Hi all,

I recently bought a Sheaffer Prelude rollerball - black with a silver (palladium) cap. It's an outstanding pen and the price is right in my range! I can't help but notice the resemblence to a Parker "51" when the cap is on the business end. Has anyone else noticed this?

Wonder why Parker doesn't shake things up and put a silver/chrome cap on a Sonnet and have a different colored barrel? That'd be so retro!

Sentinel ballpoints are great too!

Tim

i can't imagine the resemblance between prelude and "51"... but i dig the idea of lustralloy cap and plastic barrel on a sonnet... oh, wait!... that's a "51"!!!!