The Ubiquitous Parker 51

[Cryptos]

Okay folks a quick and dirty poll.

 

 

For those that have several and use often, or other such variations, please read the question as meaning 'at least one'.

 

 

Poll will run for one week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

<anyone who ticks the last option can go and wash their mouth with soap>

Edited August 21, 2014 by Cryptos

[RMN]

Hey, you managed your first second poll... And at first I thought wrong forum, but of course you also want to reach the non-Parker aficionados...

 

I have tried one twice, once in a shop, once on a penshow, and did not like it in the hand. Besides I find it ugly (YMMV)

 

Bought a nice P45 with a stub nib instead that time in the shop.

 

 

D.ick

[Art]

I've never used one - that I know of. I'd like to see what all the fuss is about.

[Namru]

I keep a black and gold 51 filled with black ink on hand for the boring stuff in life. Sometimes I just don't want to use something that screams flash or expense, and it's timeless. It's hard to believe it was developed in the 1930s.

[Thuja]

You forgot the "I haven't tried the pen and don't want to" option.

[da vinci]

I have a black/gold version with stub by Oxonian, a burgundy/gold version with OM nib and a Brad Torrelli too.

 

Great pens!

[Cryptos]

 

You forgot the "I haven't tried the pen and don't want to" option.

 

It was a deliberate omission as it is irrelevant to my purpose in posing the poll.

[Darcy1978]

I want one. Immediately.

[FPcollection]

Great pens! Anytime!

[ddyager]

My user is a gold and burgundy. For looks, it's better with the cap on than off. My choice for non-flashy, reliable, comfortable routine use.

[Charles Rice]

I'm using mine right now, but I really don't use it all that often.

[perth]

I've got 3. Love using all of them.

[Komitadjie]

I use my brown Aero daily, it's always full of a red ink (today it's Noodler's Nikita) that I use for marking up drawings. I use it enough to need to refill about once every two weeks, perhaps a little more frequently.

[dannyboy]

I was given one in 1958 as a high school graduation present and now have several. My favorite is a mustard colored 51 with an OM nib. No doubt about it, the 51 is a wonderful pen, durable and always classy.

[tonybelding]

I have five 51s, a 51 Special, a couple of Super 21s and, just for good measure, a Hero 616.

 

Despite that, I've never fallen in love with them, and I don't use them often. I get far more use out of my Sheaffer Snorkels, Imperials and Targas.

[Paddler]

I don't use the one I have. It isdifficult to see the nib while writing and I have the tendency to rotate the barrel slightly sometimes and then I have to lean over and look at the nib to get it back on the sweet spot. The pen takes a long time to fill and takes forever to flush if I want to change ink colors. Forget this one; it is a solution looking for a problem.

[OcalaFlGuy]

(Points over < There at Avatar)

 

Take a stab in the dark.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl- We can just leave it a A few...

[JotterAddict62]

I have lost count on how many P51's that I have at this time. Need to inventory them and all the other Vac's that I have.

That reminds me to write a post on that subject.

 

Ken the Jotteraddict

[tinysnail]

I have a 51 Special and absolutely love it. It stays at home and I work a lot, but I still make sure to use it ~30min/day. Wonderful writer

[ANM]

didn't have choice: I own several and seldom use any of them.