Which Model Is This Parker Pen?

[MyriamV]

Richard: You can still buy the metal cartridge converter with a sac? Where would I find them?

 

Savory Goodness: I guess cartridges would be another way of doing it and they would hold more ink than the converter. However, they seem to be hard to find and then which ones to get, the short or the long ones? I'm sure the short ones would fit, but the long ones? --- I know I'd love the weight of that pen, but it's my husband's. Maybe I'll get lucky and be able to use it once in a while.

[richardandtracy]

Where can you get them..?
Wherever they turn up. I have seen a number at pen shows, on E-Bay (usually in the US) and in second hand shops.

 

Ah yes. I must add that they do not fit in the IM or Vector pens.

 

The squeezy convertor is the same size a Parker large cartridge (the only size they made when the pen was in production)

 

Regards,

 

Richard

[MyriamV]

Thanks Richard. I'll keep my eyes open for those squeezy metal cartridge converters, I guess it wouldn't hurt to have an extra one on hand. I might just get some large cartridges as well when I find them. They would surely hold more ink than the piston converter.

[Lefthander]

That's a beautiful pen. I bought mine new back in the early 1970s and it came with a nib adjustment tool. You've noticed the 3 triangular pads where you hold the pen to write. With forefinger and thumb on the ribbed pads, the middle finger naturally supports the pen using the 3rd pad (not ribbed). When held in this manner the nib may not make proper contact with the paper surface. The nib adjustment tool allows the owner to turn the nib so that it makes proper contact with the paper while the pen is held properly. These adjustment tools are still available if you look around, even though the prices have gone up over the years, probably as fewer are available. Just google "Parker 75 nib adjustment tool" and you should find one. You may or may not need the tool. It may work for you as is. Regardless, don't try to adjust or turn the nib without it as you could damage the nib.

 

Congratulations on a wonderful find!