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That red 61 doesn't look Rage Red to me. Not bright enough. Looks burgundy.

 

No, it's Rage Red for sure. No doubt. Burgundy is much, much darker and tonally very different. I'd do a side by side comparison of the two colours but I'm currently away from home.

 

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Frank

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No, it's Rage Red for sure. No doubt. Burgundy is much, much darker and tonally very different. I'd do a side by side comparison of the two colours but I'm currently away from home.

 

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Frank

That has to be a poor exposure. Rage red is bright red.

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That has to be a poor exposure. Rage red is bright red.

Naturally lit (as in late afternoon daylight only) & taken on a camera 'phone as stated.

 

Here's the same shot, colour corrected.

 

Do you have many 61s yourself?

 

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'Writing utensils'!

 

I think I like the '...I do not know whether they do or not.' best - classic shorthand for 'I'm too f*cking dumb / lazy to google 'Parker 51' and find out for myself'.

 

Epic, epic fail.

 

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Well, in the immortal words of Lisa Anderson, "it's a very nice box...". ;)

So what are they in reality (since they're clearly not 51s)? My first thought was maybe a 45 set (until I got a better look); maybe a Jotter set?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Yuh huh. Half tempted to to contact the seller and ask what it says on the cap band. And for pix of the fill system and nib....

OTOH, it might be of interest to people who collect railroad memorabilia (there seemed to be several people watching the listing; I'm not one of them....).

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I have collected some railroad memorabilia. This is a junkpen, cheap MB lookalike.

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Doesn't the clip say "Universal"?

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Might mean Universal Export. One of those James Bond pens with a dart or little RPG, or maybe a spear gun to impale a fish for lunch.

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Yea, but is there a fountain pen in the pictures?

There's that too... :rolleyes:

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