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mitto Museum Piece

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Looks more like cedar blue to me...

The seller was asked and he confirmed 'it is green though in some pictures it looks blue'.

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Good luck - it would be a good buy if it is nassau green. Let us know how it turns out.

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What is the date code?

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What is the date code?

Well, neither the seller said anything about the date code nor did I ask him about that.

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I think it's really green. The thing is green colours are notorious for not showing up correctly in some photographs. I recently had that problem when I tried to take a photo of an olive green 45. It kept on coming out black unless I shone a light directly on it. When you try to adjust to make the green show up, the other colours go all wrong. Looking forward to hearing the outcome of this.

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Count me among those that looked at the photos in the original listing and said "Naah -- Cedar Blue."

I'll admit that the ONLY duplicates on 51s in my stash are a couple of Cedar Blue 51 Vacs (well, if you don't count one Black 51 Vac and one Black Aerometric).

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For your sake, Khan, I hope it is green. But it looked blue to me. Bad lighting maybe?

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mitto Museum Piece

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Well, it was a gamble I found myself willing to play. And especially when the seller confirmed it was green after being shown pictures of green 51.

 

I hope it turns out green. If not, addition of another cedar would not hurt. :)

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Well, it was a gamble I found myself willing to play. And especially when the seller confirmed it was green after being shown pictures of green 51.

 

I hope it turns out green. If not, addition of another cedar would not hurt. :)

 

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Don’t tell me the color. I only want to know the date code.

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Don’t tell me the color. I only want to know the date code.

Todd, the pen would first be delivered at a UK address as it was purchased for me by a friend there along with nine other 51s plus some other good pens. Then he will ship the pens at my address in Pakistan. So be patient please. :)

 

Would definitely tell you the date code. BTW why don't you tell me the secret behind the date code. What year the SJ nassau green was produced? 1947? 1948? Or...?

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mitto Museum Piece

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Here is the (deep green Vac 51) pen side by side with a cedar blue. No date code on the barrel. Obviously the color does not match a cedar blue. What is it?

 

 

 

The color is almost (or a bit darker than) forest green.

 

Side by side with forest green (earo).

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There are some navy blue 51s out there. To make things more interesting, towards the end of the Vacumatic run, Parker made some of the pens out of aero 51 plastic and some out of VS plastic. I've seen and handled both. No date code could be telling....

 

I have repaired a 51 made out of the gray VS plastic. If this matches either aero 51 plastic or the blue used in the VS, you have an uncommon pen.

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There are some navy blue 51s out there. To make things more interesting, towards the end of the Vacumatic run, Parker made some of the pens out of aero 51 plastic and some out of VS plastic. I've seen and handled both. No date code could be telling....

 

I have repaired a 51 made out of the gray VS plastic. If this matches either aero 51 plastic or the blue used in the VS, you have an uncommon pen.

Ron, it is green. But not the Nassau green. The last picture shows the pen side by side with an aero forest green.

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It looks blue on my monitor. All of the pictures of the pen look blue, and this is the monitor that I use when editing my pen pictures, which are pretty accurate.

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