What Parkers Have Joined Your Collection Lately?

[TheRedBeard]

2 minutes ago, Estycollector said:

I have a matching BP with Ohto .5 mm 

I have found two matching BPs, too, but I'm not in rush on that now... 

[Estycollector]

26 minutes ago, TheRedBeard said:

I have found two matching BPs, too, but I'm not in rush on that now... 

I use it for addressing an envelope . 

[Carguy]

I have one just like that. It’s truly difficult for me to dislike the 45, as it is one of the better Parker writers, in my opinion.

 

Therefore, I have several……😇

[TheRedBeard]

49 minutes ago, Carguy said:

I have one just like that. It’s truly difficult for me to dislike the 45, as it is one of the better Parker writers, in my opinion.

 

Therefore, I have several……😇

I never said I disliked 45s... but it is just not among my favourite Parker models  

51 Aero, 75 and 61 Capillary are the ones which are always on top of my list  

 

 

[Carguy]

1 hour ago, TheRedBeard said:

I never said I disliked 45s... but it is just not among my favourite Parker models  

51 Aero, 75 and 61 Capillary are the ones which are always on top of my list  

 

 

My apologies if I seemed to indicate that you said you disliked 45’s…..that was intended SOLELY from my perspective, but didn’t come out right.

[TheRedBeard]

44 minutes ago, Carguy said:

My apologies if I seemed to indicate that you said you disliked 45’s…..that was intended SOLELY from my perspective, but didn’t come out right.

No problem at all  

BTW, this 45 Flighter is my first 45 in my collection  

[david-p]

For me also, the 45 is an excellent pen. Cheap, easy to dismantle and clean, good nibs that can be incredibly smooth. Personally, I like their looks also. Parker’s answer to the safari?  

 

David

[Bristol24]

On 8/15/2021 at 3:21 PM, david-p said:

For me also, the 45 is an excellent pen. Cheap, easy to dismantle and clean, good nibs that can be incredibly smooth. Personally, I like their looks also. Parker’s answer to the safari?  

 

David

I agree.  I have 4 45s and each one is smooth writing.  The ability to completely disassemble is a definite plus, especially when nano particles decide to congregate.  For some reason I don't care for the look all that much when it comes to daily carry in one's shirt pocket, I prefer the 51 or a more traditional, vintage look which brings me to the topic of this thread:

 

I recently added a 1937 Parker Parkette in black celluloid and am waiting for the arrival of one of the same vintage in red.  This will make a total of 3 Parkettes for me.  They represent the "everyman," mass market fountain pens of the Great Depression.  Properly restored they write nicely, look truly vintage and often start conversation.

 

Cliff

 

[david-p]

5 minutes ago, Bristol24 said:

I recently added a 1937 Parker Parkette in black celluloid and am waiting for the arrival of one of the same vintage in red.

 

Hi Cliff (again!),

 

I must look up the Parkette; I dont know it at all. I just received a Parker 180 with F/B nib, which is writing beautifully. I was surprised at how small it is, but I like its thinness (max. 9.45 mm) and the double nib arrangement.

 

 

 

 

David

[TheRedBeard]

On 8/8/2021 at 12:42 PM, Sheptonian said:

Thanks.

 

The P25 section is green:

 

 

I have eventually managed to buy this model in not bad condition, too  

[Bristol24]

2 hours ago, david-p said:

I must look up the Parkette; I dont know it at all. I just received a Parker 180 with F/B nib, which is writing beautifully. I was surprised at how small it is, but I like its thinness (max. 9.45 mm) and the double nib arrangement.

David, 

 

And I must look up the 180... The Parkette was Parker's effort to encroach on the dollar pen market by offering a pen at $1.25...with a lever filler.  All other Parkers used either the button filler or Vacumatic filler.  In a way it was a significant statement to Sheaffers, Waterman's and others that the filler Parker chose for their bottom of the line was the filler used by others for their tier one offerings...a sort of corporate "nerny, nerny, nerny.

 

Cliff

[david-p]

Cliff,

 

I cant resist sending some closeups of the nib (ruler in mm). The top side, where you see the Fine point.

 

 

And the under side, where you see the Broad point.  Both work very well.

 

 

 

David

 

 

 

 

 

[Bristol24]

15 minutes ago, david-p said:

Cliff,

 

I cant resist sending some closeups of the nib (ruler in mm). The top side, where you see the Fine point.

 

 

And the under side, where you see the Broad point.  Both work very well.

 

 

 

David

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmm....I may have to get one... Thanks!

 

Cliff

[inkstainedruth]

3 hours ago, Bristol24 said:

David, 

 

And I must look up the 180... The Parkette was Parker's effort to encroach on the dollar pen market by offering a pen at $1.25...with a lever filler.  All other Parkers used either the button filler or Vacumatic filler.  In a way it was a significant statement to Sheaffers, Waterman's and others that the filler Parker chose for their bottom of the line was the filler used by others for their tier one offerings...a sort of corporate "nerny, nerny, nerny.

 

Cliff

I have a Parkette that got retrofitted with the music nib and feed harvested off another pen.  I found a second one in an antiques store up in Warren, PA a few years ago in an Esterbook box for cheap (but I don't remember if that one is up and running again -- or, for that matter, where it is...  (OTOH I think I paid six bucks for it....  Okay, it turns out I did get it repaired at some point.  Now to think about putting it into rotation....

The Parkette with the replacement is actually a very attractive pen (red marble celluloid).  Does not look at all like a budget pen.   The other Parkette is black -- so sort of boring looking in comparison to the red one).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Carguy]

I have never had a Parkette or a 180. Been meaning to pick up a Parkette but doubt I’d like the 180….too slim for me I think.

[Carguy]

Should also say that I picked up the REMAKE of the Parkette from the 50’s once, and boy was that a mistake. One of the few pens I’ve thrown in the trash!

[Bristol24]

14 hours ago, Carguy said:

Should also say that I picked up the REMAKE of the Parkette from the 50’s once, and boy was that a mistake. One of the few pens I’ve thrown in the trash!

Actually, the only thing the 50s Parkette had in common with the depression era Parkette was the name.  It was a definite step down from the celluloid Parkettes of the 30s but make no mistake.  The depression era Parkette is a comparatively cheap pen, considering the maker's other offerings.  It was a "must do" in light of the economic circumstances.

 

Cliff

[Sheptonian]

On 8/17/2021 at 6:42 PM, TheRedBeard said:

 

I have eventually managed to buy this model in not bad condition, too  

 

Well done - the green suits the pen very well I think. 

 

An orange one would be interesting, too...

[Sheptonian]

23 hours ago, Carguy said:

Should also say that I picked up the REMAKE of the Parkette from the 50’s once, and boy was that a mistake. One of the few pens I’ve thrown in the trash!

 

I have just just bought a 1950 one out of curiosity as a representative of its kind.  I am sure I won't buy another.

 

 

 

 

 

[Carguy]

If the inside is missing or has a cracker sac nipple, then it can’t be fixed as I seem to remember. Mine was, hence it went into the trash. Even the nib was (bleep) and not worth salvaging