On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:37:07 +0000, MatthewK
wrote:

Gold nibs being better? That is surely personal bias.

I've got one pen with a gold nib and that pen is different--something
about it seems different. It's a Parker Duofold. I mean, I don't
think it's all that, but it is different.

But if I had my eyes closed, I don't know for sure I'd know the
different between that and a Waterman Phileas.