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How Common Are Upturned Nibs On Parker


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I have come in possession of a Canadian Duofold which has a nib with an upturned tip. Much like the points used on Sheaffer. Is this a normal feature on some Parker Duofold nibs as well?

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Ahh, those SWEET Canadian nibs. Here is mine on a Canadian Vacumatic. Upturned as well curvatous. Mine is extra extra flexible and double or even triple broad too.

 

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/319799-vacumatic-bbbbb-flexible-stub-nib/?do=findComment&comment=3815497

 

I have a few more such Canadian nibs. Welcome, hari, to the Canadian Speciality Nibs Club. :)

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Thank you. I neglected to mention that the nib can easily open to 3mm wide from a hairline and snaps back superbly.

 

Your nib looks lovely. Congratulations. I have some other Canadian nibs but they are all conventionally shaped. This was the first one I encountered in this shape but this seems to be pretty normal as per your findings. Good news only. I will look for more examples.

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You are welcome, hari. I have observed in the 40+ years of my Parker collcting that such upturned nibs are always found on Canadian Parkers.

 

On German pens I have such upturned flexible nibs with pronounced curvature on Osmia Faber Castel. And the funny thing is that the barrel of one of the Osmia FC pen, on which the nib is found, has the marking 'KM'. And the nib actually looks kugel. A large blobby tipping material on the upside of the nib. :)

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I have an Oversize lockdown Vacumatic with a US extra fine nib that has most of the tipping on the upper side of the nib. The underside is dead straight. When I first saw the pen I assumed that it had been dropped, as it looked odd, and it wouldnt write. But it was just clogged; after a good long bath, it became a wonderful nib.

 

Lower of the two photos. The upper is a 1q37 Standard and the lower is a 2q36Oversize. Both write just the same:

 

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I too have such a nib on a Canadian Vacumatic. Don't know, however, what purpose such nibs served. An unusual mass of tipping on the upper side and flat on the underside like a stub.

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I have just seen a Parker advertisement for the Vacumatic pen from 1936. The pen is sold as being able to write when held upside down, with the feed uppermost, as well as when held in the normal way. Does this account for the tip material on the upper surface?

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