff steel nib, but I suppose there is a niche for it. Thanks for the effort you've made even not feeling well.
My Leonardo Momento Zero has rough and sticky cap threads too. Often the body will start unscrewing while I am unscrewing the cap as well. Very frustrating and annoying. Sometimes the body fully unscrews and when I pull the body separates while the section remains in the cap. Ugh! I don’t know if this is a common problem. I hope I just got a bad pen. I do love everything else about the pen and still make myself use it - I just grit my teeth every time I unscrew the cap.
For the record: Leonardo MZ PenChalet exclusive #009/250. Alga(green) spaghetti resin with black(ruthenium) trim and a medium nib. I'd let you examine if you'd like. We are (globally speaking) neighbours I think. I'm by the Bluffs and I think you are north of T.O. maybe(?)...
I have a Tibaldi Perfecta in Raw Denim. It’s less expensive and beautiful looking but underwhelming. It’s also a bit annoying getting used to uncapping it because of how close the cap is to the nib. It tends to dry out easily and this can make for hard starts if you don’t use it regularly. My overall impression is that it was nice but overpriced. Pretty but there’s something that makes it feel insubstantial. Mind you, this is one of their cheaper pens. Still, it has nothing on some of my Esterbrook pens, much less the Leonardo or Visconti Van Gogh (also a steel nib at a comparable price). This pen is even more expensive. I would skip it for a Leonardo or even some of the Kilk artisan pens I have. The are just as lovely to look at, write at least as well if not better and they feel as if they are going to hold up better in the long run.
I have the same Tibaldi Pearl Mist pen. You curiously did not mention that Tibaldi makes these nibs themselves in-house. Both the steel and gold. And like I pointed out in your first impressions video last week, the feed is definitely ebonite, not plastic. All the Tibaldi pens have ebonite feeds. I have the broad nib. It writes drily but wonderfully, nonetheless. I wouldn’t even think of getting the fine nib. So, your writing sample confirms I’m right. I’m considering getting the red Seashell Mist Bononia pen soon. I’m tempted to buy Tibaldi’s gold nib models. But upwards of $500 seems a big stretch, really. So, I might just get the N60 instead, priced exactly the same as the Bononia pens.
Unfortunately the nibs are not made in-house; they are made by "the same supplier as Schaeffer and Parker" - courtesy of Evelina HRISTOZOVA, head of operations at Tibaldi, via the Tibaldi contact e-mail.
@@FrancoisTHX Really? I have seen at least four (maybe more) different retailers around the world clearly advertise the nibs as being made in-house by Tibaldi. And I’m quite sure I saw a Tibaldi advert in a magazine or perhaps online saying the same thing. But what you said here is quite specific. And from Tibaldi. So, you may be correct on this. In any case, I’m just relieved it’s not another damn Jowo nib.
@@sajjadhusain4146 The e-mail is from last year. At the time I asked her if I could replace the nib on the Bononia with a gold Bock/Jowo nib, that is when she told me where the steel nibs are from, as well as informing me that offering Tibaldi pens with gold nibs would place their products - in terms of price - out of the market they are focusing on (maybe because there would be overlap with Montegrappa products). So maybe they changed their supplier when they decided to offer fold nibs, but the fact that even Montegrappa are outsourcing their nibs makes me think their gold nibs are also made by the same Parker/Schaeffer supplier. It is a shame resellers do not get information correctly from the manufacturers. I still see some retailers stating the LAMY Imporium is made out of titanium when LAMY support told me otherwise.
I have been in the hobby for 7 years, and I still cannot understand how that can happen.... Montblanc is happy selling nibs with baby's bottom and saying "we've made them like that for 100 years", Pelikan is happy selling medium nibs marked as "EF", and St. Dupont says their customers are "very happy" only having the choice of purchasing a fountain pen with a "M" nib from their official website and having to pay full price for a new nib unit if they want another line width.
I bought a brown and purple Bononia with a medium steel nib. It’s one of the worst writers I have. It’s stiff, a bit misaligned, and I think there’s a burr that catches and scratches most paper but hard starts on coated paper. Also, the nib sings unpleasantly when I write. After much experimenting, I found an ink and paper match that makes it tolerable. Not only is it far overpriced, I wouldn’t buy it again at any price. It’s been a long time since I felt that way about any pen purchase.
