Parker Vector Calligraphy Set Nib Sizes

[pepsiplease69]

Hi,

Could anybody tell me what the line width in mm for the italic nibs that come in the Parker Calligraphy Set?

 

I've looked everywhere and the only info I see is that the set comes with Broad Italic, Medium Italic and Fine Italic nibs.

 

And on a side note, I was also looking for line width measurements for the parker duofold italic nibs.

 

I have a #98 nib and it seems to lay down a line that is 1 or 1.1mm thick on broad stroke.

 

What's the line size of the #94 nib in mm.

 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mickey]

Hi,

Could anybody tell me what the line width in mm for the italic nibs that come in the Parker Calligraphy Set?

 

I've looked everywhere and the only info I see is that the set comes with Broad Italic, Medium Italic and Fine Italic nibs.

 

And on a side note, I was also looking for line width measurements for the parker duofold italic nibs.

 

I have a #98 nib and it seems to lay down a line that is 1 or 1.1mm thick on broad stroke.

 

What's the line size of the #94 nib in mm.

 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

About .9mm from my #94, depending on the ink and paper. Great grind on the nib, BTW - almost crisp, but smooth enough to be used cursively.

[inkstainedruth]

I have a four nib Parker Vector set that I bought on Ebay, but I haven't tried it out yet. The nib unit currently in the pen is listed as M; the other three are F, B, and X (all italic nibs) -- I had to really work hard to pry them out of the hard plastic insert in the tin. (The printing on the underside of the tin *also* just says "Fine, Medium, Broad and Extra Broad" -- in the same seven languages that the manual -- which, BTW, is of no help in this regard; the languages appear to be English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and -- maybe -- Portuguese.)

Not having really good measuring equipment, I ended putting each nib up against the metric-marked side of a flexible ruler (shrug -- it's what I could find on short notice). I would say that the four nibs are (roughly): .8 mm, 1.2 mm, 1.6 mm and 1.9 mm, respectively. I should note that it's a UK-made pen (no markings on the nib units, other than to say "PARKER" on the nibs themselves) with a date code on the cap of "L." -- which might mean 4th quarter 2003 *or* 4th quarter 1993 or something else entirely; the code key on www.parkerpens.net doesn't show an "L" with a single dot (only plain "L" or "L" with a dot *and* Roman numerals...).

Hope this helps.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[pepsiplease69]

Thanks Mickey and Ruth.

 

This is very helpful information.

 

I'll go ahead and order my Calligraphy set.

 

I'll usually get the most use out of the .8 and the 1.2mm nibs.

 

Kind regards.

[pepsiplease69]

Not having really good measuring equipment, I ended putting each nib up against the metric-marked side of a flexible ruler (shrug -- it's what I could find on short notice). I would say that the four nibs are (roughly): .8 mm, 1.2 mm, 1.6 mm and 1.9 mm, respectively.

 

 

Hi Ruth, I just got my calligraphy set today and I have to say you were pretty dead on accurate with those measurements.

 

I think I'll be happy with using the fine italic for everyday writing with a slight bit of line variation. The Fine italic (I would say) feels similar to a Pilot Plumix italic nib.

 

I've put the fine italic nib on a parker urban now and the comfortable contoured barrel with a slight bit of heft seems to add to the writing experience.

 

I've got Sheaffer Skrip Brown in there. The nib is a bit of a dry writer though. I am using the soap (surfactant) approach as of now, and it seems to be doing the trick.

 

Thanks again.

[inkstainedruth]

You can put a Vector nib unit in an Urban? I didn't know that.

Hmm. Maybe there's hope for mine after all (IMO the thing is a piece of [expletive deleted] garbage).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[pepsiplease69]

You can put a Vector nib unit in an Urban? I didn't know that.

 

 

The Nib Unit itself (nib+feed+section) is not compatible between the vector and the Urban. You cannot assemble together a vector section with an urban barrel because the threads are different between the two.

 

The nib+feed only, however, are compatible between the two. So you can pull out (with some tools) the nib+ feed from one's section and transplant that to the other's section without any issues.

 

There are several parker models which have triangular breather-less nibs that can be interchanged with each other in this way, vector, urban, parker rialto, parker 88 are some examples.

 

I've done a post on how to remove the nib from the section here.

[Surendran Damodaran]

The parker calligraphy nib is very crisp and smooth vith stark line variation unlike other other stubs i have tried.Its subtle left obliqueness makes it easy to write unlike the Twisbi stub.Hence i use it for daily writing.I am not comfortable with other stub nibs the way i am with this nib.Unfortunately the vector is too thin for my hands and is in no way stately.Happy to know that it fits onto Urban.Is there any other pen which we can fit it onto. Is there any other pen with similar nibs( Not the ground ball tips) which can be used for everyday writing?

[pen lady]

Sheaffer Calligraphy sets might be what you need. The fine italic nib could be the answer for you.  Sheaffer used the No Nonsense pen for these sets, it's nice and chunky.