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Parker 75, Need Replacement Nib


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My first pen, which introduced me to the world of fountain pens and also has a major sentimental value for me, since I inherited it from my grandfather. It had aa amazing 66 nib, that unfortunately, broke last night as you can see in the photo. I'm looking for a replacement nib, any suggestions please ?

 

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Battersea Pen Home carries NOS Parker 75 nibs (no affiliation, satisfied customer) though sadly not the 66.

 

Lih-Tah Wong at Parker75.com was very helpful when I had problematic section threads. Again, no sign of the 66 but lots of others.

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Yes I've seen them, I'm wondering if there is any difference between the 66 and the M nib, or the number was just the old way of distinguishing the nibs in US Parker.

Battersea Pen Home has no Fine or Medium nib with thin feed, but Lih-Tah Wong seems to have a US Medium. But it is a problem ordering from USA with all the custom fees etc...

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Pentooling also has P75 nibs: http://www.pentooling.com/partsparkermisc.html

 

And yes, a 66 on the feed means that it is a Medium nib:

 

61- Needle

62- Accountant

63- Extra Fine

64- Steno

65- Fine

66- Medium

67- Broad

70- Stub Thin Music

71- Stub

73- Stub

75- Right Oblique

79- Left Oblique

82- Arabic

83- Arabic

88- Executive

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You have the nib there. It has not broken. Instead you have a broken feed. You can disssemle the nib from the broken feed and use it with a replacement feed if in case you find one without the nib. :)

 

I know the nib and feed come together. But in my experience the nib can be separated from the feed (and used with another one) if in case you have a bad feed and good nib or vice versa. I often do that on part pens bought in lots that come either with bad nibs, good feeds or bad feeds, good nibs.

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Thanks for the answer. The truth is that it is more difficult to find just the feed. I've spotted two nibs, e-mailed and I'm waiting for a reply. I hope I can get a replacement soon, because I like this pen and cannot have it sitting there without a nib and beeing unable to use it...

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Surprisingly enough, I found a replacement nib and feed at a dedicated pen shop in the centre of Athens. It is a US "M" and it took the place of the broken one. Unfortunately, the ink flow is rather poor, the pen writes, but the ink is washed out. I'm using Diamine Majestic Blue, a wet ink, as I know and when I start writing the words are ok, but soon after they fade and sometimes I have skipping and letters that are not written at all and I have to rewrite them. I checked the tines, they are ok, alligned, no baby botton. I know that the nib hasn't been used for at least 25 years and more, maybe that's the problem ? What else can I look after ?

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Surprisingly enough, I found a replacement nib and feed at a dedicated pen shop in the centre of Athens. It is a US "M" and it took the place of the broken one. Unfortunately, the ink flow is rather poor, the pen writes, but the ink is washed out. I'm using Diamine Majestic Blue, a wet ink, as I know and when I start writing the words are ok, but soon after they fade and sometimes I have skipping and letters that are not written at all and I have to rewrite them. I checked the tines, they are ok, alligned, no baby botton. I know that the nib hasn't been used for at least 25 years and more, maybe that's the problem ? What else can I look after ?

 

Maybe soak it? Water with some dish soap. In US I would use Dawn. Not sure what would be best in Greece. Or you might use a 10 to 1 ratio water to ammonia.

All things work out in the end. If it is not working out, it is not the end.

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Eventually, there was a problem with the feed and the ink flow, so I went back to the store, we tried to fix it, but nothing changed. So at the end, I returned the nib and took a "Fine" one, which works and writes perfectly.

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Glad you're enjoying the new nib. When I damaged the original XF in my 75 the nearest replacement I could find was a fine italic. French 18K instead of US 14K. A totally different writing experience. I've never looked back.

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As I've said, mine was a #66, that is a medium. I found a Medium but due to the ink flow problem, it was unusable. The store didn't have any other Medium nibs, but only Fine, so I endede with a Fine. At least it is a US "F". The difference is really subtle and I don't regret it...

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It's easy to get a Parker 75 "M" nib these days.

But It's not easy to get "66".

I spent 1 year to search and I just get 2.

 

Every nib writes different even they are the same size.

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