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Plum 51, third quarter of 1949.

 

Favorite is 51 midnight blue from the 1960s.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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  • 2 years later...

My favorite is my Parker 1945 51 (year of my birth). A fairly rare, but not quite a pen, is my Parker VP Holy Water Sprinkler (aspergillum).

Peter

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51 with swirly green and black Bexley barrel. Black 45. Cartons inherited. Kullock amethyst translucent DJ 51. Tray stuff.

Got one like that, came from a pen rep that distributed Bexley pens, knew Howard Levy and got it from him- it had a black and green swirled barrel made by Levy with a customized cap (12k gold filled with a silver arrow clip. The nib was a nib meistered broad italic fitted to an aero metric filler. I believe this is my favorite 51 and use it as much as any fountain pen I have.

Secundum Artem

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This is the first time I see this set. Indeed rare.

Don't see these too often. :)

 

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn312/BuzzJ/Parkereggshell.jpg

 

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  • 7 months later...

I don't think I've got something to call it rare..

But for now my favourite is the newest addition to my collection: P75 Sterling Silver Cisele (USA) dated 1965/66.

All the best is only beginning now...

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14 hours ago, shalitha33 said:

unfortunately i don't have any rare parkers :(. closest I have to a less common one is the 23h. 

 

I would argue that a 23H is rare pen, especially in MHR.

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Nothing rare for me either. Both of the P51 1942 pens got used today. 

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Depends on what rare means.  I have titanium nibbed P75s as well as some rare colours of P75 Laque as well as both patterns of Duofolds by Classic Pens - CP5 (is one of 500 rare?) and the sterling duofold in international size and the  Presidential Esparto 

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6 hours ago, wspohn said:

Depends on what rare means.  I have titanium nibbed P75s as well as some rare colours of P75 Laque as well as both patterns of Duofolds by Classic Pens - CP5 (is one of 500 rare?) and the sterling duofold in international size and the  Presidential Esparto 

Is the 75 nib marked Titanium?

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14 minutes ago, christof said:

Got a new rare one:

 

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Parker "51" Insignia Rolled Silver

... it is just beautiful... :) Congratulations! :)

All the best is only beginning now...

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3 hours ago, sonik said:

I have one of the 6 unnumbered staff duofolds for thr closure of the Newhaven site in 2010

 

Pics or it didn't happen ;) 

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