Sailor & Iroshizuku Inks In Parker 51's

[FPFan]

Does anyone know if there is a good reason not to use Sailor and Iroshizuku inks in vintage Parker 51 pens. I would really hate to damage or destroy one of my beautiful "senior" citizens. My most beloved pens!

 

I know both of these inks a highly saturated and can be a royal pain to clean out of regular piston filling pens. Most of the time I use them in either Sailor or Pelikan pens. I'm sure they would/will be just are difficult or most so, in the older 51's. I just want to make sure they will not damage them, especially if I used one are the only ink in the pen going forward.

 

Your wisdom and advise is highly sought after. Thanks in advance.

[Immoteus]

Saturated? Its possible if they were compared to J.Herbin. But I wouldnt consider either brand to be saturated.

From my experience, the two brands you mentioned have had no problems performing in P51s.

Edited June 29, 2017 by Immoteus

[clazbill]

I have a vintage Parker 45 and I've been using Iroshizuku ink in it under the belief that ink is 'safe.'

 

Hasn't given me any trouble so far.

[Aelie]

I don't know whether my Sailors and Iroshizukus are detrimental to my P51 or not. What I do know is that many of these inks are too pretty not to use in my P51. So I am enjoying those inks now and will pay for the repair later if it ever comes to that.

[Erik Dalton]

The plyglass sac in the P-51 Areo is tough as nails. Provided you have an original sac. Everyone else here is going to tell you that you should be ok as long as you practice regular and frequent pen hygiene. I guess I'm just a skeptic.

I don't use Japanese inks in my P-51's. I do use sailor, Iroshizuku, and Pilot inks a lot In my other pens. I've had bad ink interaction issues with sailor. I have a friend who is a pen dealer. He put Sailor Souten in his brand new Mark Twain and it ate through the sac. I love Sailor ink, but my way of avoiding any interactions is to have dedicated some pens, to only sailor inks.

The sac on a P-51 Vac is more than likely going to be latex rubber. With those I stick to the "safe inks"

From Pelikan, Aurora, Parker, Waterman Etc. I have recently tried the new Aurora Blue Black in both my Areo, and Vac. I like it a lot. I think it's the best behaved of all the Aurora inks, and cleans up easily.

[FPFan]

Thanks for the replies. I think I may just stick with the inks I'm already using: Diamine, Waterman, Pelikan 4001, and one Levenger Cobal Blue (which is becoming a new favorite. Never really cared much for blue inks, but this one is an eye popper!

[inkstainedruth]

Other than Sailor Sky High having stained a brand new replacement pliglass sac in my Teal 51 Aero, I don't see any reason to avoid using either Sailor or Iroshihzuku inks (well, other than that Iroshihzuku inks tend to be on the wet side).

But then, I'm the person who didn't think twice about putting De Atramentis Red Roses (a scented ink) into a Vacumatic. And I've used Noodler's Purple Heart in another 51 Aerometric (so you have saturated AND purple dyes...).

Remember -- 51s were *originally* designed to take Quink Superchrome, which I gather was pretty noxious....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth