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Does anyone know or have tried to swap out a Parker 51 nib in a Parker 100? I've got a 100, don't like the nib but have been told 100 nibs just aren't available.

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If you can find a way to see the photobucket images, this post may be useful: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/133050-parker-100/?p=1318240

I have to confess, I cannot.

 

I think the diameter of the feed is different.

 

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That P100 nib looks a lot like the nibs on P45s....

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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That P100 nib looks a lot like the nibs on P45s....

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My thought exactly. Before I saw your post!

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They are similar - here it is side by side with an octanium P45 nib.

 

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The feeds are even more similar apart from how the end is shaped.

 

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The similarity indicates where the inspiration came from. I imagine the P45 nib was easier to make than the fully tubular P51 nib.

 

Unlike many, I am not keen on the way P45 writes, and I think this also explains something about how much I like my P100 too.

 

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The similarity indicates where the inspiration came from. I imagine the P45 nib was easier to make than the fully tubular P51 nib.

 

Unlike many, I am not keen on the way P45 writes, and I think this also explains something about how much I like my P100 too.

 

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Thank you. I am glad that I am not alone in having dissatisfaction with how my P45s write. Beautiful design, but the flow seems tight or constrained.

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