What Parkers Have Joined Your Collection Lately?

[inkstainedruth]

On 9/25/2023 at 6:03 PM, cat74 said:

I too think a Blue Pearl version is on the future wish list!!

Yeah, there are some Vac colors I'm not particularly interested in -- but I have TWO in Azure Blue Pearl -- a 3rd Gen Sub-Debutante and a Speedline filler (!) that I THINK is a Slender which has the the striped finials; for the longest time I didn't realize that they even MADE that color in anything but 3rd Gen models, and then got really lucky at the Ohio Pen Show one year.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[mariom]

My latest addition is (another....) P51. This is an English made teal which I bought primarily for the generous broad nib, although the attractive price was also a factor.

 

 

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

10 hours ago, mariom said:

My latest addition is (another....) P51. This is an English made teal which I bought primarily for the generous broad nib, although the attractive price was also a factor.

 

 

Very nice nib

[inkstainedruth]

16 hours ago, mariom said:

My latest addition is (another....) P51. This is an English made teal which I bought primarily for the generous broad nib, although the attractive price was also a factor.

 

 

Very nice!  None of my 51s has a B (although the Navy Grey 51 Aero supposedly has a IB nib (I suspect it's more of an IM myself).  And of course the 51 Vacs tend to run the gamut from EF to M.... I think (that "M" is iffy).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

edited for typos

[mariom]

3 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Very nice!  None of my 51s has a B (although the Navy Grey 51 Aero supposedly has a IB nib (I suspect it's more of an IM myself).  And of course the 51 Vacs tend to run the gamut from EF to M.... I think (that "M" is iffy).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

edited for typos

 

Yes @inkstainedruth, sizing with 51s is a bit arbitrary given that I've never seen one marked with a size. I have another one whose nib is either a broad or a factory stub - I can't decide which.

 

I think the broads were a bit more common in the English made 51s. Many 51s found in Australia originated there, probably due to more favorable import conditions given the relationship between Australia and the "mother country".

[inkstainedruth]

The Navy Grey 51 Aero is a UK-production pen.  So that would make sense -- I seem to remember reading elsewhere (in another thread) that the 51s made at the UK facility tended to have broader nibs in general than the Janesville production ones.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[JotterAddict62]

I was at an auction last week and picked up 3 vintage brown leather pen cases. I missed out on the Parker Pen clock that was there. I did not want to pay a whole lot

 

and the bidding for items was messed up. Random items [ unrelated ] for choice that were on small card tables. You did not know who was bidding on what.

 

The Parker Pen clock was on a table with two beer light signs and other items. I  bid to $75 and let the 1st round go for $85 and there went the clock.

[Armo]

The price was right. A UK burgundy 51 Aerometric MkII with rolled gold jewelled cap.

[PAKMAN]

Odd duck Parker DecoVvac  DoriVac??

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

On 10/5/2023 at 9:44 AM, Armo said:

The price was right. A UK burgundy 51 Aerometric MkII with rolled gold jewelled cap.

 

On 10/5/2023 at 10:35 AM, PAKMAN said:

Odd duck Parker DecoVvac  DoriVac??

Both beautiful pens. Congrats to both of you

[Paul-in-SF]

My most recent Parker is a Centennial Prestige Burgundy Chevron (as it was listed -- is "Prestige" part of the model name for these pens?) with a Medium nib. I loaded it with Papier Plume Tutti Frutti, a very pinkish red ink, for no other reason than the fairly wet nib, which would allow the ink to show up legibly on a page. I'm not sure how much I like it, since it is a lacquered metal pen, which I am not usually fond of. But it feels all right in the hand, so I'm trying to give it a fair shot. I do dislike the cap "ring" from this era. 

[mitto]

Fresh purchases. P51s. Both aero and vacs. 

[mitto]

Todays find. Will be shipped tomorrow. A P51 C/C and a P65 / P61 pencil pair. In a Moden Parker wooden box.  Judging by the tapering feathers of the FP clip, I think it may be a Newhaven production. 

Pictures are from seller. 

 

[inkstainedruth]

Nice find.  Is that a B nib I'm seeing in the photos?  Or even a BB? 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Carguy]

Sure looks like a beautiful B nib to me. I don’t know that I’ve ever physically seen a c/c 51. You would think there would be more of them floating around wouldn’t you?

[jchch1950]

On 10/7/2023 at 3:28 PM, mitto said:

Fresh purchases. P51s. Both aero and vacs. 

What a nice amount of Parker 51. Congratulations.

[donnweinberg]

I just received these Parkers from *everything on Ebay (also related to penpartsstore) in Buenos Aires, Argentina:

 

PARKER 45 Hammered Metal FP (no clip) and BP

 

 

 

 

 

 

VARIOUS PARKER 51 PENS/PENCILS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[br549]

A Parker 51 Signet. No date code on the barrel, but it has the "press 4 times" filler sleeve. 

[mitto]

These. The picture is of the pens after I finished restoring / polishing them. 

 

[TheRedBeard]

14 hours ago, br549 said:

A Parker 51 Signet. No date code on the barrel, but it has the "press 4 times" filler sleeve. 

Beautiful one, indeed