No, not that kind of reblackening...

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--Daniel

Wow! Excellent job.

That must have took a loooong time.

Thanks for sharing

George


PS: Was the original parker black in the lines tarnish, or a paint?

Yes, this was an extremely time-consuming job, for several reasons. My understanding, based on examining examples and the information at www.parker75.com, is that earlier instruments used a black fill paint of some sort, but later items used silver tarnish for the blackened grid, which was not as bold as the paint. This pen had the paint-filled lines when it came to me, and I ultimately decided to reproduce that approach.

--Daniel

I asked Lynn Sorgatz about this when I was visiting the shop.

Lynn said that Parker would spin the barrels and caps when filling in the grid. They would apply the paint, and then wipe off the surface paint while still spinning. Hard to do with the cap attached to the cap.... and a pain to do no matter how you do it now.

Nicely done!

Wow, very nice Daniel. Your abilities are quite an asset to the hobby. At some point (I don't want to hijack this thread) could you share some before and after of some of the Parker Caps you have revived?

Thanks,


Phil