Parker Frontier...

[Guest JohanO]

I bought a black Parker Frontier this week. F nib, but is runs very broad, more like a medium ( ). I guess Parker does not offer XF nibs on the Frontier. If they offer XF nibs, how much will a nib swap cost me?

 

Thanks,

 

Johan

[Slush99]

My nib is F and it feels like a broad-medium, too.

[Matt]

I have a Frontier in fine that I bought at least 12 years ago ( I think). It is a little broader than a typical fine but I wouldn't say it is like a medium. Maybe a fine-medium.

 

It's been a good reliable pen.

 

Matt C.

[Slush99]

My pen is definetly reliable. But that's a weird nib. :blink:

[Guest JohanO]

The Frontier is very relaible, but although the nib is marked F, it writes more like a Phileas Medium :blink:

[joeycoleman]

I have a Parker Sonnet (stainless, CT) that now has a XF nib in it, and I find it writes a touch wider than a fine. It certainly broader than either my Rotring 600's F nib or my Waterman Kultur's F nib. I originally had a F nib in the sonnet, and it was nearly as broad as the M nib in a Shaeffer Imperial that I have.

 

Does anyone know if Parker's nibs are supposed to tend broader than most?

 

--joey

[Guest JohanO]

Hi Joey,

 

I think we have evidence that Parker nibs tend to be broader than other brands. You have a Sonnet XF; but I suppose there is not a Frontier XF?

 

Have a nice day,

 

Johan

[Yuri]

I did not (and still do not) know if XF is available for Frontier, but...

Not knowing that, I just sent my Frontier, F (writes like medium/broad) to Parker center with request to exchange with XF nib. Three weeks later I received the pen and invoice, which stated that the nib was exchanged. Unfortunately that new XF nib was awful, scratchy as h..l and very tip of it was ground off (imaging small ball with cut segment of it). So I sent it back for fixing. Three weeks later got the same nib back. Going to send it back again, last time--I will succeed or throw it away. No, will polish my skill in nib grinding ;-)

 

So, if you send it in for XF nib exchange, they will not reject the request, but it is unknowingly if you get good one or bad.

[Guest JohanO]

Hi Yuri,

 

How much did you have to pay for the exchange?

 

Best,

 

Johan

[Yuri]

It's $10 per package.

HINT:In my experience, if you toss several pens for nib exchange simulteneously, it's still $10.

[joeycoleman]

Sorry for a very late pickup to the thread, but I ended up sending the Sonnet mentioned above off to Parker Service in the UK. Turns out that I did have bad luck with the nibs: they sent back the pen with a new XF nib, and I'm very happy with it now.

 

I'm not convinced that the Sonnet's XF nib is actually finer than my Rotring 600's F nib, but it puts down a line that I'm comfortable with (and, more importantly, can read my writing in

 

--joey