Show Us Your Parker 45

[Rockyrod]

Can anyone here identify this UK made 45? It has a blue metal body with a wonderful B nib.

 

 

[jeffuk]

I have a bunch of 45's,nothing special except for perhaps this one,its an original Parker Demo with a 14k nib

 

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/2883/45demo.jpg

[adamon]

Can anyone here identify this UK made 45? It has a blue metal body with a wonderful B nib.

 

 

 

Parker 45 TX

[Penny Lane]

Another one:

 

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5311/6910145358_b2fd57369a_z.jpg

Parker 45 by bimmer1502, on Flickr

 

Derk

[Left FPN]

This is all I have...a box

 

[baz666]

That box looks very sad on it's own

 

Do you want me to send you a Parker 45 to fit in it ?

 

 

 

Paul.

[gardener]

This is all I have...a box

 

Aaaaahhhh This is all I have - only one P45!

[Tom Aquinas]

What a beautiful collection. I have a few only (5). All fighters, because that is what I like. Can I ask you. Couple of quick questions please!

1. The fighters with a button (or do you call it a tassie) at tha end of the barrel feel heavier and in my case at least seem to be better made than the ones with no button at the end. Even the threads of these feel cheap and grate while closing the barrel. Do you have the same feel?

2. What would / should be the price of all gold with black button end barrel, straight lines pattern? I am asking because I amtaken with that pen but the only one I could find is being sold for about $220 NOS condition. Do you think that to be a good price, a deal or too expensive?

Thanks

Indeed a beautiful collection, of which you should be proud to have put together. I haunt charity shops. It is amazing what can be found there. Recently I saw a "job lot" of a P21 with a burgandy barrel, gold filled cap burgandy P45 and a late 1940's early 1950s black body and gold faced Shaeffer Valiant. All had good nibs so I picked them up for a total of $A10. The P21 turned out to be a P51 with a P21 barrel. I was told the P45 "blobs ink". The nib needed screwing in properly. The P51 has a magnificent nib . The P45 is a fun pen and even the original rubber converter is in good nick.

 

Best wishes

 

Tom Aquinas

[sexauerw]

I put together this set. The base came from eBay, obviously somebody's home-built job. Then I found a pen to fit it at the Portland Pen Show a few years ago.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pentrace%20Sundays/Parker45PropellerDeskSet.jpg

[Rockyrod]

The base came from eBay, obviously somebody's home-built job.

 

I think it is cool looking, something different from the usual Parker mass production line.

[Left FPN]

Aaaaahhhh This is all I have - only one P45!

 

Thanks but I must draw the line line at Waterman pens.

[sexauerw]

The base came from eBay, obviously somebody's home-built job.

 

I think it is cool looking, something different from the usual Parker mass production line.

 

Yes, that's exactly why I bought the base. It came with a Sheaffer Touchdown pen which did not fit properly so I had to find a base for that pen as well as finding a pen for the propeller base. Since I enjoy boating the little marine propeller makes me smile every time I look at it public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif

[baz666]

Aaaaahhhh This is all I have - only one P45!

 

Thanks but I must draw the line line at Waterman pens.

 

 

You don't know what you are missing

 

Paul.

[OcalaFlGuy]

I've got several 45's. No real high cachet ones like the Tx (would like, give me please) or Coronet but a few UK Arrows, USA Deluxei, a NOS all stainless Flighter and a Gold end, GT Flighter.

 

Where some of mine differ from the status quo a bit is they can do tricks. After being trained by Mike Mausyama or Pendleton Brown.

 

Yeah, OK, I paid as much for the trick training as I did the pen but I also ended up with a very sturdy, perfect writing vintage pen with a gold nib ground and flowed exactly like I like it. For around $50 or so. That works just fine for me.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

 

[baz666]

I put together this set. The base came from eBay, obviously somebody's home-built job. Then I found a pen to fit it at the Portland Pen Show a few years ago.

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j66/sexauerw/Pentrace%20Sundays/Parker45PropellerDeskSet.jpg

 

 

I got one like this,

Don't know if it is original Parker, but it looks right enough.

 

http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.barrell/pics/45ds1.JPG

 

http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.barrell/pics/45ds2.JPG

 

Regards

Paul.

[Left FPN]

Aaaaahhhh This is all I have - only one P45!

 

Thanks but I must draw the line line at Waterman pens.

 

 

You don't know what you are missing

 

Paul.

 

No, I have an Edson

[M@rtin]

Made in Argentina...

 

 

 

 

[Tom Heath]

Here my P45 collection (not yet complete, but I'm still working on):

 

 

 

 

Love your selection

 

The Annodized Metal finished pens are among my favorite 45's

Thanks for sharing

Tom Heath

[Tom Heath]

Parker 45s (along with my Parker 21s) have been my all-around daily writers for several years now. Inherited a few from my Dad. 45s are very smooth writers and are "wet" writers with good ink flow, I've never had skips when writing with 45s. They are pretty reliable.

 

Guys, show us your 45s.

Why not?

 

 

 

Why not indeed!

 

Here are "some" of mine.

 

http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.barrell/pics/1.JPG

 

http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.barrell/pics/2.JPG

 

http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.barrell/pics/45brocade.JPG

 

http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.barrell/pics/45coronets.JPG

 

http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.barrell/pics/h2.JPG

 

 

As you can see, I quite like Parker 45`s

 

Regards

Paul.

 

Paul all I can say is :notworthy1: & :thumbup: Then WOW

 

Tom Heath

[baz666]

Aaaaahhhh This is all I have - only one P45!

 

Thanks but I must draw the line line at Waterman pens.

 

 

You don't know what you are missing

 

Paul.

 

No, I have an Edson

 

Yea, had one of them, sold it