Parker 51 Desk Pen

[mitto]

The superchrome ink may have already eaten up the silver breather tube. That is short of breaking it into pieces. As otherwise there would be rattling sounds of the broken tube when stirring the pen.

[corgicoupe]

No rattling sounds. I took the pen to our local pen collectors club meeting and showed it to a member who has been professionally restoring pens for 20 years. He immediately responded that he had seen a number of P51s with the orange-colored sacs. So I am at peace with this one.

[pajaro]

No rattling sounds. I took the pen to our local pen collectors club meeting and showed it to a member who has been professionally restoring pens for 20 years. He immediately responded that he had seen a number of P51s with the orange-colored sacs. So I am at peace with this one.

 

Great. You should be. It will last a long time.

[mitto]

Great. Enjoy using your pen.

[Erik Dalton]

Participating in his thread has got me on a Parker desk pen hunt.

They are rare to find in pristine condition. I’ve now managed to acquire some P-51’s and P-21.

As with most things P-51 hard and fast rules don’t always apply.

The early pens have a standard width clutch ring and requires a pen holder made for this to fit.

Later models have a very thin clutch ring and will fit pen holders made for them as well as the older version pen holder.

There are magnets that hold the more recent pen holder in their base. Then there are two (that I know of) types of threaded (into the base)pen holders. I’ve been frustrated trying to match holders up to bases...lol..but I love the challenge.

By the way, these are fantastic writers. Just sit in their pen holders waiting to start right up and write up a storm. I’m having a lot of fun refurbishing these.

Thanks for starting this discussion Corgicoupe!

So far I’ve just been soaking, flushing, nib tuning and polishing. Got some great writers..There are a few that will require a new nib, one P-21 possibly needs a new sac.

Questions for you guys:

1. Will a standard size plyglass sac fit in the P-51 & P-21 desk pens?

2. Are the nib, feeds and collectors the same as those in standard non desk P-51 & P-21’s, both older versions and late 50’s/60’s versions?

Appreciate your input. Feel free to add any insights into facts I’ve not yet discovered.

[Glenn Atkins]

Participating in his thread has got me on a Parker desk pen hunt.

They are rare to find in pristine condition. I’ve now managed to acquire some P-51’s and P-21.

As with most things P-51 hard and fast rules don’t always apply.

The early pens have a standard width clutch ring and requires a pen holder made for this to fit.

Later models have a very thin clutch ring and will fit pen holders made for them as well as the older version pen holder.

There are magnets that hold the more recent pen holder in their base. Then there are two (that I know of) types of threaded (into the base)pen holders. I’ve been frustrated trying to match holders up to bases...lol..but I love the challenge.

By the way, these are fantastic writers. Just sit in their pen holders waiting to start right up and write up a storm. I’m having a lot of fun refurbishing these.

Thanks for starting this discussion Corgicoupe!

So far I’ve just been soaking, flushing, nib tuning and polishing. Got some great writers..There are a few that will require a new nib, one P-21 possibly needs a new sac.

Questions for you guys:

1. Will a standard size plyglass sac fit in the P-51 & P-21 desk pens?

2. Are the nib, feeds and collectors the same as those in standard non desk P-51 & P-21’s, both older versions and late 50’s/60’s versions?

Appreciate your input. Feel free to add any insights into facts I’ve not yet discovered.

 

 

Dale seems to have a truckload of desk-pen parts.

 

http://pentooling.com/Default.html

 

Glenn

[Erik Dalton]

Thanks for the tip glen. I’ll follow up.

[FarmBoy]

A 51 Desk pen differs from a standard pen in two specific ways. The desk pen lacks a cap and has a different barrel or blind cap.

[Erik Dalton]

A 51 Desk pen differs from a standard pen in two specific ways. The desk pen lacks a cap and has a different barrel or blind cap.

So, everything else is the same except the clutch rings? That means I can use the same collection of spare parts that I keep for the standard P-51.

That’s great news. Thanks FarmBoy.

 

By the way Glen, I went to dale’s site. He has a lot more stuff than I remember. I could spend a lot of money there...lol..

 

Thanks for the help guys. I’ll post pics once I get a couple more cleaned up and all pretty.

[mitto]

Beside propper aero 51 dedk pens, I have a few spare aero 51 desk pen barrels. So I just need putting the desk pen barrel on a standard aero 51 and it effectively turns into a desk pen. I don't have the vac 51 desk pen blind cap, though, to put it on a standard vac 51 and turn it into a vac 51 desk pen.

Edited August 4, 2018 by mitto

[FarmBoy]

No, the clutch rings are also the same on desk pens and pocket pens within the same generation of pens. If you have a thin clutch ring you have s 61 or a late 51.

 

Compare the threads on the connector.