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I have a number of P51's [ both types ] One has grown on me, I though that I would not like a M nib. Well it's a nice writer [ daily writer ].

 

To inkstainedruth [ if you read this ] We are tied on the $2 P51 find. [ I found 3 P51's for $2 each [ 2 Vac's & 1 Aero ] back in 2016 summer ] Try to beat me on the $10 cordovan brown Vac desk set. :D

 

Ken

 

OMG. You're KILLING me here....

I'm not big on desk sets (or sets at all for the most part), and I'm still trying to make up my mind if I actually *like* Cordovan Brown or not (mostly it's "the one that got away.." in that I saw one on eBay several years ago, asked all the fight questions and every time the seller said "Let me check with the original owner and get back to you"; had a lovely rapport going with the seller == and then I got SNIPED with seconds to go and I couldn't react fast enough :wallbash: ). But still.... :headsmack:

Although the guy who just said in another thread that he got what sounds like a Forest Green Aero with a Parker 21 cap on it for I think 50¢ may have us both beat....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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I just now have my first Parker 51:

England-Made Vac, black with gold-filled or plated cap (not sure how to tell the difference) and M nib reground to Butter Line Stub by Pendleton Brown. It is very impressive for ergonomic comfort and form-follows-function elegance!

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I have a few vacs, and some need repair, but they are interesting to use. I have especially enjoyed using a demi vac with a medium nib. With the same circumference as a regular 51, it has an intriguing and nice feel. I have been enjoying this pen now for several years.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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