One Pen One Month Challenge

[sandy101]

I'm glad you enjoyed the challenge and got so much out of it.

 

 

[51ISH]

I'm not really 'up to date' with prices of pens but thought I'd just mention Amazon UK has Parker 51's starting at £44.44 which looks a pretty good deal compared to other retailers at present.

[51ISH]

On 2/22/2023 at 4:35 PM, Mercian said:

The Fountain Pen Network - you will never find a more-friendly hive of hints and Enabling 😁

 

On which note…

 

…if you are intent on using only dye-based inks (not iron-galls or pigment-based inks), and you like the styling of your c/c 51, I strongly recommend the purchase of a 1950s aerometric-filled Parker “51”.
(The 1950s pens were machined out of ‘Lucite’, not injection-moulded from polystyrene like the 1970s ones were, and their ‘pli-glass’ plastic sacs are, it seems, eternal).

 

If one is using dye-based inks, I regard the aerometric-fill “51” as still being the ‘ultimate writing machine’.

The original “51” is perfectly-balanced, lightweight, and reliable - they were totally ‘over-engineered’.
I own two of them. Other people here own many more than just two.

The nearest current equivalent would be the Lamy 2000 - but some people find the 2000 to be rather ‘nose-heavy’, and the choice of colours isn’t exactly ‘huge’ 😉

The various Chinese knock-offs of ‘homages to’ the “51” are not made to anything like the same quality - but they are much less expensive.

The “51” was made in huge numbers, in a few different colours, and with a few different cap-styles (some gold-filled, some stainless steel, some patterned). And with nibs ranging from F to B, including obliques.

One can find them in very good condition on auction sites for less than the cost of the current-production c/c 51.

 

Next time you find that you have some money ‘burning a hole in your pocket’, you could do far worse than investigating the “51” 😉

What Mercian said...👍