Yeah. I'll pass. Makes no sense how unknown pen companies will make a product and demand high dollars for their initial product. Goes against the logic and foundation of economics 101. $250 for an unknown brand pen? Thanks for sharing.
@Raphael…Ha, this is far from an ‘unknown’ company. Tibaldi is a family business since 1916, reputed to be the first Italian fountain pen manufacturer and seller. Ceased operations and folded in the 1960s, only to be resurrected and back in business in recent years. The current prices for the steel nib models are indeed quite high, and arguably ‘over-priced’ for what they are. I like them and bought this pen, nevertheless. I also have a vintage Tibaldi pen from the ‘50s.
@@raphael52 ..Oh, thanks Raphael for replying. I just thought I’d tell you about Tibaldi’s history so you’d know. I quite agree that the pen is priced rather too high for what it is. You can get plenty of other excellent pens (even with gold nibs) for the same price or less. But I really like and enjoy using my Tibaldi Bononia pen. No regret in buying it. 🙂
I loved the Parker break. She may have been trying to let you know what ink to use next.
I love seeing Parker. She is a typically nosy cat. While I was watching your video, and Parker meowed, I thought it was my cat, who is sleeping under my office chair.
I don't want to be a "grammar hammer" here, but you don't need to say "general consensus." The definition of consensus is general agreement : unanimity.
I have the same pen as Joan W noted. I ordered a double broad that wrote like a fine. I had the retailer send me a replacement nib unit. The exact same result. I could see the breather hole from the underside of the nib looking up. Both nibs were not making contact with the ebonite feed.
I swapped a Leonardo nib on the feed and voila...a beautiful writer. There seems to be a quality control issue with Tibaldi steel nibs. Quite a sad event given the premium price for the pen.
My Leonardo Momento Zero has sticky and rough cap threads too. Even worse it often starts unscrewing the body while I unscrew the cap! Worst times it’s done this when I pull the body separates while the section stays in the cap. I don’t know if this is a common problem but is is irritating and frustrating. I love everything else about the pen and use it still but uncapping it always makes me grit my teeth.
This pen is out of my budget, but thanks for the honest review. It always surprises me that a pen over 250 Dollars have a stiff steel nib, but I suppose there is a niche for it. Thanks for the effort you've made even not feeling well.
Beautiful pen. Appreciate the honest review!
Interesting. I have the same problem with my Bononia, purchased about six months ago. No problem with the other Ttibaldi models Ive purchased. R
My Leonardo Momento Zero has rough and sticky cap threads too. Often the body will start unscrewing while I am unscrewing the cap as well. Very frustrating and annoying. Sometimes the body fully unscrews and when I pull the body separates while the section remains in the cap. Ugh! I don’t know if this is a common problem. I hope I just got a bad pen. I do love everything else about the pen and still make myself use it - I just grit my teeth every time I unscrew the cap.
For the record: Leonardo MZ PenChalet exclusive #009/250. Alga(green) spaghetti resin with black(ruthenium) trim and a medium nib.
I'd let you examine if you'd like. We are (globally speaking) neighbours I think. I'm by the Bluffs and I think you are north of T.O. maybe(?)...
Hi Kerry, I think it is ebonite, no?
I have a Tibaldi Perfecta in Raw Denim. It’s less expensive and beautiful looking but underwhelming.
It’s also a bit annoying getting used to uncapping it because of how close the cap is to the nib. It tends to dry out easily and this can make for hard starts if you don’t use it regularly.
My overall impression is that it was nice but overpriced. Pretty but there’s something that makes it feel insubstantial. Mind you, this is one of their cheaper pens.
Still, it has nothing on some of my Esterbrook pens, much less the Leonardo or Visconti Van Gogh (also a steel nib at a comparable price).
This pen is even more expensive. I would skip it for a Leonardo or even some of the Kilk artisan pens I have. The are just as lovely to look at, write at least as well if not better and they feel as if they are going to hold up better in the long run.
I have the same Tibaldi Pearl Mist pen. You curiously did not mention that Tibaldi makes these nibs themselves in-house. Both the steel and gold. And like I pointed out in your first impressions video last week, the feed is definitely ebonite, not plastic. All the Tibaldi pens have ebonite feeds. I have the broad nib. It writes drily but wonderfully, nonetheless. I wouldn’t even think of getting the fine nib. So, your writing sample confirms I’m right.
