Gadget To Adapt A "51" For A Cartridge Converter

[Ron Z]

Just a suggestion....

 

If your 51 has an 0-ring, take a Q-tip and apply a little silicone grease right at the end of the hood, all the way around, where the 0-ring makes contact before you screw it on. Just the open end, not the threads. This will allow the hood to slide easily over the 0-ring instead of binding, which puts outward pressure on the somewhat fragile edge of the shell.

 

...and when I say "A little," I do mean a little.

[pajaro]

Too bad the guy who made the device to use a converter didn't make it out of some durable resin. It is an interesting curiosity. Parker 51 ephemera.

[Ron Z]

Too bad the guy who made the device to use a converter didn't make it out of some durable resin. It is an interesting curiosity. Parker 51 ephemera.

 

Delrin or even better, PEEK would be ideal, though PEEK would be more expensive than brass. It is available in black.

[pajaro]

 

Delrin or even better, PEEK would be ideal, though PEEK would be more expensive than brass. It is available in black.

Maybe the guy who made the brass item will make an adapter in PEEK or in delrin. Although I think it is nearly impossible to beat the Parker 51 aero, I remember using the C/C pen I had had, and wondering why the flow of ink wasn't as good as the aero. Old Griz, God rest his noble soul, explained it. I wondered if with this device it would be different. .