What Parker Are You Using This Day?

[mitto]

Parker 45 GT 14 k gold nib made in USA.

[Eduardo]

My Parker fleet...

 

http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc383/edulpj/IMG_20141130_121705115_zpsbf55d7bf.jpg

 

From left to right...

 

1st row: Parker 21 Mk I, Parker 21 Mk II, Parker 21 Super, Parker 41, Parker 45 std, Parker 45 Flighter, Parker 45 Insignia, Parker 45 Arrow GT, Parker 51 Special, Parker 51 Mk III Flighter CT, Parker 61 Capillary, Parker 61 C/C JetFlighter

 

2nd row: Parker 75 Flighter GT, Parker 180 Flighter GT, Parker Classic Flighter GT, Parker Sonnet Mk I Flighter CT, Parker Latitude Flighter GT, Parker Frontier, Parker Striped Duofold button filler

 

Enjoy!

[Matlock]

Parker 51 Demi Aero. Have just finished using Quink Black and pen is being flushed for something more exotic.

[Captivelight]

http://pencollect.co.uk/personal/IMG2649.jpg

[inkstainedruth]

1948 Cedar Blue 51 Vac with diluted Akkerman #19 (for my morning journal until it ran out of ink ).

1938-42 (? the date code has worn off) Vacumatic Brown Shadow Wave Debutante (I think) with diluted unknown blue ink (some random note-taking).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Matlock]

1954 51 Aerometric with Parker Quink Blue

[siopaopei]

Black Parker 51 (Medium) with Burma Road Brown.

[Runnin_Ute]

I have used both my 45 Flighter 14k M and my black 51 Special F

[Mookli]

Parker international with SuSeMai Red Cashmeere

 

 

http://www.maryhatay.com/Mark/Fountain-Pens/Mixed-Pens/i-LrGms9d/0/X2/penmanship2-X2.jpg

 

http://www.maryhatay.com/Mark/Fountain-Pens/Mixed-Pens/i-B6wwwZ5/0/L/IMG_0337-L.jpg

[lisadan]

Parker Insignia

[bsenn]

Mookli - That is too cool!

 

Brian

[Rockyrod]

1970's era Parker Falcon in brown. Not usually one of my favorites but something different than my usual flock of 51's running about. I can always pretend that it is a T-1 which I would never bring to work.

[pajaro]

Balck Sonnet CT with 18K EF.

[gweimer1]

I just got another Parker 51 in the mail. I have a perfectly fine 1947 Parker 51 vac, with the first year cap and black jewel. I'm not sure how I managed, but it cost me all of $19. It's another addition to my gray Parker collection.

[mitto]

Parker latitude icy silver CT.

[Amberjack]

Black Parker 51 (Medium) with Burma Road Brown.

 

Another BRB fan - one of my favorites too. I tend to ink up my 1940s pens with it since it's a 'v-mail' ink.

 

I'm using the 1950 UK Parker Victory (F nib) today inked with Quink Blue-Black. Very traditional.

 

Jack

Edited December 9, 2014 by Amberjack

[TeaHive]

My Duofold Juniorette in Moderne Green and Pearl arrived today. I just need to clean out the blue ink residue the seller used for a writing sample, fill her up with something more aesthetically pleasing, and write on!

[siopaopei]

 

Another BRB fan - one of my favorites too. I tend to ink up my 1940s pens with it since it's a 'v-mail' ink.

 

I'm using the 1950 UK Parker Victory (F nib) today inked with Quink Blue-Black. Very traditional.

 

Jack

I absolutely love BRB. I love how sometimes you just can't tell at first glance if it's green or brown. Haha. What does v-mail mean?

[Matlock]

Victory Mail, more commonly known as V-Mail, operated during World War II to expedite mail service for American armed forces overseas. Moving the rapidly expanding volume of wartime mail posed hefty problems for the Post Office, War, and Navy Departments. Officials sought to reduce the bulk and weight of letters, and found a model in the British Airgraph Service started in 1941 that microfilmed messages for dispatch.

V-Mail used standardized stationery and microfilm processing to produce lighter, smaller cargo. Space was made available for other war supplies and more letters could reach military personnel faster around the globe.

This new mode of messaging launched on June 15, 1942. V-Mail assisted with logistical issues while acknowledging the value of communication. In 41 months of operation, letter writers using the system helped provide a significant lifeline between the frontlines and home.

“The Post Office, War, and Navy Departments realize fully that frequent and rapid communication with parents, associates, and other loved ones strengthens fortitude, enlivens patriotism makes loneliness endurable, and inspires to even greater devotion the men and women who are carrying on our fight far from home and friends. We know that the good effect of expeditious mail service on those of us at home is immeasurable” (Annual Report to the Postmaster General, 1942).

[pajaro]

 

Victory Mail, more commonly known as V-Mail, operated during World War II to expedite mail service for American armed forces overseas. Moving the rapidly expanding volume of wartime mail posed hefty problems for the Post Office, War, and Navy Departments. Officials sought to reduce the bulk and weight of letters, and found a model in the British Airgraph Service started in 1941 that microfilmed messages for dispatch.

V-Mail used standardized stationery and microfilm processing to produce lighter, smaller cargo. Space was made available for other war supplies and more letters could reach military personnel faster around the globe.

This new mode of messaging launched on June 15, 1942. V-Mail assisted with logistical issues while acknowledging the value of communication. In 41 months of operation, letter writers using the system helped provide a significant lifeline between the frontlines and home.

“The Post Office, War, and Navy Departments realize fully that frequent and rapid communication with parents, associates, and other loved ones strengthens fortitude, enlivens patriotism makes loneliness endurable, and inspires to even greater devotion the men and women who are carrying on our fight far from home and friends. We know that the good effect of expeditious mail service on those of us at home is immeasurable” (Annual Report to the Postmaster General, 1942).

 

 

I think my parents had some of this stuff. Mainly, though, they used airmail. Some high value airmail stamps found their way into my stamp collection.

 

So, what Parker pen are you using today? Right forum?