mystery pens

[Dave]

Hey All, I was on vacation in the Bitterroot valley in Montana and happened upon an antique shop. For $10 I got 4 pens. A Parker 51 with a weird super fat lid without a clip that matchs the body in both color and texture. Also, the words "Parker 51 6 made in the USA" are imprinted on the just below the silver and gold ring running across the body of the pen, not down the body. See attached picture entitled p51 - jpen.

 

Also found a small Japanese pen with a nib like thing shaped like a paint brush. See attached picture.

 

Anyone know anything about either pen. I searched all over the internet and found nothing on either pen.

 

I know the Japanese pen was made in Japan because the crescent fill lever is stamped with that but nothing else.

 

Thanks Much!

 

Dave

[Guest Denis Richard]

Here is your pic Dave... I resized it. as it was on the big side of things, but here it is

Edited July 7, 2005 by Denis Richard

[Guest Denis Richard]

That's one original pen ! My first guess would be that the cap was custom made, but that's no expert advice.

[ushat]

I can't see it as well as I'd like to, but the small pen looks as though it has a glass nib.

[Titivillus]

I can't see it as well as I'd like to, but the small pen looks as though it has a glass nib.

Yep that looks like a Spor Crescent filler with glass nib.

 

 

Kurt H

[Dillo]

Hi,

 

The Parker 51 might be a prototype. And you just found what might be a glass-nibbed Spor crescent-filler. Wow. :bunny1: Clean the pens up, fill or dip them and post a scan or mail it to me to scan.

 

Dillon

Edited July 8, 2005 by Dillo

[whv]

i agree that the 'parker' cap is probably a one-off.

the "silver and gold" clutch ring would indicate that the original cap should have been solid gold, or at least gold filled.

good finds.

[Johnny Appleseed]

I don't know about the cap, but both of my Parker 51s (1945 and 1948) have the imprint sideways below the clutch ring, as this one. I think it is fairly standard.

 

However, my 1945 blue-diamond 51 also has the "silver-and-gold" clutch ring like the one in the picture. It has a stainless (lusterloy?) cap with gold-filled clip, rather than a full gold-filled cap. Isn't that standard as well?

 

J. Appleseed

Edited July 28, 2005 by Johnny Appleseed