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Bruce & BoBo both suggest 'Chase the nib' when choosing a pen IIRC.

 

I love Parker's italic nibs & I adore the P61. Take a look at this I snagged this afternoon: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-PARKER-61-FOUNTAIN-PEN-BLACK-ROLLED-GOLD-CAP-AND-BARREL-COLLECTABLE-/111446802291

 

It's what you call a 'Honking Great Nib' and if it's anywhere near what my P51 italic is like, it'll be amazing. I only put in a speculative bid at the asking price and if anyone else had bid I'd have lost it...

 

Regards,

 

Richard

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+1 on what Saskia said.

I think I had looked at that listing (don't remember if I was "officially" watching it or not) -- simply because of the nib. Nice going.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Bruce & BoBo both suggest 'Chase the nib' when choosing a pen IIRC.

 

Regards,

 

Richard

BoBo is more the chaser, I'm the buy 'em the way you know you want them or Make them that way ASAP after you get them guy.

 

That Sure Fits MY Honkin' Great nib category. I'd say At Least a 1.2 mm, maybe larger.

 

Richard, hopefully someone won't call the Bobbies on you for Stealing that pen ;)

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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Thankee all. I will provide a writing sample when I get it.

I was really surprised that no-one sniped me in the last few seconds, I had the expectation I'd loose the auction.

 

It's a shame Parker no longer produce nibs like this. Italics were noticeably off the list of nibs I received from Parker for the Duofold when I asked them what was available under the nib exchange scheme earlier this year.

 

The P51 Italic I have seems to have a similar nib and was bought from a blurry camera phone photo that looked as if it may have been a broad, but it was even better, and turned out to be this:

fpn_1409816836__p51_itallic_nib_1.jpg

fpn_1409816898__p51_itallic_nib_2.jpg

This P51 is a pen I'll never part with, and I hope the P61 is in the same category.

 

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Richard.

 

 

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Along the lines of my Capture The Nib! thought earlier.

 

I have 2 Fiddy1s with Masuyama Rounded CIs in them. BOTH are two pens I'd Never let get away from me. I am generally ambivalent about 51 Vacs. My One 51 Vac is 1 of these 2 pens. It's nib and grind are Instrumental in it having Treasured status.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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I got the pen on Saturday. It's not a 1.1 or a 1.2mm italic.

 

Nor yet a 1.3 or a 1.4mm.

 

It's a 1.5mm!!!

 

Slightly scratchy, as if it hasn't been used a lot, and polished up beautifully, entirely removing the posting scratches on the barrel.

Here's a photo of the writing, along with samples from my other 'Broad Italic' nibs.

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I find the Lamy Vista 1.5i, with the pressure I use, gives a line 1.1mm wide.

 

The pen came with box and vendor filled in guarantee slip, dated 15/Feb/1980.

It is a lovely pen & deserves lots of use.

 

Regards,

 

Richard

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Not speaking for Richard but most people are quoting the nib width. When I mean line width I Say so.

 

Most nib techs I've seen use calipers and measure the "pure" actual width of the nib.

 

I originally said I thought 1.2 was the small guess for Richards nib. 1.5 makes much more sense to me.

 

Nibzilla.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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On this pen I used a digital calliper on the metal of the nib and also on the maximum width of line. The two were the same to 0.05mm, the metal being 1.52mm and the estimated line width as well as I could see was 1.47mm. The resolution on the calliper was 0.01mm, which is better than my eyesight without magnifier. The horizontal line width is approx. 0.22mm, giving an italicisation ratio of around 6.7:1.

 

The nib has been ground from above, below and the end has been squared off. Details of the nib below:

fpn_1410344261__p61_italic_nib_1.jpg

fpn_1410344330__p61_italic_nib_2.jpg

 

The corners of this nib are slightly scratchy, as if it really hasn't been used a great deal. It looks as if the two tines are slightly displaced from one another in the photos, they are a little, but the metal is so thin that they straighten up relative to one another with just the pen's weight.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

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Thanks my nib looks similar to Richards

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IMG_8554_1 by my0771, on Flickr

Sorry for the poor picture

It measures 1.52 mm would this have been a factory grind or a more recent adaption

 

Thanks

 

Michael

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That is one sweet pen. Does it have the original capillary filler, or a converter?

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