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A nice pen. Looks like a 48 or 49 from the shiny filler sheath. A good buy.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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Cute indeed! Are you the winner? I'd say that you got a pretty good price -- cute or otherwise, if it is (as advertised) in working condition.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: The writing sample is making me think it's probably an F nib. And it's before 1957, because it says to use Superchrome on the sac sleeve. See if it's actually got a date code to narrow it down further.

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"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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No, I'm not the winner. I thought the price matching the model was funny.

 

Looking for a black SJ Transitional Esterbrook Pen. (It's smaller than an sj)

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An early Aerometric indeed but check picture 5: does the filler imprint mention ".. firmly 3 times ..." (where you would expect 4)?

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An early Aerometric indeed but check picture 5: does the filler imprint mention ".. firmly 3 times ..." (where you would expect 4)?

I think it is '6 times'.

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Real shiny filler. One of the early chrome plated ones. The kind where the plating is often found flaking off, leaving some base metal showing. I found these mainly on 48 and 49 pens. Yeah, 6 times. My plum is one of these, with plating intact. Could be some are later, FAIK.

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"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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Nice.

 

I paid $51 plus shipping for my first P51 - a teal blue Aerometric with a gold filled cap. To top things off, the nib was date stamped England 1951 - so I think I'm winning now.

 

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My friend won this pen-his first '51'! I think he may be diagnosed with the '51' disease before too long... :)

 

Dave

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I thought I was over my bout of "51 fever" last year. Then, in the fall I ran across the two sumgai pens and had a bit of a relapse: "Can I keep them? They followed me home! And I'm sure they won't take up space, or cost too much to feed.... And I will love them and feed them and hug them and squeeze them and call them George...."

http://www.4smileys.com/smileys/thinking-smileys/think_smiley_24.gif

Of course in the interim I came down with a case of "Vac virus". In particular the Shadow Wave strain. *Much* more expensive to cure. :wallbash:

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 Bruce-I had a good teacher! :) and am just passing along the torch...

 

Dave

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My same friend just won another '51' a few days ago, this time for $51.05-Midnight Blue with GF cap

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Parker-51-Aeromatic-Fountain-Pen-Gold-filled-cap-/181609614822?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a48c6cde6&nma=true&si=sFp8SwCSohMlA6yGzYs0%252BH80WGw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Intervention might be needed... it might be too late... :)

 

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Not bad at all. Oher than a small smilie start the cap just looks scungy.

 

Also, I might be wrong but I think that's Teal.

 

$58.50 shipped is a deal if there are no issues.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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