What Parkers Have Joined Your Collection Lately?

[Bo Bo Olson]

Not joined, but seen.

Today, I saw my first P-21, and now know why I always thought there were two versions of the P-45, one with a round P-51 type of barrel. From my '58 4th grade starting with fountain pens it was around as a school pen. The P-21 that had a barrel that looked like the P-51, and the other with the regular tapered barrel of the P-45.

The P-21 had somewhat off from expected, and not too prominent, triangular gripping surfaces on the front section.

[inkstainedruth]

2 hours ago, Sheptonian said:

 

@inkstainedruth OK: Apologies for the scribble but you did ask.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks! 

What are the inks in the two pens?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Runnin_Ute]

A Slimfold arrived this week. Broad nib. Bought it from Teri at Peyton Street Pens. 

[Sheptonian]

12 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Thanks! 

What are the inks in the two pens?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Well now, the P61 is my much-loved yet abused day-to-day workhorse that hardly ever gets cleaned-out properly. Whenever the ink runs out it gets whichever variety of blue Quink is in the spare cartridge that I keep in my laptop bag so it is hard to say, really, beyond "blue Quink", what that blue is actually made up of.

 

Knowing your interest in inks I should have found a converter for the Slimfold and used my only posh ink (Diamine Imperial Blue) but I didn't. There was a cartridge to hand so I am afraid that it is simply Quink washable blue of unknown vintage. 

[Sheptonian]

6 hours ago, Runnin_Ute said:

A Slimfold arrived this week. Broad nib. Bought it from Teri at Peyton Street Pens. 

 

Oh, that's rather nice. 

 

It is great to see a Slimfold without the fading to the colour that you find often with the Newhaven aerometric Duofolds. And English Broad nibs really are quite broad...

[mitto]

This just landed at my doorstep.  A Canadian Arrow with black section and green barrel in pristine condition. 

 

[jchch1950]

Thank you for posting the photos of your new pen. It is an uncommon writing instrument.