Parker 45 Photo Thread

[Mercian]

  On 3/20/2025 at 8:04 PM, baz666 said:

Yes, I sold all these Parker 45s (and more!) as one lot, to a gentleman in Australia.
Please don't ask how much I got for them all, suffice to say I paid off the remainder of my mortgage with the proceeds!

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Also, well done! A very good reason to sell-off a fine collection.

 

  On 3/20/2025 at 8:04 PM, baz666 said:

When I get a little time (next week) I will post my current P45 collection.

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[inkstainedruth]

@baz666 I'll admit I'd never seen the multicolor Harlequins before -- even in photos.  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Mechanical]

Lovely pens, @baz666!  Looking forward to your next postings. 

 

The Parker 45 is very nicely designed.  I have a run-of-the-mill P45 flighter that I use almost everyday.  Always looks good, never dries out.  The slip cap comes off in a moment and you're writing, no fuss. 

[jchch1950]

The Harlequins with some colours look very attractive and are hard to find. Some Parker 45 pens' caps get quite loose with time and use, are any way to adjust them without full disassembly?

[Mercian]

  On 3/21/2025 at 6:19 AM, jchch1950 said:

Some Parker 45 pens' caps get quite loose with time and use, are any way to adjust them without full disassembly?

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Not as far as I know (but then I am in no way a repair expert).

 

The way to re-tighten the clutch fingers inside the cap is discussed in this ↓ thread (ignore the fact that the pen shown in that photo is a 75):

 

The 'jewel' on top of the cap can be unscrewed, and then the inner cap & clutch etc should just come out of the cap.

It may be that the clutch fingers in your pen are past repair, in which case you will need to get a replacement part.

The 45 was produced in great numbers, so I would imagine that clutch parts are still available, and that pen repairers can do this job for you for not too much money.

 

I wish you good luck

 

Slàinte,
M.

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

  On 3/20/2025 at 1:13 PM, baz666 said:

Parker 45s you say?
Here are a few I used to have.

 

 

Enjoy. 😉

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Wow. 
 

just wow. What a gorgeous collection of what is a very appreciated pen. Best collection i think I’ve ever seen. Congrats on collecting them all. Im glad their sale was beneficial.  thanks for sharing! 

[baz666]

As promised, here are pictures of my current Parker 45 collection.

Demonstrators in P45 and  Arrow configuration.

 

I still have a few Coronets.

 

An early (pre-date code) P45 set in Black TX.

 

 

P45 in Matador, with no fletches to the clip.

 

Kullock P45, made in Duofold blue marble plastic.

 

Prototype plastic nib, designed by David Cress. These nibs were supposed to be sputter-coated to prevent wear, they were not put into production.

 

 

 

The nib units when removed from the section.

 

The remainder of my P45 colours, plus a demonstrator in yellow plastic, made in Argentina.

 

Last but not least, a distant cousin of the P45, the Parker Varsity. It never got past the test market phase.

 

 

Enjoy. 🙂

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

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wow.... thanks for sharing...

great pens. love  that demonstrator 45...

[Penguincollector]

  On 3/26/2025 at 3:48 PM, baz666 said:

Kullock P45, made in Duofold blue marble plastic.

 

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  Wow, it’s so dreamy! 😍💙💙💙💙 

 

   The plastic nibs are super interesting, what a novel concept!

[baz666]

  On 3/26/2025 at 5:54 PM, Penguincollector said:

 The plastic nibs are super interesting, what a novel concept!

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Tony's Parkercollector site has a section about David Cress and his time at the Parker technical division, he does mention the plastic nibs and the sputter coating techniques. http://parkercollector.com/technical_division.html

When I bought the plastic nibs, and a few prototype Parker pens from David, he was kind enough to send me a hard copy of this publication.

 

 

[Penguincollector]

  On 3/26/2025 at 6:27 PM, baz666 said:

 

Tony's Parkercollector site has a section about David Cress and his time at the Parker technical division, he does mention the plastic nibs and the sputter coating techniques. http://parkercollector.com/technical_division.html

When I bought the plastic nibs, and a few prototype Parker pens from David, he was kind enough to send me a hard copy of this publication.

