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I acquired my first Parker over Christmas and cant wait for a converter to arrive so I can ink it up! Looking forward to getting involved with the forum and acquiring more Parkers Im sure...

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Hi welcome to FPN from London - your P45 is a good choice of starter pen which has had something approaching fifty years of production, and makes for a good collectible model with what seems to me like an almost infinite range of livery. Olive is one of a small group - within this model - of student pens which started life in the late 1960s, and produced in five colours which are known as 'Happy Colours', all of which had steel caps - the other colours being yellow, orange, mauve and aqua.

Unfortunately, some of the variations of the 45 need quite deep pockets to acquire, see this link from Tony Fischier's very interesting site on all things Parker ….. http://www.parkerpens.net/

 

Have to say that I thought the non-steel nibs were 14 ct.

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Gold nibs, gold plated steel nibs and plain steel nibs. All three came with the P45. The happy colour 45s, however, should have come out of the fctory with non plated plain steel nibs.

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I should have checked before engaging mouth - my one and only olive has a plain steel front end. thank you as always Khan. :)

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Back in the day when these were current, 60s, 70s, all the 45s I saw had gold nibs. Especially the early colors. That olive one really expresses the spirit of those times. I might have to get one more of those before I kick the bucket.

"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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I acquired my first Parker over Christmas and cant wait for a converter to arrive so I can ink it up! Looking forward to getting involved with the forum and acquiring more Parkers Im sure...

Happy writing with this beautiful pen!

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I have an olive P45 steel nib as a daily user at this time. You have to start somewhere and a P45 is a good choice.

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My first semi-vintage pen was a Parker 45 with a 14K medium nib. I didn't even really know what it was (other than it was a Parker, so I posted pix of it on a thread here in the Parker Forum, and got lots of info from people about what my pen was, roughly when it was made, and a link to a Tyler Dahl video about how to disassemble a 45 for thorough cleaning and checking over.

Does yours have one of the original squeeze converters, a modern converter, or a cartridge? Squeeze converters are still available -- they come up every now and then on eBay, although the price has gone way up since I got my first one (yes, I now have four, although I haven't gotten the grey one with the B nib up and running yet).

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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

 

It came without a converter, so I’ve put a modern Parker converter in it. It writes like a dream, and puts my Waterman Expert and Lamy Accent to shame! I’ve filled it with Diamine Prussian Blue and it’s very smooth with some nice shading.

 

I’m so impressed I’m now considering pulling the trigger on a Harlequin 45 with an F nib that seems reasonably priced...

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Congrats! Hope your converter arrives soon!

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Oh do go for the Harlequin if the price stays reasonable. P45s are great starter pens and there are so many different ones to collect. Have fun.

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I think it's fair to say that I have a bit of a thing for 45's - think twice about pulling the trigger on the Harlequin or you might get addicted! :)

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Haha too late! 😂 I thought a mint circlet harlequin for £37 was too good an opportunity to miss...

 

Thats an amazing collection you have there - the red shield harlequins are so eyecatching!

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My first 45 was a Kimber Classic with cocobolo diamond grips. Ooops! Wrong forum :o

Add lightness and simplicate.

 

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