Schon DSGN Monoc Titanium Nib

The Monoc Nib was designed, engineered and manufactured in its entirety in Schon DSGN's Philadelphia workshop, putting them among a very small number of companies globally who have achieved this feat in-house. The Monoc Nibs are compatible with any of their fountain pens that also take a Jowo nib.

Their Monoc Nib is unique in that it features an integration between the nib and housing/collar (hence the name), made possible by machining the entire structure from solid stock rather than producing it from stamped sheet metal and additional injection molded components. The titanium Monoc Nib, along with a precision machined Ultem feed, were designed in tandem and made within tight tolerances to ensure a quality flow of ink and careful management of air. This design approach and manufacturing technique allow for the utmost control of the system and eliminates fitment variables and potential points of failure inherent in more traditional three piece nib designs.

With their unique approach of machining the nib from solid stock, they opted to utilize the properties of the Grade 5 titanium to create an integrated nib tip rather than welding additional tipping material onto the nib. This integrated nib tip allows for closer control of the geometry of the tip and writing surface, while the titanium offers a soft graphite-like quality that is a great writing experience. To achieve this specific writing quality, each nib is hand finished, assembled, ground, and tested to ensure it is ready for use. Due to the additional nib tip thickness of our design, the Monoc Nib is very friendly to customization as well. While some traditional fountain pen users may be uncomfortable with the idea of an integrated titanium tip. As the use case and demands of fountain pens have evolved, they believe this to be an interesting approach to creating something new for contemporary fountain pen users.