What Parker Are You Using This Day?

[Dr_P]

A 75 Sterling Silver, circa 1965, fine nib with Quink blue-black.

[moylek]

I'm using my new-to-me Parker 61 ...

 

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... which replaces the Parker 61 of my grandfather's which I've finally given up on (it's got too many problems).

 

I'd forgotten how grumpy a Parker 61 gets if it isn't fed and taken for walkies every day or so.

[owend]

I got a Sonnet a couple of months ago on eBay for £18, a never-used gift in brushed steel, which is lovely and smooth and has a pleasantly springy medium nib, but today it's a Parker 61 flighter, another never-used item I got on eBay a couple of weeks ago at £30. It's a very nice smooth writer, the line is slightly narrower than the Sonnet's medium although I can't see any mark on it. It starts first time, gives steady mid-wet line - I've been very impressed with both pens, and pleased with the prices !

 

Both currently fueled with Lamy blue-black.

[zerotester]

Beautiful Parker's!!

 

l have used Parker fountain pens since I was a primary school pupil and never cease to love them. I had a Hero from China as well - Parker, Sheaffer and Hero were very popular brands those days. Sorry, I know, this is a fountain pen forum; it sounds blasphemous if I say I'd like to share with you my most beloved ball point pens. But these 2, especially the English 45 on the right which was passed down to me from my father, are very much meaningful to me. My late father taught me a lot about writing instruments. The MD 925 sterling silver was from the other side of the English Channel.

 

 

 

[Waldenser]

Two of the adopted Rotring pens: Parker esprit Matte Chrome inked with Quink Washable Blue and Parker Esprit Black inked with Quink Black

[peterg]

A little red marble Televisor Junior that turned up this morning. A pleasant writer but nothing exciting (like more of my Parkers).

[lisadan]

I used my Parker 25 to write the grocery shopping list, and then at the store, to cross out the items I put in my cart.

[Rockyrod]

Something different for a change. At home is the 51 vac in buckskin but for work is a 51 set in cocoa with nice gf caps and loaded in diamine umber.

[Keepsake]

Parker 25 Stainless medium unmarked nib diamine havasu turquoise

 

Parker 25 Stainless fine marked nib parker quink permanent royal blue circa 1950's

 

Parker 45 Grey/silver "A" accountant nib noodler's zhiago

 

Parker 45 Black/silver "B" Broad nib diamine ancient copper

 

Parker 75 silver gran'd orge extra fine nib diamine grey

 

Keepsake

[usk15]

Today I'm using a Frankenpen: A Parker Big Red gold trimmings with Cross fine nib and blue ink cartridge. The pen look so classic and write so smooth and extra fine!

[Vendome]

Filled in my passport renewal form. Had to be in black ballpoint, so used my Parker Ad pen.

[inkstainedruth]

Today it's been a variety of Vectors (all UK made ones, as it happens -- I liked my original one so much I ended up buying four more, including a four-nib calligraphy set). I had inked up four of the five for people to sign a commemorative book for me last weekend, and put different iron gall inks in them to give folks the option of what color they wanted to use. So I have a lot of ink to use up....

Used the dry red F [3] nib for my morning journal entry (R&K Scabiosa); for the rest of the day for random notes and making an entry into the checkbook, it was my trusty old blue F nibbed firehose, "Perdita" (with R&K Salix), and the bright blue F nib (Organics Studio Aristotle). I also did a review for myself of Aristotle in my ink journal, and I'm trying to decide whether or not it merits a full bottle (at the moment the jury is still out).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[fountainpagan]

Vacumatic junior

 

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[georgeb]

Parker 25 stainless steel medium nib with Parker Blue/Black.

[NABodie]

Cedar blue Parker 51 with a sloppy wet B nib!

[PAKMAN]

Nice black 1951 Parker '51 fine nib with Lustraloy cap.

[b8amack]

Marking student assignments. Using my matte blue Urban inked with J. Herbin Rouge Caroubier.

[Chi Town]

Sorry for lack of a pic: But I am using a Santa Fe Style Custom "51" Made by Ralph Prather with a Hammered Cap and Turquoise trim, and the insides are no longer plastic, but Ralph made them into Brass!

Edited March 4, 2014 by Chi Town

[death89]

A lovely pair of '90s P15 GT's one Flighter one Black, lovely smooth pens I got for less than a tenner each on eBay (loaded with Quink Blue and Black respectively).

Edited March 4, 2014 by death89

[Eduardo]

Parker Classic Flighter GT

Parker 180 Flighter GT