I’m considering getting the red Seashell Mist Bononia pen soon. I’m tempted to buy Tibaldi’s gold nib models. But upwards of $500 seems a big stretch, really. So, I might just get the N60 instead, priced exactly the same as the Bononia pens.
Unfortunately the nibs are not made in-house; they are made by "the same supplier as Schaeffer and Parker" - courtesy of Evelina HRISTOZOVA, head of operations at Tibaldi, via the Tibaldi contact e-mail.
@@FrancoisTHX Really? I have seen at least four (maybe more) different retailers around the world clearly advertise the nibs as being made in-house by Tibaldi. And I’m quite sure I saw a Tibaldi advert in a magazine or perhaps online saying the same thing. But what you said here is quite specific. And from Tibaldi. So, you may be correct on this. In any case, I’m just relieved it’s not another damn Jowo nib.
@@sajjadhusain4146 The e-mail is from last year. At the time I asked her if I could replace the nib on the Bononia with a gold Bock/Jowo nib, that is when she told me where the steel nibs are from, as well as informing me that offering Tibaldi pens with gold nibs would place their products - in terms of price - out of the market they are focusing on (maybe because there would be overlap with Montegrappa products). So maybe they changed their supplier when they decided to offer fold nibs, but the fact that even Montegrappa are outsourcing their nibs makes me think their gold nibs are also made by the same Parker/Schaeffer supplier.
It is a shame resellers do not get information correctly from the manufacturers. I still see some retailers stating the LAMY Imporium is made out of titanium when LAMY support told me otherwise.
We need more Parker breaks!!!❤️😺
If a company sold a toaster with similar underlying problems and charged $200 they wouldn't be in business very long.
I have been in the hobby for 7 years, and I still cannot understand how that can happen.... Montblanc is happy selling nibs with baby's bottom and saying "we've made them like that for 100 years", Pelikan is happy selling medium nibs marked as "EF", and St. Dupont says their customers are "very happy" only having the choice of purchasing a fountain pen with a "M" nib from their official website and having to pay full price for a new nib unit if they want another line width.
It is beautiful looking but shows you how looks can be deceiving. You are the reason why I watch TH-cam
Parker!!!!! Sooo cute.
I bought a brown and purple Bononia with a medium steel nib. It’s one of the worst writers I have. It’s stiff, a bit misaligned, and I think there’s a burr that catches and scratches most paper but hard starts on coated paper. Also, the nib sings unpleasantly when I write. After much experimenting, I found an ink and paper match that makes it tolerable. Not only is it far overpriced, I wouldn’t buy it again at any price. It’s been a long time since I felt that way about any pen purchase.
The Bald Banana?
Not the most relaxing ASMR ever! 😄 Hope you are getting better, as I know the pen won't be! 😉
Yeah. I'll pass. Makes no sense how unknown pen companies will make a product and demand high dollars for their initial product. Goes against the logic and foundation of economics 101. $250 for an unknown brand pen? Thanks for sharing.
@Raphael…Ha, this is far from an ‘unknown’ company. Tibaldi is a family business since 1916, reputed to be the first Italian fountain pen manufacturer and seller. Ceased operations and folded in the 1960s, only to be resurrected and back in business in recent years. The current prices for the steel nib models are indeed quite high, and arguably ‘over-priced’ for what they are. I like them and bought this pen, nevertheless. I also have a vintage Tibaldi pen from the ‘50s.
Thanks for educating me on the brand. I am a savvy collector and didn't know the brand at all. Nevertheless, I still think the pen is overpriced.
@@raphael52 ..Oh, thanks Raphael for replying. I just thought I’d tell you about Tibaldi’s history so you’d know.
I quite agree that the pen is priced rather too high for what it is. You can get plenty of other excellent pens (even with gold nibs) for the same price or less. But I really like and enjoy using my Tibaldi Bononia pen. No regret in buying it. 🙂
Tibaldi is now owned by the Aquila family (owners of Montegrappa). You can find the information on the "about us" section on the Tibaldi website.
Unfortunately your experience of poor quality control echoes what I’ve heard from every other reviewer.
All Tibaldi pens come with ebonite feeds.