Parker Super 21

September 18, 2010

Very nice collection. These pens are almost eternal-lasting. Good workhorses:thumbup:.

I must add thanks for the review: informative and reading it was enjoyable, really. I do remember my father using them for work. I have no idea what happened with them though.

August 8, 2011

Wonderful review.

I have had a couple of P21s for more than 25 years. One was a navy blue, and the second a fighter model. They both worked whenever I inked them in my rotation,and write a medium (blue) to wet (fighter) line medium. Both have caps that have a small dimpled tops. Over time the section in both became shrunk and they did not look aesthetically that attractive anymore. But then recently I found spares for them and have changed the Blue to a all Black and also changed the section (Black) on the fighter. I was I guess lucky to have found these NOS spares lying forgotten in the shelves of a stationary shop, and the only ones available, although there were several more bodies but no more hoods. The section on the fighter came of easy enough, but the blue section was so shrunk that I had to cut it off the feed. The pens are now as good as new and shiny, and I love them once more, and they are back in my rotation. I never had any trouble with the filling mechanism, which is working without a hitch.

The P51 that I can compare them with is a gray full sized pen with a gold cap, a wee bit longer than P21s and a little top heavier when posted. Otherwise the writing is as good and the octanium nibs of the P21s are as smooth as the 14K M gold one on the P51. The only problem I have is that the cap tends to loosen and slip off the Fighter when posted after a while and has to be pushed back in (I always write posted). I have the same problem with my P45 Fighters, but surprisingly not with the plastic models, which will remain posted as long as I write.

December 31, 2012

What an awesome review! Your review inspired me to do some research, and I ordered a Parker Super 21 (NOS). Can't wait to receive it!

December 31, 2012

These are very nice pens. But after well used, the screws tend to get loose. My mother has a couple of these, I think from the 60s or so.

September 20, 2015

I have seen NOS Super 21's being sold by a seller member called Athar201 (?) for around $30. Wonder if he still has some more.

I bought one from him. One from Ernesto Soler and then finally a flighter from Terim. These are great pens. I like the thickness of the pen. The only thing I dont like is the shortness of the thread section compared to the 51 and also the fact that you dont have an option to get a gold nib on the 21.

I got one of my 21 Super with a gold nib from a local seller. The nibs on the 21 Super and on 51s are interchangeble. So you have the option to install a 51 gold nib on your 21 Super.