Thank You

[sandy101]

Can I just say thank you to everyone on this forum - and the folk who manage it, and put it together.

 

It is a joy, and a pleasure to share this positive forum with you.

 

Today, I just realised that the Parker Duofold Pen I recently inherited (found discarded in a drawer - no-one else knew what it was, so I took it on the ground that being an FP, I would at least get some use out of it) from my recently deceased grandfather may actually tie in with his Naval service at Newhaven in the Second World War. He did not talk much about his service (in fact he only mentioned it in his last years) but after his death we found his records which showed when he had been stationed in Newhaven (and I heard a story about my grandmother travelling to Eastbourne to see him). It's only someone told me the pen was made in Newhaven up until 1945 that something clicked (the Royal Navy's names for Newhaven was HMS Aggressive & later HMS Forward II, which might explain my confusion)

 

The patience & helpfulness in the way this forum greets fellow travellers (who may be asking the same question for the umpteenth time) is inspiring.

 

 

 

[jar]

Family heirlooms be really neat. Enjoy it every chance you get.

[sandy101]

If it hadn't been for this forum, the pen would have just been an old fashioned piece of discarded junk in a drawer.

 

When I unscrewed it, the dust from the sac fell onto the table.

 

I took it, because no-one else had a use for it, as I'm the only one with bottles of ink.

[PS104]

Family heirlooms be really neat. Enjoy it every chance you get.

+1

The sac can be replaced. Your grandfather's pen can never be replaced

[inkstainedruth]

You're so lucky. I wish I had a memento like that from my grandfather (I remember when I was a kid playing with what, in retrospect, may have been a pen/pencil combo, but of course it's long gone now ). The closest I have is the pen that may have belonged to my husband's grandfather (my mother-in-law found it in a box a little over a year ago and gave it to me because she knows I like fountain pens). I had to find a replacement cap, and I still need to get the pen serviced at some point, but then I'd like if at all possible to keep it in my husband's family.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[estie1948]

I am so glad you have your grandfather's pen and have been able to make such meaningful connections with it and your grandfather's naval service. I think that is so fantastic. Imagine him using the pen and never thinking for a moment that it would serve to tie him to his grandchild. I thank you for sharing your pen story with us.

 

-David (Estie).

[peterg]

Have you still got the pressure bar in the pen? If so I can resac it for you (London based).