KBeezie
November 15th, 2014, 03:33 AM
So I got this in trade for one of my pens. A Parker Ellipse with an 18K Fine Nib, in the Blue color even though it looks a bit more marine/green to me.
I don't know much about the pen, just that they were made from around 2000 to 2002 and they weren't very popular with the mainstream crowd (probably because it looks so different than what I'd expect of Parker).
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/parker/ellipse/full.jpg
Wanted to give it a good cleaning so got it all disassembled, cleaned the individual pieces in the USC. Really put the shine back on the nib (I did dip the nib into the USC before the pic above, but wanted to get at all the components when I noticed some trapped red ink that didn't flush before).
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/parker/ellipse/disassembled.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/parker/ellipse/nib.jpg
I noticed a couple of markings that I would be curious to know the history of.
Base of the Nib : Eaglehead engraving
On Nib just under "Parker", not seen when installed : P over W, arrow going right between them, inside a Diamond
On base of the cap : Square with P over W and a line going between them.
Edit Matlock on FPN filled me in on the markings.
"P over W is sponsor (or maker) mark for Parker Waterman. The Eagle head is the French assay mark for 18k gold."
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/parker/ellipse/nib_close.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/parker/ellipse/eaglehead.jpg
I initially inked it with Parker Penman Sapphire, but seemed a little too dry, so went with Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo. Can see them both on this write sample. (The Taccia Momenta is the other one I got today/yesterday).
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/parker/ellipse/write.jpg
I don't know much about the pen, just that they were made from around 2000 to 2002 and they weren't very popular with the mainstream crowd (probably because it looks so different than what I'd expect of Parker).
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/parker/ellipse/full.jpg
Wanted to give it a good cleaning so got it all disassembled, cleaned the individual pieces in the USC. Really put the shine back on the nib (I did dip the nib into the USC before the pic above, but wanted to get at all the components when I noticed some trapped red ink that didn't flush before).
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/parker/ellipse/disassembled.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/parker/ellipse/nib.jpg
I noticed a couple of markings that I would be curious to know the history of.
Base of the Nib : Eaglehead engraving
On Nib just under "Parker", not seen when installed : P over W, arrow going right between them, inside a Diamond
On base of the cap : Square with P over W and a line going between them.
Edit Matlock on FPN filled me in on the markings.
"P over W is sponsor (or maker) mark for Parker Waterman. The Eagle head is the French assay mark for 18k gold."
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/parker/ellipse/nib_close.jpg
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/parker/ellipse/eaglehead.jpg
I initially inked it with Parker Penman Sapphire, but seemed a little too dry, so went with Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo. Can see them both on this write sample. (The Taccia Momenta is the other one I got today/yesterday).
http://static.karlblessing.com/pens/parker/ellipse/write.jpg