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I have a Parker 75 with a Fine (no. 65) nib that is an excellent thickness for me. Any ideas on which Waterman Hemisphere nib, EF or F, would be closest to this?

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I have a Waterman Hemisphere Fine nib. But I think it is too scratchy on the paper and it attracts a lot of paper fibre. The Waterman Fine writes thinner than Lamy Fine. But I don't own a Parker 75 so I can't compare my Hemisphere with it.

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If you post a writing sample of the Parker, maybe someone will post a sample of the Waterman Hemisphere fine and extra fine so you can make a comparison.

 

Most Parker fines I have used from 51s, 45s, Sonnets and Frontiers are similar to Waterman fines. I prefer the extra thinness of the EF in all of them, and the Parker EFs are close to Carene and Hemisphere EFs I have used. It's been years since I used a 75 fine, and LOK, Lord Only Knows, what happened to my 75. Too many moves.

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I have a 75 and a Hemisphere. My Hemisphere is a Medium and writes a bit thicker than my 75 Fine.

I would say a Hemisphere Fine would probably write the same as a 75 Fine.

Maybe someone with a Fine Hemisphere could confirm?

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My Hemisphere fine has the same line thickness as a Pelikan M200 fine. I think it's a standard European fine, and individual variations between nibs makes it hard to say if its' slightly finer or broader than other European fines based on only one sample.

 

However, my Hemisphere skips a lot, so I don't use it. Maybe I had bad luck with the nib? It's too bad, because I think the Hemisphere is a nice-looking pen.

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My Hemisphere fine has the same line thickness as a Pelikan M200 fine. I think it's a standard European fine, and individual variations between nibs makes it hard to say if its' slightly finer or broader than other European fines based on only one sample.

 

However, my Hemisphere skips a lot, so I don't use it. Maybe I had bad luck with the nib? It's too bad, because I think the Hemisphere is a nice-looking pen.

Might be a converter problem.

Does it skip also when using an original cartridge?

 

 

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Might be a converter problem.

Does it skip also when using an original cartridge?

 

 

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Actually, I'm pretty sure it's a nib problem. It doesn't write if you hold it at the "wrong" angle, but my other fountain pens don't have that problem, so it's not me, it's the pen.

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OK, so, if I understand you correctly it will write without problems if you keep the pen-orientation within certain limits?

 

That is called the sweet spot. Some pens hardly have one, other pens have a very narrow one.

 

If the nib is italic than it comes with the system, but other pens also have these problems. I have a few pens that are smooth in one position and scratchy in the other. Difficult to remedy that. Within reason it is just one of these things, but if the sweet spot and your writing style are totally unsuitable to each other it is time for action: other pen, or have a nibtechnician have a go at it.

 

 

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