Collecting Parker 100

[TheRedBeard]

On 12/1/2022 at 2:07 AM, John Danza said:

I bought a P100 in Diamond Blue with the brushed gold-colored cap early on when they were released. It's dated I.III. I could never get ink to flow, and I just tossed it in a drawer. Fast forward to about a month ago, and I found it in the drawer. I thought "I'm going to get this thing going or dump it once and for all".

 

Fortunately, I was able to find some info on how to disassemble the section. Once apart, it was clear to me that the feed channels weren't large enough. A minute with a razor blade opened up and deepened the ink feed channels.

 

Eureka! The ink flows perfectly now. It's one of my favorites and I use it a lot.

Interesting experience... 

I have found my P100 with F nib being quite dry writer... So, perhaps, I need to do something similar with it..

 

[TheRedBeard]

Well... I have just had to start using Parker Quink ink in my P100 with F nib to really appreciate and enjoy it  

Now it is one of my EDC pens, and I actually find it  to be an excellent writer and use it even much more than my P51s... original 51s, of course  

 

INMHO, P100 is the only and true decent successor of the original 51...