Dating parker 51

Date coding a Parker 51

Trigger warning: I poke fun at fountain pen enthusiasts in this post, especially Parker fans. A lot. Last year, Parker announced that they were releasing an updated version of their legendary 51 to much outrage, wailing, and gnashing of teeth by purists. I brought this up a bit when I reviewed the Aurora Duo Cart , and anyone who follows fountain pen news at all knows that anytime Kenro does anything with the Esterbrook brand hundreds of Esterbrook enthusiasts lose their minds and Richard Esterbrook himself rises from his grave to haunt the earth. The P51 is immensely legendary, incredibly popular, and supported by a huge cottage industry that dabbles in nothing but vintage Parker. So Parker truly has some guts to try their hand at the P51 again.

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The colours of the Vacumatic Parker 51's and the Aerometric Parker 51's. There are two easy ways to date the early Parker "51". First, starting in , the year of making was printed at the bottom of the tubular nib, but of course dating from the nib is inexact at best, as the nib is one of the most frequently replaced parts. The small digit denotes the year of making for the barrel. This digit was deleted on the US made pens in but continued until on European and Canadian? Note the distict features, Double aluminium jewels, metal filler with diamond imprint. The Parker "51" came in 4 basic different styles.

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Full pre delivery check, money back guarantee, and free U. Parker '51' for sale collection. The development of the Parker '51' was, in part, due to an attempt by Parker to market a fast drying ink, initially 'Parker 51' ink, then 'Superchrome'. The material used to make the pen 'Lucite' a type of perspex was resistant to the very corrosive properties of the ink, which was very alkaline, but unfortunately some other components were degraded by the ink and it was discontinued in There is a great deal of confusion about naming the 51 versions, but it is accepted that there are four main types. Following David Shepherd's excellent 'Parker 51' book, I use the following scheme:.

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Parker 51 review.

Ron Gilmour is a fountain pen enthusiast, would-be calligrapher, and librarian. You can find him online at Twitter gilmour70 and Instagram. Not long after I became interested in fountain pens, I found another enthusiast on FPN who lived in my town. We met up one day at a local coffee shop, bringing our pen cases and writing samples. He was very much into vintage pens, particularly Parkers.

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