Parker Sonnet With Nib 14K Solid Gold White

[Adryan900079]

You meet Parker Sonnet with nib 14k Solid Gold White?

[Adryan900079]

looking...

[mitto]

Yet, I met one.

[Adryan900079]

Mitto, you can post pictures?

[mitto]

Mitto, you can post pictures?

 

I would do later.

[mitto]

Here it is Adryan. The nib is from my Sonnet Premium Silver Lustre (2007 production but introduced in 2008).

 

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/post-117288-0-13816300-1437275441.jpg

[agentbug]

Here it is Adryan. The nib is from my Sonnet Premium Silver Lustre (2007 production but introduced in 2008).

 

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/post-117288-0-13816300-1437275441.jpg

Oh dear

 

The op asked for a 14K, and yours is a 18K one

[mitto]

Oh dear

 

The op asked for a 14K, and yours is a 18K one

 

Oh pity me. I couldnt notice the "14k". Instead, my attention was focussed on the word "white".

 

Sorry once again. I am not aware of any 14k white nib in the Sonnets.

[Adryan900079]

Mine is nib 14k-585

[Nicobee]

Hi

I bought a Parker sonnet in 2008 in a outlet sale on internet (official store)...

But i'm wondering because some people say Parker did'nt make 14K nib for the Sonnet... and I haven't found the body / hood combination on the site dedicated to parker http://parkercollector.com/sonnet.html

 

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/722386ParkerSonnet1.jpg

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/191551ParkerSonnetCap.jpg

the nib is also a 14K 585

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/883184ParkerSonnetNib1.jpg

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/640257ParkerSonnetNib2.jpg

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/977007ParkerSonnetNib3.jpg

Is it the same for you ?

Edited December 15, 2016 by Nicobee

[mitto]

The cap is from a 2008 release Sonnet Premium Silver Lustre. But the Lustre Sonnet - both gold and silver - came with the same finish barrels. So I suspects yours is a frankenpen.

 

The Silver Lustre finish came with a rhodium plated 18k gold nib. Don't know anything about 14k Sonnet nibs, though.

Edited December 16, 2016 by mitto

[aggoo]

I have exactly the same pen as Nicobee with the same 14K nib, probably purchased from the same (reputable UK dealer) place.

I have a number of Sonnets, and this is the only 14K nib I've ever seen. It' somewhat springier and less soft than the 18K nibs on my other sonnets.

Definitely unusual and one to keep. Wonder if the nibs were prototypes sold off to the retailer, who then bodies up the pens as a 'custom'.

[Slimfish]

This white gold nib was used on the following Sonnet pens :

 

2003 – 2007 series

 

Tartan Chisel ST, Black Laque CT, Laque Ocean Blue, Laque Verdigris

 

2008 series

 

Chiselled Carbon, Silver Lustre

 

I am surprised some here think it is rare. It is a common nib though not as common as the yellow gold version.

 

The barrel and lower shell of your pen are from a 2003 series Black Laque ( and nib ), the cap from a 2008 Silver Lustre.

 

There never was a 'Custom' Sonnet on either on these series nor the first.

 

The third and fourth series have a variety of barrel and cap combinations you may call ‘ Custom ‘

[mitto]

But the nib here is 14k and not the usual 18k.

[Slimfish]

mitto - I missed that - Have now looked at all the Sonnets that I have, all gold nibs are 18K.

 

No further ideas about the 14k nib.

[Adryan900079]

Nicobee, thank you for postage. My Parker Sonnet is all your pen.

[Adryan900079]

It´s genuine Parker Sonnet, not frankpen. I go test and comprove genuine Parker Sonnet (original)

[pajaro]

In the Diamond on the nib, there shoule be p

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p. That's "p", a line, and a "p" under the line. This is something counterfeiters seemed to miss. I couldn't see the nib pic clearly enough to note that.

[mitto]

I very much doubt the pen is legit.

[pajaro]

I looks like there is just a line in the diamond, the very hallmark of a counterfeit.