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My only Sonnet is a Sterling Silver Fougere with gold accents m two tone gold nib. I can't start to tell you how good this pen looks and how well it performs! One of my favorites!

does it write wet, fat, wide, etc like the others guys saids?

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pencilx NOS (New Old Stock)

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I am hesitant to buy a sonnet. I don't have a parker in my collection and thought it a good choice to get a sonnet. It looked like it could be a potential workhorse. I like my nibs EF too.

 

I hope there are more positive comments on this pen.

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anyway what parker 75 are you speaking of? i dont see that model on their website.

 

 

The Parker 75 is an out-of-production pen. The Parker website shows only the pens that are in production. That, well, bites.

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Well, if the Sonnet is your pen of choice, and you really like it, and it will be a daily writer for you, then buy what you want and send it to one of the nibmeisters to have it adjusted to put down the exact line you want and smoothed for feel. It costs a little extra, and takes a little extra time, but the results will completely blow away anything Parker will deliver from the factory. Without a doubt. You'll have a daily writer that, with proper maintenance, will write great for years to come.

 

Sure, it'll void the warranty, but I think it'll be a far better performing and more pleasurable writing experience for you... something to think about anyway.

 

Dave

 

 

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This is just my opinion - but the thing with the Sonnets is, they are not very good when new, but you have to persist with them. Wash the feed with dilute soap solution a few times, and keep using them. I have a Sonnet with a steel nib (Chrome finish). I was none too impressed the first time I wrote with it, but I love it now - it is still not anywhere near as smooth as my Waterman Carene, but guess what? I love the way it writes anyway.

 

But yes, I have a medium nib and it writes fairly thick. No doubt about it. Parkers are well known to write fairly thick. NOt just the Sonnets, even the 45 and the frontier are like that (atleast the ones I had were).

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Agree completely with ramshacklemann. Sonnets are good; Sonnets need some breaking in; Sonnet nibs run wide and IMO the gold nibs are fairly tactile and toothy and slightly springy. I enjoy them. As nibs go, sure, they are not the ultimate - but for a $100 to $200 pen, gold nib, they are not bad. The white gold nib on my Ocean Blue is one of my favorites.

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JinhaoMaster NOS (New Old Stock)

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wow! never in 100 years would i think i'd met u here. is this a sign that i might later win the lottery? anyway what parker 75 are you speaking of? i dont see that model on their website.

 

u think i should order the sonnet ?

 

definitely

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JinhaoMaster NOS (New Old Stock)

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I am hesitant to buy a sonnet. I don't have a parker in my collection and thought it a good choice to get a sonnet. It looked like it could be a potential workhorse. I like my nibs EF too.

 

I hope there are more positive comments on this pen.

 

 

I have an 18k gold nib sonnet, it has good flex and writes beautifully, I'm no pro to flex, but it does flex! Another thing watch out for fakes, they are suddenly popular now. Sonnet fines are more like medium fines than true fines, so get a XF if you dont want MF. A real sonnet performs great it's those fakes that don't work!

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I have several sonnets, including two of the first edition (in gt black and cisele). They are all good writers, however... especially the newer ones started to write significantly better after I made sure the tines were aligned properly, washed the nib (nib only, screwed out of the section) in water with dishwashing soap. Also, some of the nibs required me to increase the inkflow to my liking (I like wet) with the brass sheet, purchased in the Richard Binder smoothing kit.

 

Now they are all (6) excellent writers!

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benn093 NOS (New Old Stock)

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I bought a black lacquer sonnet with a fine nib from Office Depot for $79 Canadian to go with other Sonnets I own. The problem is in the converter. For some reason, the cheap piston converter now has a ball bearing as the agitator and not a metal coil or spring. This causes clogging. My advice would be to buy a new converter, preferably the screw-in type (which I have seen for sale as low as $2.50 from Midoco in Toronto). The Sonnet is a good pen with not much difference in flex between the steel and the gold nibs imho. But, as in everything, always keep receipts!!!!

 

If you want a pen that is inexpensive, writes flawlessly with a fine line and comes with a good converter, the Pilot Knight takes some beating. The nib is stiff, though.

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