Parker 51-colour Comparison

[algabatz]

I'm sure there are someone out there who are wondering about the different colours available to the Parker 51 -line- This is a colour comparison (sadly I don't have a Nassau green (yet!) also the MKIII rage red and Turqoise are missing)):

 

http://parkercollector.com/bilder/51-colours-all.jpg

Edited November 20, 2010 by algabatz

[algabatz]

Oops I missed the black!

[LuckyDog10]

Plum, please!

 

Thank you so much for this pic! I've just recently begun eyeing some vintage pens. (Note to FPN...totally your fault.) Since I still know basically nothing about vintage pens, I figured the Parker 51 would be a nice safe start!

 

Thanks again!

[baz666]

Hi Tony

Any chance of a picture of the clip on that cordovan please.

 

Regards

Paul.

[NABodie]

Thats a nice looking set you have there Tony! Two plums? You should send me one!

[algabatz]

Thats a nice looking set you have there Tony! Two plums? You should send me one!

 

Nope, not two plums. The red on top is an English Blood red, the plum-ish is Burgundy and the brown is the cordovan.

I realise that I should have added a colour description. Will do.

 

Best,

Tony

[Glenn-SC]

Very nice Tony!!!

 

I seem to be having trouble getting a green Aero that's not scratched or cracked.

[D Armstrong]

You cruel man.

 

So now, as an encore, we want photos, with measurements, of each of the nib sizes. Which not even Ernesto has yet provided...

[algabatz]

Hi Tony

Any chance of a picture of the clip on that cordovan please.

 

Regards

Paul.

 

 

You have sharp eyes! It's the transitional model!

/T

[northlodge]

"I'm sure there are someone out there who are wondering about the different colours available to the Parker 51 -line- This is a colour comparison (sadly I don't have a Nassau green (yet!) also the MKIII rage red and Turqoise are missing)):"

 

 

could this fit the bill? : ebay item 220699992725

[fibreglass_works]

You like to arrange them in Mk order,a Vac era order,DJ Vac era order and english order that? Thank you

[algabatz]

"I'm sure there are someone out there who are wondering about the different colours available to the Parker 51 -line- This is a colour comparison (sadly I don't have a Nassau green (yet!) also the MKIII rage red and Turqoise are missing)):"

 

 

could this fit the bill? : ebay item 220699992725

 

Would have, but I mis-spoke, I ment Rage red and Vista blue! can't find an image, but it's the same as the Special edition 51.

 

/T

(images below borrowed from Ernasto Soler's site:)

 

 

http://d2123501.u38.hosting-advantage.com/images/RageRed.jpg

 

 

http://parker51.com/images/p51blue.jpg

 

[algabatz]

Well a very kind FPN:er let me have a nice Nassau, thus completing my vac and aero colours (still missing a few MKIII's).

Here's a line-up, this time denoting which colours are which:

Click on the image if Your browser scales it down.

 

http://parkercollector.com/bilder/51--mark-collection.jpg

 

 

An in colour order:

 

http://parkercollector.com/bilder/51--colour-collection.jpg

 

Edited December 4, 2010 by algabatz

[Glenn-SC]

Well a very kind FPN:er let me have a nice Nassau, thus completing my vac and aero colours.

 

LET YOU HAVE!!???

 

Wait, that's not fair!

[baz666]

Hi Tony

 

I bet you a pound (or that Nassau green) that the cordovan in the pics was made in England!

 

Regards

Paul.

[algabatz]

Well a very kind FPN:er let me have a nice Nassau, thus completing my vac and aero colours.

 

LET YOU HAVE!!???

 

Wait, that's not fair!

 

Well... let me buy, is more correct. But I got a good price

 

/T

[NABodie]

Well a very kind FPN:er let me have a nice Nassau, thus completing my vac and aero colours.

 

LET YOU HAVE!!???

 

Wait, that's not fair!

 

Well... let me buy, is more correct. But I got a good price

 

/T

 

I was about to repost my set without the cedar, but I think I've got that nailed down.

Edited December 4, 2010 by NABodie

[Bill Smith]

Nice 51 collection, I have 17 of them, no Plum or Nassau green and only MK III.

[algabatz]

Nice 51 collection, I have 17 of them, no Plum or Nassau green and only MK III.

 

Let's see them!

 

 

I found my plum on Craigslist, described as aubergine, paid 55 bucks. I was happy, she was happy.

 

/T

[algabatz]

I was about to repost my set without the cedar, but I think I've got that nailed down.

 

I sooo want to have all the vac 51's with double jewels. They are so beautiful.

 

Right now I'm waiting for a cedar DJ (first year no less) that Ernesto Soler sold me. I'm very excited.

 

I was also very fortunate to be able to buy a Navy grey vac filler (no, not Dove!), also from a very kind FPN'er, which I'm also waiting for. I also need to find the Burgundy (not cordovan) vac to complete it all.

 

As a curiosity, the Navy grey in the picture above was actually my first Parker pen that got me started with this strange hobby.

 

I had always used Rotring's rapidograph pens for drawing and wanted to try a fountain pen for a more flexible line, so I bought a nice new Pelikan, which I was very happy with. I showed it off at work and a collegue named Sonesson said he had an old pen at home he could let me have. When he gave me the 51 I was a bit disappointed, not showing the nib I kind of thought that it wasn't a real fountain pen at all. About a month later I found one just like it in cordovan in an antique shop. I had them both restored and I was hooked. I even visited the restorer who taught me most of what I know about repairing pens.

 

Strange how things go.

 

This is an interesting topic... How about hi-jacking my own thread?

 

Let's hear Your story. How did You get started?

 

/Tony

Edited December 5, 2010 by algabatz