1955 FP Design

[Chuck Naill]

At least in the US, this appears to be the preferred design.

[guyy]

Looking at these you understand what an impact the 51 had on the fountain pen business. Even Parker was copying it!

[christof]

https://live.staticflickr.com/1681/24412817532_c5a19c4e15_o.jpg

...Parker "51" inspired Design. And there were lots of more.

C.

[azkid]

For the uninitiated, what are the pens above, Christof?

I recognize the 51 vac on the left (#1) and the 61 at #7, of course, no clue on #2. I see there is a Waterman, Aurora 88?, Lamy, another Waterman Carene?, and the last one is some kind of Pelikan, but I don't know the models of most of these.

[christof]

Sorry, there is:

from left to the right:

1. Parker „51“
2. Eversharp Fifth Avenue
3. Waterman Taperite
4. Aurora 88
5. Lamy 27
6. Waterman‘s c/f
7. Parker 61
8. Pelikan P1

[Chuck Naill]

Sorry, there is:

from left to the right:

1. Parker „51“
2. Eversharp Fifth Avenue
3. Waterman Taperite
4. Aurora 88
5. Lamy 27
6. Waterman‘s c/f
7. Parker 61
8. Pelikan P1

Except for the first one, are all from the mid '50's?

[guyy]

The 5th Ave, Taperite and the Aurora 88 were mid-1940s & the 61 came at the tail end of the 1950s. The P1 was a 1960s pen

[INeedAFinancialAdvisor]

https://live.staticflickr.com/1681/24412817532_c5a19c4e15_o.jpg

...Parker "51" inspired Design. And there were lots of more.

C.

So many more pens instantly added to my want list...

[Lady Onogaro]

I love that 5th Avenue and the Waterman, too.

[arrow]

A lot of Parker 51s here too. It sort of set the sandard for the 1960s as well. From a wike page I see it was made from 1941 to 1972. I see a lot of German piston fillers from this area too, and similar piston filler from less know makers. At least they are less known today. Can one model be the main preferance all over? Price, look, function, quality?

[Marsilius]

Can one model be the main preferance all over? Price, look, function, quality?

Thanks for the enjoyable thread and pics. Even though the Parker Vacumatic and Eversharp Skyline stand out my special poetic "most amazingly cool pen designs ever", the Parker 51 earns pride of place for me among the streamlined models. Maybe the Eversharp Symphony, Kimberly, and Envoy deserve mentions among the streamlined designs, too?

[KBeezie]

I love that 5th Avenue and the Waterman, too.

I have a Burgundy ("Dubonnet Red") arriving tomorrow.

It has the latter nib/feed style (smaller nib/feed in a hard rubber collar to improve on the performance, since the earlier nib/feed was same as the skyline, and was too flush against the hooding, so they changed the design).

I am hoping the grip won't be too fragile when I go to change the sac, I got the larger/longer of the sizes incoming (the "men" sizing, they also had a lady size, as well as a even shorter one comparable to the Sheaffer Tuckaway)

PS: If you're curious here's a couple pages from the 1947 Service Manual on the Fifth Avenue, obviously the latter model with the smaller nib/feed/collar assembly.

https://i.imgur.com/kWdozBf.png

https://i.imgur.com/4GMLQPG.png

One of the main reasons I want to get my hands on it is because it's of an Art Deco influence, which was in decline during the 1940s (probably why it only lasted a couple years).