Italix Parson's Essential

November 23, 2012

I'm about to order an Italix Parson's Pen. But I can't decide between two nibs, the Medium Italic or Medium Cursive Stub.

I just made this quick sample of my TWSBI 540 ROC (stub) and Lamy Safari (italic) to do a nib comparison:

http://i46.tinypic.com/1687txt.jpg

I don't know if this would be a correct comparison to the Italix. Judging from this quick comparison, I guess that a stub suits my handwriting better. I'm going for a medium size nib, were as I normally write with fine nibs. I don't think that a medium is too broad for my handwriting.

What also caught my eye is the difference in line width: the Lamy seems alot narrower although both nibs are 1.1mm.

addition: is one of these actually a real italic? Or are these stubs? Or am I mixing things up

Any suggestions?

Edited November 23, 2012 by Lamy2000

February 19, 2016

Did you end up buying one? Thanks for uploading a writing sample. I love that TWSBI nib. The Lamy 1.1 is a bit too narrow for me. Love the 1.5.

I'd be curious to see a sample of what you bought vs the pic you uploaded.

March 10, 2016

I was looking all over the place for demonstrations of the Italix Parson's Essential and the different italic options they have to offer. Especially in comparison to the Lamy italic nibs since I have both 1.1 MM and 1.5 MM.

I bought a Parson's Essential M italic and made a comparison sheet with my other Lamy nibs and thought I would share. The paper is Clairefontaine Triomphe.

I also bought a medium cursive italic for a friend and had to ink it up to see how it wrote before I shipped it to him. It was slightly thinner than the medium italic and was a bit more forgiving. I still would rather the plain italic for the increased line variation.

I'll probably buy another one with a broad italic nib.

Next purchase though will be a TWSBI 1.1 italic. Love the Syrah color, BTW.

I've had a couple instances of hard starts but that seems to be going away with more writing. A few times I've had something happen like what you see in "italic".

The nib is springier than the Lamy and smoother. The definitely feel different.

I've seen talk of people having the italic cut into the paper but have not experienced that with the Italix or my Lamy 1.5. The Lamy 1.1 Needed some smoothing out with micro mesh though. It cut horribly and was not pleasant to write with at first.

I love the weight and feel of the Italix and it has become my favorite out of my small collection. I'm not in love with the celtic band though.

The way the cap twists on has a really nice feel to it and the clip is sturdy. I don't worry about it being in my pocket all the time since it screws on so nicely and the clip keeps the pen perfectly in place in my jeans. http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz8/shawnlemon/Parsons%20and%20Lamy_zpsh5yiahxj.jpg

Edited March 10, 2016 by shlem