Parker Broad Italic

[Inky.Fingers]

How wide is this nib? 1.3mm?

[pepsiplease69]

Can you be more specific?

 

Parker Vector?

Duofold?

Other?

[View from the Loft]

Can you be more specific?

 

Parker Vector?

Duofold?

Other?

 

This is the correct question.

 

My P75 broad italic has a broader line than my Duofold International with a broad italic.

[Inky.Fingers]

I see. Do we have any measurement's?

 

Most interested in Sonnet and Duofold. Not sure if any other model is offered in 14k or 18k.

 

I would be happy with an EEB or EEEB nib!

Edited July 29, 2016 by _InkyFingers

[View from the Loft]

But which Duofold - International or Centennial? (Assuming that you are referring to the modern Duofold).

[mitto]

I see. Do we have any measurement's?

Most interested in Sonnet and Duofold. Not sure if any other model is offered in 14k or 18k.

I would be happy with an EEB or EEEB nib!

 

A lot of other Parker models came with 14k and even 18k nibs.

[Inky.Fingers]

Thanks everyone. I have my answer now from ParkerPen

 

Nibs sizes as below

Broad Italic Line Width 1100 with plus/minus tolerance of 50

Extra Extra Broad Line width 950 with plus/minus tolerance of 50

Measurements are in microns 1000 microns = 1mm

Does anyone have these two nibs side by side comparison?

Edited July 30, 2016 by _InkyFingers

[View from the Loft]

Thanks everyone. I have my answer now from ParkerPen

 

Nibs sizes as below

Broad Italic Line Width 1100 with plus/minus tolerance of 50

Extra Extra Broad Line width 950 with plus/minus tolerance of 50

Measurements are in microns 1000 microns = 1mm

Does anyone have these two nibs side by side comparison

 

But which pen do these measurements relate to?

 

I repeat that the broad italic in my P75 lays down a thicker line (approx 1.3mm) than the broad italic in my Duofold International (approx 1.1mm).

 

You are in danger of comparing apples with oranges.

[Inky.Fingers]

True. My interest is in Duofold international. Thanks.

[View from the Loft]

True. My interest is in Duofold international. Thanks.

Depending on the ink and paper in use, the IB on my Duofold Interantional lays down a line in the region of 1.1mm, but with the IM nib, it's around 0.8mm.

 

I can't compare with the B or BB nibs as none of my nibs are round.

[Inky.Fingers]

Some picture please of the p75 vs IB nib with writing samples?

 

Much thanks

[View from the Loft]

Some picture please of the p75 vs IB nib with writing samples?

 

Much thanks

 

I'll try and dig some out, but as we are having a shuffle round at home, it may be a few days.

[pepsiplease69]

I was into the line width measurements of my nibs for some time.

 

I even got a cool vernier calliper to measure line widths down to two decimal point digits of precision for fraction of a millimeter.

 

After that I came up with a formula for finding the ideal ruling size on the page given the line width measurement as input.

 

In the end I found this all to be way too painstaking and I went back to generally eyeballing things and roughly determining whether the nib is too wide for the ruling size, (i.e. Letters too crammed together) or too narrow ( letters seemingly too 'spidery' and sparse).

 

I also found out about making the ladders to know the ruling relationship to line width as is the general practice in calligraphy.

 

I guess in this as in cooking, I tend to rely more on my instincts (how much salt or spices to add to a dish) rather than taking fractional measurements of a teaspoon of this or that.

 

Anyways, good luck with finding the info you need. This is just my $0.02.

[Inky.Fingers]

I heade you. I am using a 1.13 right now....but am not satisfied. 1.5 would be too large. I feel a 1.3 would be just right.

[Inky.Fingers]

Anyone have both Parker Duofold International EB and EEB? Pictures please for comparison of nib size.

 

Thank you

[richardandtracy]

Sorry to come late to the party.

Side by side comparison of Centennial and International BI (95) nibs is included here: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/189515-parker-duofold-international/

 

The International BI nib is 0.8mm (800 microns) wide and with Pelikan 4001 ink I get a line 0.9mm wide.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[Inky.Fingers]

Thanks Richard. Yes. I have read both reviews one with Centennial vs International and the other Kaigelu 316.

 

Most interesting. I just down on an International EB. Hoping it would write at minium 1300μm. Else it will me nib exchange for EEB then ground to Crisp Italic.

 

How often does the Kaigelu gets out and be inked?

[richardandtracy]

The Kaigelu is never un-inked. At the moment I'm trying a couple of other pens (a Duke Century and a Crocodile 806) trying to get a good feel for them, which has meant the Kaigelu has seen less use than usual, possibly every third/fourth day for the last month. Before then it was used any time randomly dependant on the centennial colour I wanted, and I always carry a centennial sized pen with me.

 

The Crocodile is proving to be a very interesting Centennial sized pen...

 

Regards,

 

Richard.