Parker 75 Nib Size

[ppacaa]

I have Parker 75 sterling silver fountain pen. On the nibs back is mark "66". Pen was made in USA , has "0" mark on the section and 14c nib so I beleive it is from 60's. Mark "66" should be for "M" nib size but my pen write as "F". Why?

[sotto2]

Someone changed the nib. Someone ground the nib. It was mismarked. You got a medium that is on the fine side and you're writing on paper that doesn't absorb ink hardly at all and you press with the weight of a microscopic flea in weightless outer space.

 

That's all I can think of right now. ;-)

[gyasko]

Someone changed the nib. Someone ground the nib.

 

If someone changed a 75 nib, the number would be different. These nib units pull out of the section, you can see them here (nibs.com). The numbers are on the undersides, on the feed.

 

For what it's worth, i have a 66 that writes like a fine, too. I think the US nibs are a on the narrow side.

[sotto2]

Well, that doesn't rule out the microscopic weightless flea explanation. ;-)

 

Thanks for that info. Very instructive. I had no idea the nibs came on the sections like that. I have two 75 Ciseles, both with #66 gold nibs. Excellent writers, and definitely not fine.

[ppacaa]

Someone changed the nib. Someone ground the nib.

 

For what it's worth, i have a 66 that writes like a fine, too. I think the US nibs are a on the narrow side.

 

It could be that.

It is little thicker than my modern sonnet "F" nib line.

[welch]

I have a P75 early model with a medium nib -- same code number as yours -- that writes narrower than any other Parker. Sort of a dry Japanese medium. I think it's just the way Parker designed their medium 75 nibs.

[wspohn]

They mixed up number codes with letter codes on 14K and 18K nibs in two types of collector styles as well, so it gets a bit confusing.

 

See Parker 75 Nibs for an exhaustive list.

 

I am using one marked XF at the moment, but it isn't fine enough for me.

 

I have a needlepoint nib on the way - THAT should be fine enough, I figure!