On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:27:48 +0000, MatthewK
wrote:

On 2008-06-09, The Drunken Lord wrote:
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.

This seems more reasonable, partly because of context and it's
the afternoon for mme.

What karat are these nibs?

It doesn't have the karat listed on the nib--at least not visible.
For all I know, it could be gold plate. But it looks gold, doesn't
tarnish, and it seems to write a little bit different than the nongold
nibs.

I wonder how much work hardening comes to play in this.