What's My Parker?

[Ian the Jock]

Having recently bought an early 45 flighter, and liking it very much, I decided to maybe get some more.

so

I bought a set consisting of a FP and a BP, with the intention of giving the ball pen to my lovely wife, a kind of his n' hers type thing.

The pens are a lovely Royal blue and were listed as Parker 45 (1970).

What got me is that it doesn't say 45 on them anywhere, and wanted to find out if it is actually a 45.

I know that the year is about right as the clip screw on both is an "inverted" cone which I read on a brilliant webpage for time dating Parkers, and I unfortunately haven't been able to find again.

So is this a 45, and am I right about the "dating" using the clip screw method?

If so, then it's a big bonus as these pens would be from my wifes' birth year, which would be nice.

 

Any help or info would be greatly appreciated.

cheers

Ian

 

 

[Wahl]

It is a 45. Can´t say about the dating.

[titrisol]

The Screw-on cap is not part of the 45 line.... I searched in the archives and found this:
https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/202716-screw-cap-parker-45/

 

May it be a slimfold?

http://parkercollector.com/slimfold.html

 

And in late 1971 the New Slimfold was introduced, also made in the UK. It was re-designed much in the manner of the Parker "45", but shorter, 122 millimeters with the cap on, as compared to the Parker "45" which was 136 millimeters in lenght. It also had the Parker "45" nib assembly and clip and since both pens are cartridge fillers the most significant difference is the screw-on cap of the New Slimfold, as opposed to the slip-on cap of the Parker "45".

[Chouffleur]

Going by the photos on parkerpens.net: http://parkerpens.net/parker45.html

 

Might it be a "45 TX from 1980"? That one seems to share the thin barrel-end ring with yours.

[northstar]

Parker New slimfold, enjoy it

[corgicoupe]

If it is the 45 TX blue, Peter Twydle says, "One of the more collectible of the Parker 45s". Fountain Pens, pg 87.

[Sheshka]

+1 for Parker New Slimfold

 

http://pencollect.co.uk/parker45.htm

 

There's a note about their similarity toward the top, but a side by side showing how similar the pair are at the bottom. I've received one sold as a 45 before, too! Not a bad find

[Ian the Jock]

Happy days

I'd agree that it's a "New Slimfold", a later GT with the gold end cap.

Now these ARE pens I'd be up for collecting.

It's been a bit of a "grab" if the truth be told.

The only ones I'm seeing for sale are the CT versions and are up for more than double or more than I paid for both the FP & BP including shipping.

As I said

 

Happy days.

[hood]

I love these New Slimfolds, I've got three GT models, the blue, black and burgundy. I just like them a lot more than the all plastic 45s even though they're so similar, they seem to feel better in my hand. Two of them have wonderful nibs, one a fine and the other a medium, but they're different to any other F and M 45 nibs I've used, the tips seem to have a slightly different profile which makes them a little finer ordinarily, but they're also slightly springy which gives them a lovely expressiveness in normal writing. I've heard there was also a green model, which would be in keeping with the colours of the earlier Slimfolds, and the rest of the English Aerometric Duofolds.

[mitto]

Parker New slimfold, enjoy it

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