What Parkers Have Joined Your Collection Lately?

[como]

10 hours ago, Sean1957 said:

Just arrived a little Christmas present to myself. Mandarin yellow lucky curve set. Both pen and pencil in beautiful condition 

@Sean1957 Beautiful and iconic! Congratulations! Enjoy it in good health and good time!

[Hbanger]

I just got my first burgundy pearl vacumatic, it’s a Canadian Junior,  dated second quarter 1952 with the correct nib. The colors on these sure are vibrant. 

[Sean1957]

Very nice indeed l

[fireant]

This is gorgeous.

[mitto]

These. Purchased as a lot. But are still in the mail. 

 

[camoandconcrete]

I got this beautiful Burgundy Pearl Maxima from my family on Christmas. The pen is an absolute joy to write and draw with.

[Paul-in-SF]

53 minutes ago, camoandconcrete said:

I got this beautiful Burgundy Pearl Maxima from my family on Christmas. The pen is an absolute joy to write and draw with.

 

What a wonderful family that knows your interests well enough to find a beautiful pen like this. To my mind, better than the actual gift. 

[Carguy]

I picked up a turquoise 61 capillary simply because I wanted the rainbow cap that was on it. That being said, it arrived with obvious signs of having been inked and of course dried out. I filled it with water and some Rapid Eze intending to clean it out, but it started writing REALLY well, so I simply added some Serenity Blue and will leave it inked.

 

I am simply amazed with how much luck I’ve had with these capillary fillers….knock on wood!

[camoandconcrete]

22 hours ago, Paul-in-SF said:

 

What a wonderful family that knows your interests well enough to find a beautiful pen like this. To my mind, better than the actual gift. 

I completely agree. I was very surprised and touched to see the thought they put in to finding such a pen.

[Michael Jennings]

A Parker "Depression" button filer from the 1930's ? [ The nib is marked: "PARKER PEN" "MADE IN USA" "45"] The nib is a medium stub and fairly soft. Fantastic writer with great line character.

Anyone know what the "45" signifies? Could it be a mid 1940's marking?

[FarmBoy]

4th Quarter 1935

[inkstainedruth]

15 hours ago, Carguy said:

I picked up a turquoise 61 capillary simply because I wanted the rainbow cap that was on it. That being said, it arrived with obvious signs of having been inked and of course dried out. I filled it with water and some Rapid Eze intending to clean it out, but it started writing REALLY well, so I simply added some Serenity Blue and will leave it inked.

 

I am simply amazed with how much luck I’ve had with these capillary fillers….knock on wood!

The capillary fillers hold a tremendous amount of ink.  I used my first 61 for several months, just on reconstituting the dried ink when the pen ran dry, until the ink was too diluted to be legible on the page.

I just wish that the material used for the barrels was that robust....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[FarmBoy]

1 hour ago, inkstainedruth said:

The capillary fillers hold a tremendous amount of ink.  I used my first 61 for several months, just on reconstituting the dried ink when the pen ran dry, until the ink was too diluted to be legible on the page.

I just wish that the material used for the barrels was that robust....  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Go with the metal pens vs plastic. 

[Carguy]

I’ve been lucky. Had a 61 BP pen crack, but never had a FP crack….yet (knocks on wood)

[titrisol]

Parker 45 flighter FP+Pencil set
The FP has a EF or A nib, can't tell from the collar as the nib unit was mangled

[inkstainedruth]

On 12/29/2021 at 3:08 PM, FarmBoy said:

Go with the metal pens vs plastic. 

I've never run across any of the metal body 61s.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[mitto]

3 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

I've never run across any of the metal body 61s.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Here are a few. 

The two on the left are C/C though. The flighter GT at #3 (from left) and the Insignia FP+BP set on the far right are capillary fillers.

 

[jchch1950]

mitto: are the caps and barrels of the cartridge/converter and the capillary fillers interchangeable? 

[mitto]

29 minutes ago, jchch1950 said:

mitto: are the caps and barrels of the cartridge/converter and the capillary fillers interchangeable? 

 

The caps are interchangable. But the barrels are not. 

[jchch1950]

mitto:thank you for the information and photo.😃