drew1628
Jan 24 2008, 09:26 PM
Hello folks!
I was wondering if anyone here has a spare or a need to replace a Fine nib for a Waterman Phileas for a medium? If so, please PM me!
Thank you!
Drew
jhazelwood
Jan 25 2008, 12:22 AM
FWIW my Kultur has a fine nib and the width of line it lays down is very close to the medium, also I have never seen a Phileas with a Fine.
artaddict
Jan 25 2008, 12:25 AM
The Phileas medium is pretty wide. I've owned both F and M and there is quite a difference in line width.
adam11
Jan 25 2008, 01:42 AM
don't understand you, folks, i have phileas with bold nib, and it's still to tiny for my taste
i mean, it isn't that spectacularly wide (my pelikan m200 with B is definitely wider) . maybe for someone accustomed in XXXF nibs...
Jimmy James
Jan 25 2008, 01:56 AM
The medium nibs on my Phileases are a tad broader than on my modern Parkers, but they're not crazy wide (unless you compare to my supposedly medium Pilot 78G).
Ray-Vigo
Jan 25 2008, 03:37 AM
I have probably a half dozen Phileas pens- 4 of them being fountain pens. 3 are mediums and 1 is a fine. The fine was much more difficult to locate for sure- it was only when a local Staples sold their entire stock off that one surfaced and I got it just to see what the fine can do. It is certainly finer than the medium, but it is not narrow by "fine" standards either. It would be a generous fine I would say- though certainly nothing as wide as the medium. Phileas fines do exist for sure- I can attest, but they are much harder to find than mediums. I think Waterman wanted to play it nice and safe when marketing the Phileas and made a lot of mediums since they probably figured that size has the widest (pardon that!) appeal.
dochllday
Feb 1 2008, 10:01 PM
Well, I have three Phileas pens (one is a clear Demonstrator) I'm planning to list, and all have a medium nib. For whatever that bit of information is worth.
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