 

 

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  That’s truly valuable information. At one point long ago, I read most of Tony’s website. I really should reread it, as I mostly use it to look up models and there’s so much more to it. 

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

  On 3/26/2025 at 6:27 PM, baz666 said:

 

Tony's Parkercollector site has a section about David Cress and his time at the Parker technical division, he does mention the plastic nibs and the sputter coating techniques. http://parkercollector.com/technical_division.html

When I bought the plastic nibs, and a few prototype Parker pens from David, he was kind enough to send me a hard copy of this publication.

 

 

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that is extremely cool!

 

[baz666]

  On 3/26/2025 at 7:57 PM, IThinkIHaveAProblem said:

that is extremely cool!

 

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Indeed it is. I received this pamphlet from David Cress before it was posted on Tony's website.
However, I promised I would not disclose the contents as he was going to self-publish.
He must have given Tony the right to post the article, and I am pleased that this information is now freely available.

[inkstainedruth]

  On 3/26/2025 at 6:40 PM, Penguincollector said:

 

  That’s truly valuable information. At one point long ago, I read most of Tony’s website. I really should reread it, as I mostly use it to look up models and there’s so much more to it. 

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Yeah, me too.

A number of years ago, I contacted him with a question about one of my first 51s, and after answering me, he said, "And you'll start looking at Vacumatics next...."  And I said I wouldn't, because they were a little too "Art Deco" in design for me.  But then (of course) I picked up the small Azure Blue Pearl at my first pen show....  And he's probably STILL laughing himself sick.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[jchch1950]

  On 3/21/2025 at 12:18 PM, Mercian said:

 

Not as far as I know (but then I am in no way a repair expert).

 

The way to re-tighten the clutch fingers inside the cap is discussed in this ↓ thread (ignore the fact that the pen shown in that photo is a 75):

 

The 'jewel' on top of the cap can be unscrewed, and then the inner cap & clutch etc should just come out of the cap.

It may be that the clutch fingers in your pen are past repair, in which case you will need to get a replacement part.

The 45 was produced in great numbers, so I would imagine that clutch parts are still available, and that pen repairers can do this job for you for not too much money.

 

I wish you good luck

 

Slàinte,
M.

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Thank you very much for your expert recommendations.

[jchch1950]

The Parker 45 was a pen for daily use, not very expensive and available for many years. These two facts make them instruments used for a long time, and sometimes they are associated the good memories. For some, they were the first pen, for others had a good time when they found one of the scarce models on sale, and some people wrote with them or signed special documents. An attraction to pen collecting, besides many others, is the memories associated with a particular writing instrument.

[Mercian]

  On 3/28/2025 at 8:42 AM, jchch1950 said:

The Parker 45 was a pen for daily use, not very expensive and available for many years. These two facts make them instruments used for a long time, and sometimes they are associated the good memories. For some, they were the first pen, for others had a good time when they found one of the scarce models on sale, and some people wrote with them or signed special documents. An attraction to pen collecting, besides many others, is the memories associated with a particular writing instrument.

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?
Have you been hacked (and/or Assimilated) by a LLM/'AI'?

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

  On 3/28/2025 at 7:11 PM, Mercian said:

 

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Have you been hacked (and/or Assimilated) by a LLM/'AI'?

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that's what immediately came to mind for me too...

[Beechwood]

Inspired by this thread I took out a Flighter 45 for some work this evening, the Broad nib was so good.

 

Must admit that the basic engineering, the simple feed and nib design would work well in a contemporary pen today.

 

 

[IThinkIHaveAProblem]

  On 3/28/2025 at 8:44 PM, Beechwood said:

Inspired by this thread I took out a Flighter 45 for some work this evening, the Broad nib was so good.

 

Must admit that the basic engineering, the simple feed and nib design would work well in a contemporary pen today.

 

 

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that's probably why that Chinese company is making a perfect clone and selling out

they are really under appreciated pens.