Heads up: Parker "51" Plum

[pajaro]

The cocoa makes me think of women's legs. It impressed me.

I find the P51 design businesslike. I respect it, because it is among the best pens I have used, right there with Montblanc and Pelikan. I could say I like the styling of Montblanc and Pelikan less. I have some Lamys, because I like the elan of the Safari, but the performance is on a lesser plane that the Parker, Pelikan and Montblanc. A few years ago I found a Conway Stewart 87, which I liked because of a passing resemblance to Parker 51, even with the open nib. Alas, the nib is flexy, and it must be pressed down on to start ink flow. The 87 looks like a 51 capped, though with a strange clip.

[carlos.q]

Sunday update:

The Peyton Street Pens Plum Demi is still available.
The Penamie Plum Demi is still available.
The Pentooling full sized Plum was sold to a FPGeek member who shall remain anonymous.
The 2 Demi sets are still available.

Plum lovers of the world: Unite!

[pajaro]

Plum demis abounding. I wonder if more plums were made in demi size than full size. Perhaps Parker expected the color would appeal more to the fairer sex.

[welch]

Plum demis abounding. I wonder if more plums were made in demi size than full size. Perhaps Parker expected the color would appeal more to the fairer sex.

That has been my thought. Black pens, dark blue ("Midnight Blue"), dark green ("Forest Green"), and plain blue ("Teal") would have been a man's color. Until the late 1960's or 1970's, a man would not wear or use anything purple. Hippies changed all that.

Of course, we don't have Parker's internal correspondence to verify why the company chose their colors or their nib-widths. Might be interesting if we knew. Still, we can assume that plum did not sell much.