Looks OK. Should do nicely. Nice nib.
Looks OK. Should do nicely. Nice nib.
INeedAFinancialAdvisor (July 27th, 2020)
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!
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.
Regards, Chrissy | My Review Blog: inkyfountainpens
INeedAFinancialAdvisor (July 27th, 2020)
Ykes, thanks for the info! won't do it again
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.
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.
azkid (August 4th, 2020), carlos.q (August 6th, 2020), Chrissy (August 5th, 2020), Chuck Naill (August 6th, 2020), INeedAFinancialAdvisor (August 4th, 2020), NumberSix (August 13th, 2020)
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.
Last edited by Chrissy; August 6th, 2020 at 04:47 AM.
Regards, Chrissy | My Review Blog: inkyfountainpens
NumberSix (August 13th, 2020)
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.
Regards, Chrissy | My Review Blog: inkyfountainpens
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