Jump to content

Help Identifying A Parker Pen, And Questions About Parker Converter


thespyingdutchman

Recommended Posts

Hi FPN! I'm new on this forum (I usually browse reddit.com/r/fountainpens), so I'm still learning how all this works. This seems to be the right place to ask my questions.


I just ordered a vintage Parker pen from a seller in my country (The Netherlands). Here are some pictures the seller provided. It looks like a Parker 45 Flighter to me, but I'm not sure and by no means an expert. I paid 20 euros for it, which is around $25. Can you help me identify the model of the pen? And is 20 euros a good deal? I think I read somewhere $20-$30 is a normal price for this pen. The seller said it does have a date engraved on the barrel, but as long as it's just a date I think it's actually pretty cool.


And to anyone who owns this pen, would you recommend it as a daily carry for a college student?


Thanks in advance! :)


EDIT: I had a question about what converter this pen takes, but I've edited this out because I've found my answer.

Edited by thespyingdutchman
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 24
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • mitto

    8

  • thespyingdutchman

    8

  • Chrissy

    4

  • Runnin_Ute

    3

Its a 45 flighter gt indeed. Highly suitable as a daily carry.

Thanks for the info!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I love cleaning out Parker 45's that I've bought on ebay, then unscrewing the little nib unit and finding a gold nib hidden in there. :wub: I hope you're lucky too. :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I love cleaning out Parker 45's that I've bought on ebay, then unscrewing the little nib unit and finding a gold nib hidden in there. :wub: I hope you're lucky too. :)

I hope so too! As of right now I don't own any gold nibbed pens yet.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Pray the pen arrives with a gold nib.

I definitely am! Will probably receive it tomorrow so I'll find out soon enough.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

That is how I got my first gold nibbed pen. Bought a 45 Flighter on ebay that was represented as gold plated turned out to be gold. Paid a very good price as well.. ($15.50)

Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I definitely am! Will probably receive it tomorrow so I'll find out soon enough.

In the pictures the nib looks to be gold.

Khan M. Ilyas

Link to comment
Share on other sites

In the pictures the nib looks to be gold.

Thought so too! But it might be a gold plated steel nib.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

That is how I got my first gold nibbed pen. Bought a 45 Flighter on ebay that was represented as gold plated turned out to be gold. Paid a very good price as well.. ($15.50)

Wow,you definitely got lucky! What do you think of the pen overall? Do you still use it?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

In the pictures the nib looks to be gold.

I received it in the mail today. It's a 14K gold nib! And it writes really well.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I received it in the mail today. It's a 14K gold nib! And it writes really well.

Congrats. The nib looked gold. Gold plated nibs look different.

Edited by mitto

Khan M. Ilyas

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Congrats. The nib looked gold. Gold plated nibs look different.

Thank you! How can you tell?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Congrats. The nib looked gold. Gold plated nibs look different.

 

I'm confused, but then I don't own as many pens as mitto does. When I was younger I thought the 45 came with either a steel nib or a gold nib. So there wouldn't be any doubt or any side-by-side comparisons to be done.

 

The original selling point, and this I do remember, was that the 45 was a pen with a gold nib selling for only five dollars. Later things became more complicated. Fancier finishes, steel nibs, all manner of contingencies. I just hadn't been aware of gold-plated nibs.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'm confused, but then I don't own as many pens as mitto does. When I was younger I thought the 45 came with either a steel nib or a gold nib. So there wouldn't be any doubt or any side-by-side comparisons to be done.

 

The original selling point, and this I do remember, was that the 45 was a pen with a gold nib selling for only five dollars. Later things became more complicated. Fancier finishes, steel nibs, all manner of contingencies. I just hadn't been aware of gold-plated nibs.

So now you know that in the later production P45s the sold 14k/10k nibs were replaced by just gold plated steel nibs. :)

Khan M. Ilyas

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33494
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26624
    5. jar
      jar
      26101
  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o
  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More
  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...