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Parker "51" Naginata Togi


Lennart Wennberg

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Just the other day I discovered that two of my P51s, both English, behaved exactly like Sailor Naginata togi NMFs, that is a broad line at a low writing angle and with a fine line at a vertical angle,and a continuum in between. Sorry I have no pictures at this stage, but if I get a good response on this topic I could possible provide pics during the weekend.

 

Anyone else who has noticed this?

 

Lennart

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One of mine has a similar nib grind shape as well.

 

Pics of a naginata togi and your parker 51 nibs would be nice to see if I am not imagining things.

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Thank you, yes, I will do my best this upcoming weekend to provide usable pictures. Right now the working day has just begun...

 

PS: I wonder if the "Naginata togi effect" could possibly be a result of wear during the years. Perhaps the experts could tell from pictures of the nib.

 

Lennart

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Hi, Only have one '51' so nothing else to compare with, but it does write as you describe, I think of this nib as a UK 'B' in 14k, but interesting to read about this other idea.

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Hi, Only have one '51' so nothing else to compare with, but it does write as you describe, I think of this nib as a UK 'B' in 14k, but interesting to read about this other idea.

An English 51?

Khan M. Ilyas

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You may wish to compare this nib to a Hebrew nib from Gregs site, similar characteristics in writing performance to that described by the OP.

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Yes, My only '51' is a Made in England Aerometric, of around 57/58/59.

The tipping is wide with a large 'foot' area, so it writes very smoothly indeed, more gliding on the paper really.

If the pen is held at a higher angle it writes a finer line, but if tilted back at around 45 degrees it writes broadly.

The tipping surface is like a mirror, very polished.

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Friends,

 

For some for me unknown reason I am unable to load up pictures to illustrate the phenomenon I described in the original post, so I have a written a post on my blog, and the link is down below. Perhaps someone could take the pictures from my blog and put it here in this thread?

 

Lennart

 

http://lennartwennberg.com/2016/04/16/parker-51-aerometric-england-1952-behaving-like-a-sailor-naginata-togi/

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Thank you Beechwood! :thumbup:

 

Lennart

 

 

PS: I find it interesting that the Parker does the same thing as the Sailor, but with much less tipping...

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