Hi,

On Fountain Pen Network I started a post about how pen nibs are made. A
lot of the better pens have an iridium tip on a gold or steel nib. How
does one get a small amount of iriduim (platinum group) on a thin piece
of sheet metal?

My Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight lists "plating on the tips of
fountain pens for durablility (especially osmium) as a use for the
Platinum Group.

I think this is a better group to ask then the jewelry making newsgroup.

matthew
ohio

I would be interested in that as well. I've collected and repaired fountain
pens for a number of years (hobby) and I would like to take a stab at
rebuilding some good but warn out nibs.

Al

"MatthewK" wrote in message
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Hi,

On Fountain Pen Network I started a post about how pen nibs are made. A
lot of the better pens have an iridium tip on a gold or steel nib. How
does one get a small amount of iriduim (platinum group) on a thin piece
of sheet metal?

My Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight lists "plating on the tips of
fountain pens for durablility (especially osmium) as a use for the
Platinum Group.

I think this is a better group to ask then the jewelry making newsgroup.

matthew
ohio

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:03:49 -0400, MatthewK wrote:
On Fountain Pen Network I started a post about how pen nibs are made. A
lot of the better pens have an iridium tip on a gold or steel nib. How
does one get a small amount of iriduim (platinum group) on a thin piece
of sheet metal?

My Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight lists "plating on the tips of
fountain pens for durablility (especially osmium) as a use for the
Platinum Group.

I think this is a better group to ask then the jewelry making newsgroup.

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:03:49 -0400, MatthewK wrote:

On Fountain Pen Network I started a post about how pen nibs are made. A
lot of the better pens have an iridium tip on a gold or steel nib. How
does one get a small amount of iriduim (platinum group) on a thin piece
of sheet metal?

My Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight lists "plating on the tips of
fountain pens for durablility (especially osmium) as a use for the
Platinum Group.

I think this is a better group to ask then the jewelry making newsgroup.

D'oh! Accidentaly hit "Send" an ohnosecond ago. :-)

Anyway, I'd think to plate the nib, you'd want to find some platinum,
or some iridium, or maybe a solution, and a suitable electrolyte,
which is probably some form of cyanide, and just electroplate it:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...num+plating%22
returns "about 47,800 hits".

Good Luck!
Rich

* Al wrote:
I would be interested in that as well. I've collected and repaired fountain
pens for a number of years (hobby) and I would like to take a stab at
rebuilding some good but warn out nibs.

Al

So far the only reference I turned up to tippin has been on
alt.collecting.pens-pencils

an email address for someone.

matthew
ohio