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I Got My First Parker Pen


Jagarpether

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Hello.

 

Today i got my first Parker pen, a 51 vaccumatic for $25.

I have got it inked up and i don't think it needs a service for the moment.

It writes really smooth and it is a nice complement to my flex pens.

I have read some about the 51 and i think it was a quite nice price for it.

 

Is it possible to see on the pen what year it was made?

It says Parker Made in USA on the pen and some thing beside it that i can't read.

It is a brown pen with a silver cap with gold clip and a white top "pearl", it doesn't say Parker on the cap. (See pictures on the pen)

 

/Pether

 

 

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Yes, get a loupe and look for the imprint in the barrel, near the clutch ring (the metal ring between section and barrel). It should say "Parker "51", Made in USA" (or England) and one or two numbers with dots, like .5. That's the date code, as described in http://www.richardspens.com/?page=ref/design/pkr_dates.htm.

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Nice find for the price. Parts alone are worth much more than $25. The thing that you can't read is the date code. Try using some kind of magnifier.

 

The nib may also have a date, but that would require disassembling the pen, which I don't recommend.

 

Glenn

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You are on your way into the madness of Parker fountain pens.

Remember you can't stop at just one Parker you will want to get more and more...

 

By the way welcome to the club.

 

Ken

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Welcome to the Parker 51 owners group! Love my 51's, problem is, you can't stop at just one! Enjoy!

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Nice pen! Is that Cordovan Brown? What's the nib on it? You did extremely well on the price, BTW -- I think I paid twice that for a boring black 51 Vac, then another $20 to get it serviced.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Thanks.

I think it is the Cordovan Brown and probably a medium nib inkstainedruth. And if i have read the dating correct it is from forth quarter in '46.

The only thing i will do now is to replace the diaphragm to be sure it will work for a while without any ink accidents.

/Pether

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