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    Default Re: Bought my first Parker 51

    Looks OK. Should do nicely. Nice nib.

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    Default Re: Bought my first Parker 51

    I ran the nib into water on a piece of leather and metal polishing paste and the nib is super smooth now. Here is the writing sample.
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    Thanks very much for all the help!

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    Default Re: Bought my first Parker 51

    Glad it worked out looks great!

    just fyi, stropping (polishing compound on leather) is not the recommended way of smoothing a nib.
    there are many reasons, but one of them would be getting polishing compound somewhere you can't easily clean, like wedged in the nib, etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by INeedAFinancialAdvisor View Post
    Glad it worked out looks great!

    just fyi, stropping (polishing compound on leather) is not the recommended way of smoothing a nib.
    there are many reasons, but one of them would be getting polishing compound somewhere you can't easily clean, like wedged in the nib, etc.
    I never heard of such a thing for fountain pen nibs. What would stop all of that grot from travelling up the nib slit and affecting the ink flow? Not to mention wearing a flat spot onto the tipping. I'm with you that it definitely should be avoided.
    A nib smoothing board is the only thing that I ever use, and I'm very careful how I even use that.
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    Ykes, thanks for the info! won't do it again

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    Default Re: Bought my first Parker 51

    you're welcome.

    We all do stuff sometimes without looking into it! :P

    There are lots of resources online on how to smooth a nib if you feel it needs the work.

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    It has been just a little over fifty years since I bought my first Parker 51, a brand new midnight blue, labeled medium. Still using it, never had the hood off. I have used India ink in it, and flushed the pen right away. Used white laundry ink in it, but flushed it out right away. True that I never put it in storage with ink. Always writes and is the best 51 I have ever used.

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    Default Re: Bought my first Parker 51

    Quote Originally Posted by pajaro View Post
    It has been just a little over fifty years since I bought my first Parker 51, a brand new midnight blue, labeled medium. Still using it, never had the hood off. I have used India ink in it, and flushed the pen right away. Used white laundry ink in it, but flushed it out right away. True that I never put it in storage with ink. Always writes and is the best 51 I have ever used.
    I'm very happy to read that you not only found a brand new Parker 51 to purchase, but then had no qualms about filling it with ink and using it, and were never tempted to take it apart just for the heck of it.

    Maybe using India ink and white laundry ink in it could have resulted in a potential problem for others, but in your case you were careful enough to treat it the right way after doing so and that's a sign of someone who knows what he's doing and how to do it properly.

    The fact that it always writes, even after 50 years of use, and is the best Parker 51 that you have ever used is testament to your care and experience.

    That's a heartwarming story.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pajaro View Post
    It has been just a little over fifty years since I bought my first Parker 51, a brand new midnight blue, labeled medium. Still using it, never had the hood off. I have used India ink in it, and flushed the pen right away. Used white laundry ink in it, but flushed it out right away. True that I never put it in storage with ink. Always writes and is the best 51 I have ever used.
    I've heard you mention your 50 experience with your 51 and never tire of hearing it again. Such a testiment to you and the famous Parker 51.

    I find I have one in my shirt pocket for daily use.

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    Default Re: Bought my first Parker 51

    I still don't have a Parker 51 but I like my Parker 100 instead.

    I was rather put off of the Parker 51 because the only one I've ever written with had an Octanium nib that I never got on with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrissy View Post
    I still don't have a Parker 51 but I like my Parker 100 instead.

    I was rather put off of the Parker 51 because the only one I've ever written with had an Octanium nib that I never got on with.
    Those 100's have an impressive look.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chuck Naill View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Chrissy View Post
    I still don't have a Parker 51 but I like my Parker 100 instead.

    I was rather put off of the Parker 51 because the only one I've ever written with had an Octanium nib that I never got on with.
    Those 100's have an impressive look.
    They feel thicker and heavier than the 51, for older hands, but they do use a converter.
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