Italix 'parsons' Essential' Fountain Pen.

[swanjun]

 

Ooh, ooh, let me know how it is when you get it.That is exactly what I am thinking about and almost bought when my Laptop stopped the other night, then I saw that Goulet's had more stock of Ebonite Konrads so I spent my August pen budget there. :-( or is it :-)

 

I will duly report back!

 

Yes BUT the Pilot isn't italic either. I think the Parson's italic is the nicest one I have ever owned.

 

I really deliberated whether to get a Medium Italic or the Cursive Stub, but went for the latter 'cos I have more of the former. I might need a second one at some point, though..

[Fabienne]

I think (if memory serves) that italics have more of a tendency to dig into the paper. This one is really well behaved and I get a crisp and varied line from it with a really smooooooth stroke every time. No skipping. If anything this is a juicy little grape. I love mine, so glad I got it. Gad zooks, the shipping was fast to the US, even with engraving (which they spelled right....wonder of wonders). The darned body is (as one other forumite noted) almost indestructible but it looks wonderful.

[Stompie]

What pen and the ink is please? All I can read is "Captain" about .

 

This is the Captains Commission from Mr Pen who makes the Parsons Italix pen as well.

It is the ink that came with the pen so I am not sure what ink it is.

 

 

[Lorna Reed]

My Captain's Commission arrived on Thursday and I've inked it with Diamine Imperial Purple. Love It!

 

[Harlequin]

Do the Parson's Essentials also come with an "Italix" branded nib?

[Lorna Reed]

Do the Parson's Essentials also come with an "Italix" branded nib?

Harlequin, I think this is something new with the Captain's Commission pen. My Parson's Essentials are stamped 'Iridium Point Germany'

[cbaytan]

Placed an order this afternoon for a blue one with a medium cursive stub nib. Hope I get some line variation with mine!

We will all see.......... Right?

[swanjun]

We will all see.......... Right?

 

I will try to take a pic.

[Stompie]

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj229/Popsjill/pens/DSCN1622_zpsf946ee92.jpg

[papabear16]

Alright, I think I'm putting an amber Parsons with a fine cursive italic on my list. Filled with Tsukushi, it would probably be an excellent journal writer.

[Harlequin]

That's the exact one I want, lol! Same nib and everything.

[N2theBreach]

 

 

Stompie, which nib did you get?

 

I just bought a TWSBI Fine and to my eyes, it's very fine.

 

I'll be ordering one of these, in the next few weeks and I'd like something just a little wider. I'm guessing the Italix Fine Italic may be a a bit broader than the TWSBI, just because of the typical width differences between Asia and W. Europe. Thoughts?

[Harlequin]

No. Both the TWSBI pens and the Italix pens use western nibs. In TWSBI's case, they are JoWo nibs; I'm not sure where Italix sources their nibs. I remember that for their Originalis (I think it was the Originalis), they used the same nib maker that provided nibs for Manuscript calligraphy pens. But the Ialix website states that the nibs are European, iirc.

 

Now, that being said, I have also heard (and even asked about myself) several reports that say the Italix nibs tend to run wide for their size, e.g. a "fine" would be a wide fine, "medium" would be a wide medium, etc. I'm sure some others can comment as to the validity of that perception though.

[Stompie]

 

Stompie, which nib did you get?

 

I just bought a TWSBI Fine and to my eyes, it's very fine.

 

I'll be ordering one of these, in the next few weeks and I'd like something just a little wider. I'm guessing the Italix Fine Italic may be a a bit broader than the TWSBI, just because of the typical width differences between Asia and W. Europe. Thoughts?

I would agree with Harelquin, it is a broader nib.

Don't be fooled by my latest pictures - I ordered fine Italic but what I got, well.......... it looked like the nib work had been started but never finished. Some of the tipping was gone but it had not been fully ground to italic and if you go back in the posts, I put a comparison picture between what I got and once I had started to complete the regrind.

I think I got one of those that always seem to slip through the cracks and the latest picture I put up is now that I am almost finished with the regrind.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Harlequin]

Did you contact Mr. Ford about it? I am sure he would be unhappy with knowing that something bearing his name (ok, his company) arrived in such a state as to not completely satisfy you. I would definitely send him an email about it!

[RuiFromUK]

In order to remove any doubts in my mind and to do comparisons amongst the various nibs (and because I am a collector but that is unofficial) I have ordered one of each of the Originalis nibs as they are the ones I use for calligraphy as per John's initial advice. They are made by Leonardt in UK. Hopefully I'll get some time soon to do this research.

 

The Parson's Essential nibs are excellent but a bit wetter than Originalis therefore tending to show less line variation. They are fantastic for other types of writing / calligraphy and I use them on a daily usage.

[Harlequin]

I wonder if they nibs for the PE and other pens are also sourced from Leonardt?

[cbaytan]

For the record, I have 2 Parsons Essentals one with mediım italic and other one is left oblique medium italic, they write as thick as Lamy steel 1.5 italic nib, maybe even a juust a bit thicker, same goes to Monteverde #6 1.1 italic nib. Parson's wet feed is a blessing for wet lovers. I give it a 9/10 on wetness. I am sure this wetness helps to smooth writing capability...

 

Was using the same ink when mentioning these comparison of course.

Edited August 7, 2013 by cbaytan

[papabear16]

That's the exact one I want, lol! Same nib and everything.

 

Clearly, you have excellent taste!

 

For the record, I have 2 Parsons Essentals one with mediım italic and other one is left oblique medium italic, they write as thick as Lamy steel 1.5 italic nib, maybe even a juust a bit thicker, same goes to Monteverde #6 1.1 italic nib. Parson's wet feed is a blessing for wet lovers. I give it a 9/10 on wetness. I am sure this wetness helps to smooth writing capability...

 

Was using the same ink when mentioning these comparison of course.

 

Wow, that's broad for a medium, at least broader than I would have expected. It looks as if I want a fine for sure.

[jordanjay29]

 

Clearly, you have excellent taste!

 

 

Wow, that's broad for a medium, at least broader than I would have expected. It looks as if I want a fine for sure.

The medium is broader than one I've ever used, but after using it for a few weeks it's grown on me. You may like the size of the medium after all, it all depends on your own style.