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Are there any reasons this would be a bad combination? I have a Parker "51," just back from having an ossified sac replaced, and O.S. Halley's Comet Blue is close enough to the Parker Cedar Blue color that I'd like to try it in this pen; I also have some Blue Merle and might like to give that a go as well. The labels say these inks are meant to be equivalent to vintage inks, but some vintage inks were catastrophically bad for pens, thus the question seems prudent.

 

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The Parker "51" was designed with and for the world's most difficult fountain pen ink - Parker Superchrome. The massive collector was specifically engineered to handle the flow of ink and prevent the ink from drying out during normal use. The ink isn't recommended for use in any pen anymore (including the "51").

 

Modern fountain pen inks are, to quote one of our esteemed FPN users, "lambs tears" in comparison to what the "51" was designed to do. I've put a wide range of inks into my "51s" without any problems. The bigger consideration is the pain of cleaning the "51!" My OS inks are heavily saturated and take some time to clean them out of pens. As a result, I've generally stopped putting highly saturated inks into my 51s. But if you are going to keep this one ink going into your pen, I can't see a problem with the 51 and your ink choice.

 

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Great, thank you very much! :) I'll definitely give it some extra thought because of the cleaning issue. The O.S. inks behave so well I hadn't mentally placed them in the "heavily saturated" category. My previous experience with such inks led me to write off several brands entirely, and I've been equating "heavily saturated" with "a massive pain."

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The Halley's Comet Blue ink is a beautiful one--luckily, I bought a large bottle of it. I don't think it's so saturated that it would cause problems in a 51. I may just try it in one of mine!

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I managed to grab a large bottle of it, too, and it has quickly become one of my favorites. I was hoping it would turn out to be vintage-inspired, but with the modern tendency to avoid materials that melt pens. :)

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