Some of the Parker 25's I have picked up over the last couple of months ... I have one P25 on which the nib is outstanding and which is used as my "everyday" pen over much more expensive pens.
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Some of the Parker 25's I have picked up over the last couple of months ... I have one P25 on which the nib is outstanding and which is used as my "everyday" pen over much more expensive pens.
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Until you start collecting them, you don't realise all the variations there are.
I have one too... absolutely love it.
I have one, with a Sonnet 18k nib, and it is a very sensational writer.
Thanks, this is the first time I've seen or heard of a Parker 25. Such a unique looking shape.
sinistral hypergraphica - a slurry of ink
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The shape is quirky, reminds me of the Franklin-Christoph No.2.
It reminds me of a recent pen I purchased from SpeerBob off EBay called a Pilot TOW.
Mags or Rob Maguire MB 149, 147, 146,144, Mozart, Boehme, Sailor Realo, Aurora Optima, Churchmen Prescriptor and Parson's Essential, Parker 51 1.3 mm stub, Parker Vacumatic 1939 OB Can, TWSBI's (540,580, Mini and Vac 700), Pelikan M 1000/800 Demonstrator 600/200 demoM/200 OBB, Visconti Rembrandts (2), Lamy, Cross, Watermans, Pilots, Sheaffer's, Omas 360 LE 84/360, GvFC, Esterbrooks J and SJ, Bexley Jitterbug, Taccia, Eversharp 1952 flex, Edison Herald, Franklin Christoph Piper.
A lovely collection. I really like the look of the Parker 25.
Beware of oblique conclusions.
I picked up a 25 yesterday at a flea market, it didn't have a converter, does the modern Parker converter fit this pen? I can't wait to try mine out, no idea what the nib size is but the pen seems to be in excellent shape.
They do fit the same convertors.
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I used to have one of this ....lost it
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The pen is true to its name as a F/M and writes Japanese fine maybe a touch wet hence medium. It has a neat nib but the steel nib is not as flexy as perhaps most would attribute pilot Nakaya designs to offer today. This pen is perfect for a University student needing to make notes in the margin of a textbook. (I suspect more and more textbook obsolence though with IPad ePub and other electronic distributions). I would purchase fine or extra fine rollerballs back in the 80s for tiny summary notes which became later my summary notes in a notebook.
The cap fits well. The converter works well. I found the first month a bit too scratchy. I complained to Pilot who disavowed all knowledge in Canada of ever making the pen altogether. Clearly it was a product made by Pilot. Sigh. I received a reply from an ill informed and likely lazy employee who had no intention of checking if they had a different nib for the model in inventory to sell me.
It is now cleaned and put away. I don't think I will use it much. Maybe I will add it to my trading pen portfolio. I should actually sort through my pens and decide on some to sell and consolidate my collection. You got me thinking now which ones to sell.
Mags or Rob Maguire MB 149, 147, 146,144, Mozart, Boehme, Sailor Realo, Aurora Optima, Churchmen Prescriptor and Parson's Essential, Parker 51 1.3 mm stub, Parker Vacumatic 1939 OB Can, TWSBI's (540,580, Mini and Vac 700), Pelikan M 1000/800 Demonstrator 600/200 demoM/200 OBB, Visconti Rembrandts (2), Lamy, Cross, Watermans, Pilots, Sheaffer's, Omas 360 LE 84/360, GvFC, Esterbrooks J and SJ, Bexley Jitterbug, Taccia, Eversharp 1952 flex, Edison Herald, Franklin Christoph Piper.
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