Parker Jotter Fp -italic

[FP Writing]

Hello folks

recently got to have opportunity to grind a Jotter FP.

And the Jotter FP has been around in the market for a long time, it is a very less appreciated FP.

I would think it is much better than many starter FP such as the Safari or the M200.

Also it makes very good italic nib

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aI7xyj3f0l4/TADQBPu5h8I/AAAAAAAAC_I/W1wDGCXxKGY/s1600/Parker+steel+4.JPG

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aI7xyj3f0l4/TAMMBD60i5I/AAAAAAAAC_w/L0nSRd5lyuo/s1600/Parker+steel+3.JPG

 

 

[carroll]

Could you post a close up photo or two of the nib showing your italic grind?? I would love to see how you changed the existing Jotter nib.

[USN Air TrafficController]

Could you post a close up photo or two of the nib showing your italic grind?? I would love to see how you changed the existing Jotter nib.

+1

[lovemy51]

small (fits nicely in my Franklin Covey notepad pocket brief note holder), yet elegant (for a jotter). very smooth med nib (compared to that of the Vector or Frontier).

 

... in a nutshell...

 

great little pen! thx for the review, FPW!

 

PS. i, too, wanna see the pic of the italic grind.

[FP Writing]

hi so sorry

i did not have a pict of the Jotter nib

this is a nib of another grind nib

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aI7xyj3f0l4/TADLg8lvMjI/AAAAAAAAC-Q/gfn4SuGPg7c/s1600/Trans+blu+4.JPG

[Spector]

do you use microgrit sandpaper to grind the nibs to italics?

[watch_art]

when i ground a lamy M nib down i used a wet stone and then finished up on some crocus paper. would have been easier with the proper abrasive papers, but oh well... the nib was great.

[Pentangeli]

I also did a grind on my Parker Jotter medium nib by using a hard white Arkansas stone with water to take out metal from the nib's top and bottom but still leaving enough iridium. Then I grind the point down into a workable width with some iridium left. In a medium nib, the widest I can get is about +/- 0.7mm wide. I finish the job by using 12000 grit paper or higher to polish the sharp edges so it won't scratch and catch the paper. I will post photos of the new nib and a writing sample as soon as I can figure out how to post photos with my reply. :hmm1: Hmmmmm....

[Pentangeli]

This is regarding the nib grind I did on my PARKER JOTTER Fountain Pen. IMO, It looks more of an italic stub that I did on my pen and I would like to your comments and inputs.

 

 

Thanks to watch_art, I learned to figure out how to upload photos. Here finally are photos of my pen and its italic nib with writing sample :

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4683568683_59ec19308e_b.jpg

 

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4684196056_d57ae0db04_b.jpg

 

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4683568243_d105a05c0a_b.jpg

 

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4674915093_81dcfb3cfd_b.jpg

 

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4675537416_75f43e04ce_b.jpg

 

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4675536148_0127c85ecf_b.jpg

 

 

That's how I did my nib grind and I hope you all enjoyed the photos of my PARKER JOTTER with an italic nib.

It's a very smooth and sweet writer.

[watch_art]

wow. very nice.

[Pentangeli]

Thank you, Shawn. I am now thinking of what pen to grind next.