Parker 75 Nib Questions

[inkyhands]

Good morning:

 

I have a Parker 75 that I used to use quite a bit. It was a great pen and wrote well. Then I dropped it on the floor and it landed nib down. The nib was splayed out, I tried to straighten it, and while it would write, it didn't write as well as it used to-quite scratchy.

 

I am interested in getting it up and running again and I have a couple of questions:

 

1. How hard is it to re-align a nib from a Parker 75, and how do you do it? This is an 18 kt nib, and I would rather not destroy it.

2. Independent of whether I can repair the nib, does anyone have experience with the needlepoint nib? I like really fine lines(the 75 has an extra fine), but in my experience many of the really fine point pens have a problem with ink flow. How is the ink flow on the needlepoint?

 

I am mostly a Montblanc Noblesse guy, but I am thinking of expanding my collection into the Parker 75 realm. My only other Parkers are two early Sonnets. They are great writers and I use them quite often.

 

Inkyhands

[Matlock]

Good morning:

 

I have a Parker 75 that I used to use quite a bit. It was a great pen and wrote well. Then I dropped it on the floor and it landed nib down. The nib was splayed out, I tried to straighten it, and while it would write, it didn't write as well as it used to-quite scratchy.

 

I am interested in getting it up and running again and I have a couple of questions:

 

1. How hard is it to re-align a nib from a Parker 75, and how do you do it? This is an 18 kt nib, and I would rather not destroy it.

2. Independent of whether I can repair the nib, does anyone have experience with the needlepoint nib? I like really fine lines(the 75 has an extra fine), but in my experience many of the really fine point pens have a problem with ink flow. How is the ink flow on the needlepoint?

 

I am mostly a Montblanc Noblesse guy, but I am thinking of expanding my collection into the Parker 75 realm. My only other Parkers are two early Sonnets. They are great writers and I use them quite often.

 

Inkyhands

 

I use a 75 with a needlepoint nib. Never had any trouble with it and I use Penman Ink. If you can get hold of one, go for it.

I quite like Parker Sonnets but the 75s leave them standing.

[kirchh]

Good morning:

 

I have a Parker 75 that I used to use quite a bit. It was a great pen and wrote well. Then I dropped it on the floor and it landed nib down. The nib was splayed out, I tried to straighten it, and while it would write, it didn't write as well as it used to-quite scratchy.

 

I am interested in getting it up and running again and I have a couple of questions:

 

1. How hard is it to re-align a nib from a Parker 75, and how do you do it? This is an 18 kt nib, and I would rather not destroy it.

 

I don't recommend attempting your first nib repair on an expensive pen. Repairing a nib that has been damaged by a drop requires a good deal of experience, which was earned, in part, by unsuccessful attempts on inexpensive or otherwise sacrificeable nibs. By your repair efforts so far, you might have done more harm than good; hard to know without examining the nib. Or, you might have gotten lucky.

 

I recommend that you allow a professional to repair the nib, but if you're set on trying to do it yourself, post some close-up photos from several angles and we'll see what might be possible.

 

--Daniel

[inkyhands]

Thanks for the input. Daniel, I hear you about the nib. I was reluctant to try to do anything, but if there was something simple that I could do I figured I would try it. This may just be one for the nibmeisters.

 

Matlock: I will look around for a needlepoint. I am willing to give it a try.

[welch]

I send damaged nibs to Greg Minuskin. Richard Binder does no more repair work. John Mottishaw has a waiting list that extends at least six months. I know of Daniel K. as the ultimate expert on caps...don't know if he does nibs.

 

(An alternative, though, is to buy another nib. See Parker75.com, but be certain first: do you want a nib for the earlier "triangle" grip or for the later, more rounded, grip. The later nib had a "honeycomb" feed much the feed/collector on a Sonnet. The earlier nib has a thin feed that used the grip as a collector...more like the Parker 45).