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Today I found three nice Parker 51:

 

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all of them has some singular characteristic:

 

The top one has never been used (there is still a sticker on the barrel) and the ink sac is perfectly transparent.

 

The middle one has a gold cap

 

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The bottom one has a stub nib

 

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it will take some time to restore them (and also some risk, I know), but they should come out very well.

 

The only negative point is that all of them has inscriptions (the first on the barrel, the others on the caps), but in the end I am learning to like the additional charm they will provide.

 

Alfredo

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quote ......................."but in the end I am learning to like the additional charm they will provide." agree - I'm a fan of pens with personal imprints too, and have several 51s like this, and such things wouldn't put me off buying a pen.

Very good finds, and hope the restorations go well - assume one aero and two Vacs.

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Nice finds. I do have a question about the one you say hasn't been inked. Does it also have an inscription? I'm surprised that such a pen would be in unused condition, given that not only would the pens date back to when 51s were top of the line, desirable pens, but also are from the heyday of FPs in regular use (I.e., before the encroachment of ballpoints was quite so ubiquitous).

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Nice finds. I do have a question about the one you say hasn't been inked. Does it also have an inscription? I'm surprised that such a pen would be in unused condition, given that not only would the pens date back to when 51s were top of the line, desirable pens, but also are from the heyday of FPs in regular use (I.e., before the encroachment of ballpoints was quite so ubiquitous).

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I agree with you which is strange, on the other hand the inscription is present, but there is also still a sticker on the barrell (where it is written: EP Electro Polished), and I was not able to find traces of ink neither on the nib or on the tank.

 

Alfredo

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They made millions of pens in some of those years. They can be found uninked. Many of these pens made birthday gifts or gifts for other occasions. Many were put aside by ballpoint users and not used. I had the good fortune to find a few such pens at yard sales, typically for $5.00. I carried currency in a waterproof wallet when I went jogging back in those days, 80s and 90s.

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Be careful if you try to restore the gray one. Early gray ones have a tendency to crack at the filler unit threads when you try to remove the filler.

 

I was able to unscrew the filler without damaging the barrel, unfortunately the filler was ruined in the operation. I am now waiting for a new one (together to a brass c-ring for the next vac repair).

 

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What a great find!

 

Like you, I find imprints can be charming. I have a few corporate ones that are quite fun (a French cargo company, a French bookshop, and a Typhoo Tea pen) and also a couple with Norwich addresses on where I've been able to walk past their former residence and think "this pen lived there"!

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