Two for me, too - a Parker Sonnet in verdigris with a custom italic nib, and a later Parkette Deluxe in gray-and-green.
Two for me, too - a Parker Sonnet in verdigris with a custom italic nib, and a later Parkette Deluxe in gray-and-green.
A Parker brown Vacumatic from the forties that I just restored.
Not bragging about irrelevant things.
At Sightglass coffee shop in SF today.
Brought some Popovleather notebook cases (one with a Hobo Techo in it - and one with a BanditApple notebook).
Pen was my beloved Parker 25.
Today I have a black 1932 Moderne, filled with Tsutsuji and a black 1947 P51 Vac filled with HoD.
pajaro (October 16th, 2016)
Among today's pens, the Parker is this 1940 black Senior Max. One of my very favorite pens.
If and when I really start paring down my collection, this will go to someone special, rather than being sold off.
Best Regards, greg
Jon Szanto (October 24th, 2016), Scrawler (October 24th, 2016)
Greg,
That is something! Handsome.
Parker 25. Love this pen - it never fails me.
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I would still be using my P51 Vac but the diaphragm broke yesterday when I tried to refill it.
Using a 61 capillary filer.
Hawk (October 24th, 2016)
So far today it's a 51 Aero and a 45. The 45 stays in the shop and it's kind of a beater since it's warped and shrunken. It writes nice and I don't have to worry about it getting damaged.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
-Pogo
AN ugly Vector fountain pen![]()
Unix is user-friendly ; it's just picky about who it's friends are -
A freshly cleaned and loaded '45 from the repair heap. Nice smooth broad nib.
Two Parker Sonnets. I keep them with nibs moist and writing in desk bases.
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Scrawler (October 24th, 2016)
This one.
A button-filler like a lot of Parker pens from this era.
4-3/4 inches capped, a very nice Parker medium stub nib.
Green gold pattern I've never seen before.
It just says "Parker" on the barrel (with the usual Geo S. Parker ... Trademark).
It seems to be clipless. No holes for a ring on the top, no broken clip, the black top does not screw open like a duofold.
What model is this?
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A 75 Custom in burgundy. Lovely fluted gold-plated cap. It looks like a rich pen. To my regret, the nib has been a disappointment, although I can at least delude myself that its output is gradually getting better. So any onlooker who envies me my opulent pen is misdirecting his envy.
My daydream is to own in addition a 75 Flighter with a wonderful nib. The Flighter looks almost pointedly unpretentious. In that case knowledgeable pen fanciers who wish I'd bought myself a nicer pen will be mistaken in their own way.
The Parker 25 seems to have become my EDC pen.
Parker Big Red (American flag version) with 18K Sonnet rhodium plated nib in a Cross Solo section.
A black Duofold Jr. from about 1930. And I'm currently cleaning and restoring almost the same pen in red Permanite, possible a year older. Needs proper nib though.
That first one really surprised me - bought almost as a total junk pen, it cleaned up nicely and is a wonderful writer.
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
A silver vac with very flexible tines. Alas, the flow is gushing so I've set it aside for adjustment.
Fred
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