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My 45's collar has no marking, but the nib looks more like an F nib. No mark should mean one of the italics but I guess it could have been replaced.

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No mark on the collar doesn't really correspond with any particular nib type or size, it's just unmarked. I don't know why Parker made and released into circulation some nib collars without markings when the majority were stamped, but they are out there, and not always on the same size nibs. Maybe they made them as spares at some point and bit by bit they got into circulation.

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My personal experience tells me it was the spares that were left with no markings as hoods has suggested above. In 2015 I had the chance to buy a fairly large number of Parker pens' parts, in a lot, from an elderly pen repair person in a remote city on Pak - Afghan borders called BANNU. The elderly repair person was closing his shop and hence selling spare parts. The majority of the P45 nib collars that I bought from him - among other Parker parts - were without any markings. I did not particularly need the collars but had to have them because these were in the lot that consisted other more valuable (P51, P61, P75 and P45 etc) nibs/nib units/nib sections, caps, fillers, squeeze converters and other body parts.

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Mr hood,

 

I thought all 45 Needlepoint nibs were marked X at Newhaven.

 

Have a few blank collared nibs ( they are all medium ) - all are from Newhaven too.

They were just blanks that escaped the production line stamp M.

 

Never heard of another collar marked N

 

Perhaps the answer lies with the Newhaven production of New Slimford's ( same Newhaven nib production line )

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Extra fine nibs were marked X. The New Slimfolds used the same nib range as the 45s, and like the 45s are found most commonly with Ms and Fs.

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Can anyone tell me what a collar marked ' N ' means

 

Best answer I have found - Newhaven or New Slimford ( from Newhaven staff )

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No mark on the collar doesn't really correspond with any particular nib type or size, it's just unmarked. I don't know why Parker made and released into circulation some nib collars without markings when the majority were stamped, but they are out there, and not always on the same size nibs. Maybe they made them as spares at some point and bit by bit they got into circulation.

 

I have an extra-fine 14k nib with an unmarked collar that probably came that way from the factory. A now-deceased friend ordered the pen through a local shop back when the "45" first came out, and when, many years later, he moved to a nursing home, he gave the pen to me. So, pretty good provenance.

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The N on the collar stands for a Needlepoint nib.

 

The number stamped in gold on the barrel was something that was done for the Italian market, each pen had a unique serial number and was sold with a certificate of authenticity showing that serial number.

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Interesting. How much finer is a needlepoint nib than an accountant nib? What was the purpose of the needlepoint nib?

 

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Brian

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The needlepoint is a true needlepoint nib. I have one on my MKI P61 and I dont feel confortable writing with it. Others may like it/appreciate it more.

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In addition to the A (accountant) nib I have a unmarked collar with what I believe is an XF. It's finer than some Fines I have, but wider than the A.

Brad

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gibbs NOS (New Old Stock)

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I have finally been able to track down an accountants nib to add to my collection along with a fine nib to sweeten the deal now for the hard part waiting for it to arrive

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gibbs NOS (New Old Stock)

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I have finally been able to track down an accountants nib to add to my collection along with a fine nib to sweeten the deal now for the hard part waiting for it to arrive

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Enjoy gibbs. It took me a little time to adapt to mine. I think partly because I don't write with an XF even very frequently. I have two or three EF's of one sort or another on Esterbrook J's. (Couple of 9550's and a 9450) A XF 45 and the A.

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