Is This Normal For The Parker Premier?

[Megaten]

Hello all. I want you to take a look at the picture. Is the jewel supposed to have a gap between itself and the edge? It feels rough when I rub my finger across. I almost feel like a piece came off. Other premiers I have seen dont have this rough looking tassie though I have seen some with the gap. Thanks.

[alexwi]

Hi!

 

The picture's blurry, so I can't tell what you mean when you mention a gap or say that it's rough.

 

I rubbed my thumb on the finial on mine (outward from the center) and the inner edge of the golden part does feel sharp.

 

Hope that helps!

 

alex

[Megaten]

Hi!

 

The picture's blurry, so I can't tell what you mean when you mention a gap or say that it's rough.

 

I rubbed my thumb on the finial on mine (outward from the center) and the inner edge of the golden part does feel sharp.

 

Hope that helps!

 

alex

Thanks for the response. I guess what I mean is that between the black jewel and the edge there is a chasm. You see the two rings in my picture? There is a chasm between them. I dont see this on other parker premiers. Thanks

[baz666]

The cap was originally fitted to a Premier Rollerball, if yours is a Fountain pen.

I believe Premier Pencils were the same.

Edited May 5, 2020 by baz666

[Megaten]

The cap was originally fitted to a Premier Rollerball, if yours is a Fountain pen.

I believe Premier Pencils were the same.

Yes actually my pen is a roller ball. Is the top just different from the fountain pen? I noticed on the fountain pens they seem to have a smoother looking top part of the tassie. Perhaps Parker did this so that a person can discern between roller and fountain pen? Thanks.

[baz666]

That's exactly right.
These pictures are of a new old stock boxed set I used to own.
If I recall correctly, the pencils have similar tassies, for differentiating from the ball pen.

 

 

 

 

Paul.

[alexwi]

Hi,

 

I don't have a roller ball. These are from my fountain pen, in case it helps:

 

 

[welch]

I have a couple Parker 75 Premiers. I never though of the cap jewel as rough, but, under a loop, they look pretty much like the example Alex has shown.

[Megaten]

That's exactly right.

These pictures are of a new old stock boxed set I used to own.

If I recall correctly, the pencils have similar tassies, for differentiating from the ball pen.

 

 

 

 

Paul.

I see. Thank you. Have you seen more than one instance of the premier roller ball having this difference?

[alexwi]

I see. Thank you. Have you seen more than one instance of the premier roller ball having this difference?

 

Yes actually my pen is a roller ball. Is the top just different from the fountain pen? I noticed on the fountain pens they seem to have a smoother looking top part of the tassie. Perhaps Parker did this so that a person can discern between roller and fountain pen? Thanks.

 

Considering that the Premier isn't but a souped-up version of the Parker 75, you can convert a roller-ball into a fountain pen (and vice-versa) simply by replacing the section (and dropping a spacer into the barrel for roller-ball use), it makes no sense, from a production perspective, to make the tassies different for fountain pens and roller-ball pens.

 

I can see them doing slightly different tassies for pencils and ballpoints only, if at all.

 

Alex

[Megaten]

 

 

Considering that the Premier isn't but a souped-up version of the Parker 75, you can convert a roller-ball into a fountain pen (and vice-versa) simply by replacing the section (and dropping a spacer into the barrel for roller-ball use), it makes no sense, from a production perspective, to make the tassies different for fountain pens and roller-ball pens.

 

I can see them doing slightly different tassies for pencils and ballpoints only, if at all.

 

Alex

I understand your reasoning, but in baz666's post they show that the rollerball and fountain pen have different cap tassies when comparing the two photos, so I found that odd. My tassie looks like the first picture.