The irony of getting something nice.

[Empty_of_Clouds]

As noted on the 'whaddya waiting for in the mail" thread, I've somehow gotten my hands on another Parker 51. Don't know what I was thinking really, I should keep away from these cursed pens. Yet here I am, possibly cursed again.

Why, you may ask (or may not). Well, the problem is this:



This set has come to me in unusually (to my eye) good condition. The pencil has lead in it, and there is a sealed liquid lead refill included in the box. In my very limited view, this seems like the kind of pen set someone would have in a display collection rather than as a user pen (which is what I was after). More so because I understand now that the pencil and lead things are quite uncommon. BTW the colour is a rich dark blue, a true midnight blue, and I believe this colour is becoming hard to find.

So what do I do with it? This is clearly a set that is outside of the kind of the general quality I am used to. Perhaps it should go to a collector who will keep it in this condition, and I should look for something else?

I know it sounds silly, but I am sensitive to the idea that not everything has to be used, and maybe shouldn't be.

Or shall I just chuck some ink in that bad boy and write the hell out it?