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if anybody could help. i have a parker with no numbers or codes. Just below the filler bar and holding the pen vertically

PARKER

OVAL

Then an arrow going up through the oval. no other markings .

thank you

Brad

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It's impossible to help you with no pictures or model ID. You are just describing the Halo Parker logo present in most Parkers for 40 years.

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The pictures are fuzzy, but it looks like a 45 to me.

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Your pen does appear to be a '45' GT. The converter will allow you to fill the pen from a bottle, but if needed the converter can be replaced by Parker Quink cartridges, no other type will fit.

The 45 was made over several decades and pens are very difficult to put a date on, as the code system was not started until '79 or '80.

The nib on your 45 may be either plated steel or 14k gold, it will be stamped if gold, but the nib unit will have to be taken apart to see, a very easy job normally.

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It would help if the picture for the nib was from the top view

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Your pen does appear to be a '45' GT. The converter will allow you to fill the pen from a bottle, but if needed the converter can be replaced by Parker Quink cartridges, no other type will fit.

The 45 was made over several decades and pens are very difficult to put a date on, as the code system was not started until '79 or '80.

The nib on your 45 may be either plated steel or 14k gold, it will be stamped if gold, but the nib unit will have to be taken apart to see, a very easy job normally.

 

Could also have 10k gold nib if US made.

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If this pen is new to you and you want to take it apart to clean it, the front part should unscrew to remove the nib+feeder+hood section 'as one'.

You might find it worthwhile to soak the front end of the pen in water overnight if it won't easily undo. They can become difficult if not rebuilt a couple of times a year.

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Now that i have the nib nice and clean , i was playing with the ink filler and the material inside disintegrated, can a cartridge work in this pen, and because there is no #45 on the pen is it still a 45.

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Brad

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Now that i have the nib nice and clean , i was playing with the ink filler and the material inside disintegrated, can a cartridge work in this pen, and because there is no #45 on the pen is it still a 45.

Thank you

Brad

 

Any Parker cartridge will fit and new converters are available.

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Some '45's have the number 45 either side of the PARKER word on the cap, others have no '45' at all, I have one of each.

Don't think they ever had the model number on the actual pen body, or on the ink converter/ reservoir sheild (as on the '51').

The 45 does take all of the Parker Quink cartridges and converters, it won't accept the common 'international' size though.

Note that the converters hold about half the amount of ink of a cartridge.

My choice in many pens is to reuse cartridges, and refill with a syringe from bottled ink.

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