I have just bought a Parker Lady and I am soooooooooooo excited! This can't be normal. Anyway, I can't tell you anything about it cos it's a state secret :ph34r: No okay, the truth is, I don't know anything about it, mainly because I aint not got it yet cos it has to be posted. All I know is it's old, it looks nice, no idea what kind of filling system, don't even know if it works. I know, I am gifted at weighing everything up before I buy. The absolute clincher was...<wait for it>... ITS RED!!!

Now I'm willing to bet it's a pile of something whiffy but heck, it only cost me 4 quid so does it matter? Humour me, it's a very cheap way of making me smile

I paid £6 for one of my Parker Ladys and the other came out of a skip:) Both write very nicely.

Take a deep breath, hold it, let it out,
Take a deep breath, hold it, let it out,
Take a deep breath, hold it, let it out,

OK? Feeling a little calmer?

Don't want you to pass out from the anticipation!

This gives me hope Carrie, that I have not been a complete idiot, at least not today

Glenn,

Okay, done the 'breath in' bit...what comes next???

Something to tide you over!

Ooooh lovely Mine is two in from the left...

You can breath out now!

Nice pen, Peachez!

Fanks Slush

Nice red pens, Glenn. Is that for Valentines day?

Wait a minute...
That one is mine!
<_<

No, the one that she bought.

ah yeah

From: Me

To: Me

Like the one on the left, maybe?


Hooded nib, Aerometric filler - in other words a kind of baby "51"!

Martin

I like the Baby "51" comment If it's not too stupid a question, was the Parker Lady done in anything other than that burgundy red colour? Both of mine are that colour and I've never seen any other colour on sale. They're tough little pens which stand up well to use at work.

Yes Martin, looks a lot like that one, except yours seems to be a lot nicer and shinier than the one I just bought. I'm hoping that with a little help from folks here, I might be able to get it looking prettier...

Carrie, I'm pretty sure I've seen a pink one somewhere...not a vivid pink - sort of baby pink. Didn't like it. If I can find it, I'll post it...

We had a blue one recently and I'm sure I've also seen them in green. I guess that black was also an option as well.

Martin

Must be a UK thing because I have never run across one here in the wilds of the colonies...

More info, please...

Bill...who SHOULD NOT be asking such questions...

Roy, you are a bad influence

Hello peachez!

How are you doing? Well, I have bought a few pens myself (and unfortunately, this activity hasn't stopped yet) and for every pen I buy, I still get excited in the same way for each pen. You must know by now that here, this sort of insane behaviour is the norm. In the land of nutters, the one nut person is crazy. :doh:

With this Parker Lady of yours, it sounds as if you're going on a blind date. That's veeeerrry exciting, no? The anticipation, the thrill, the excitement, it's all there!! OK, so you know what it looks like, but how will it feel in your hand? How good do you look together? Will people say "Oooooohh, it's peachez and her Parker Lady!" or will they say "What is peachez doing holding on to that pen??" Is it going to give that oft-mentioned spark when you immediately hold it or is it going to slowly take its time and subtly grab you as if from nowhere?
(Now, how nuts do you think I am???!! :doh: )


G.

Well G, this wasn't supposed to happen. I wasn't supposed to turn into a pen geek. I mean, I only popped in here cos I found a pen in my attic and now I've been hooked :ph34r:

I am unreasonably excited about the prospect of this pen showing up. I don't even mind if it's broken - will be a challenge to get it unbroken. And if at the end of the day, having got it writing well and getting it to look pretty, if it doesn't suit my childish scrawl, there's no harm done. Four quid for this much excitement? Good grief I'm cheap to run.

So yup, you is nuts, seems most folk in here are. Was obviously fate I stumbled in here.

And next thing you know, you're in for $500......(and counting.....)



-Bruce

Hi Bill,

They are good pens, but the only ones I have seen have been in black, and UK made in Newhaven. They are an aerometric filler, bit more like a 21/61 ish but all from the original "51" idea.

Bit small for my hand, bit like a "51" demi size, but all to the good. They can suffer from cracking to the caps I believe and I fixed one up that had that problem. Ladies like them as a handbag pen.

As long as the one that Peachezn gets is intact, it may want no more than a good flush to get it back working perfectly.

Jim

The "51" freak

twdpens - in your picture, what is the pen second from the left? I've got two of those at home - one in green and one in red. The green one was my very first fountain pen, my parents bought it for me when I started at Grammar School, back in 1971, and I've still got it (amongst others). The red one was my brother's, but I have absolutely no idea what they are!

Many thanks

Second from left is a Slimfold. Next to that a Junior (or Victory MkV).

Martin

Thank you , they are slimfolds then, I have always wondered what model they are