I Am Trying To Find Parker 45 Nibs

[chrisphil00]

Is there any kind of different calligraphy nibs for a Parker 45. Thank you

[welch]

I doubt it. I got a P45 in the first year Parker offered them. It replaced my hated Sheaffer school pen. The 45 was meant for that: as your second, and better, school pen. There was not much need for calligraphy in a hard-working student pen designed for teen-agers. If Parker was offering calligraphy nibs in the 1960s, which I don't remember, they probably put them on the P75.

 

(Try Li-Tah wang's Parker75.com to see if Parker offered a caligraphy nib for the 75.)

 

If you have a P45, you might do better asking a nib-master to make a calligraphy nib from a normal P45 nib. If you need a lot of flex for calligraphy, even a wizard might have trouble with a 45 nib. They are small.

Edited April 2, 2014 by welch

[Inkysloth]

This thread would suggest italic nibs were available for the Parker 45, but I suspect they are hard to find now.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/18818-parker-45-nib-codes/

[OcalaFlGuy]

There are left and right obliques, Italics and Stubs. In Gold. Ebay.

 

I've seen them slide by recently for $20-25 and I've seen them hit $50-55.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[Captivelight]

Yes, I bid on a broad italic but stopped after it started to hit silly money. I think it sold for something like £45 GBP ...

[gregamckinney]

I picked up a few oblique and/ or italic P45 nibs from Susan Wirth a couple years ago.

Regards, greg

[cellmatrix]

I picked up a factory p45 italic nib a while back, but it does not give nearly as good line variation as the ones I've had custom ground. I suggest looking on ebay for broad 14k nibs, sometimes you can see them coming from England, then sending it off for cursive italic modification. For me Pendleton Brown has done an amazing job but there are certainly many others out there that can do a nice modification for you. Not all types of nibs respond well to cursive italic modification, but the p45 nib is very well suited for this.

[OcalaFlGuy]

The last two I saw are still in my watch list. The first bidder did ok IMO.

 

 

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[Inkysloth]

Annoyingly I had an Ebay listing on watch, titled "three Parker pens" - two vectors (one with cracked barrel) and a 45 with a broad oblique nib. The 3 sold for £6.99 whilst I forgot and made a cup of tea.

 

They clearly are out there!

[gregamckinney]

My understanding from Susan Wirth is that the French-made 45's are much more likely to have interesting nibs on them.

Possibly adding 'France' to a Parker 45 search might help narrow down the possibilities.

 

greg

[Dewdrop]

Italic nibs for the P45 were made in fine, medium and broad, as well as on oblique. Both gold and steel. In the UK www.vintagefountainpens.co.uk has a good supply. I bought an excellent broad italic for £29. It writes wet and the line variation is good

[OcalaFlGuy]

My understanding from Susan Wirth is that the French-made 45's are much more likely to have interesting nibs on them.

Possibly adding 'France' to a Parker 45 search might help narrow down the possibilities.

 

greg

Or maybe search on France Fleabay.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl