Parker 51 Cartridge/converter Pen New Style

[pajaro]

Parker 51 C/C pen.

 

 

This Parker 51 was put together from a broken 51 Vacumatic's nib, feed, collector and connector, a C/C conversion piece made in India by a gentleman there, a push-pull converter from a Sonnet and the midnight blue barrel and hood from an aerometric 51 that were left over from a conversion to a Kullock yellow hood and barrel. Waste not, want not.

 

I have inked this up, and it writes perfectly. In another thread others expressed concern that the ink would corrode the brass part that holds the cartridge or converter. I probably will not use this much, if at all. I wanted to see what it would look like and how it would all fit. The gentleman who designed and made this apparently did a perfect job. It all fits together nicely. For me it is an interesting collectible.

[Mr.Rene]

What about long breather tube? it will be damage if you use a piston converter or when you puncture a cartridge to open it ...

Regards

[pajaro]

What about long breather tube? it will be damage if you use a piston converter or when you puncture a cartridge to open it ...

Regards

 

The feed from the 51 Vacumatic has a short breather tube. Pushing the piston all the way in with the push-pull converter doesn't hit anything. The long breather tube would have created that issue, though.

[pajaro]

The original thread discussion https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/312804-gadget-to-adapt-a-51-for-a-cartridge-converter/page-1

[christof]

Very clever solution.

Thanks for showing us.

Are this custom connectors available to the public?

C.

[Glenn-SC]

Very cool!

[pajaro]

Very clever solution.

Thanks for showing us.

Are this custom connectors available to the public?

C.

The other thread I linked has a link to the ebay item. You could ask the seller if he has any more available.

[christof]

Thank you!

[josepllcs]

I have one of these C/C transformers, but had some problems finding the converters to use. I will give another try, but the producer mentioned that universal converters fit.

[Barry Gabay]

Nice pen, pajaro. The Indian technician did a great job! Like you, I am a fan of 51s in any form. I have one of those conversion 51s made from Howard Levy's kit. Roger Cromwell did the surgery. It writes wonderfully, though I prefer using a cartridge instead of converter in it. That's also how I fill and use a vista blue Parker SE which has rarely been empty since I bought it new in 2002. I use cartridges also in my c/c Parker 61s. Thank you for your interesting post.

[mitto]

Good. Parker 51 NS. Good job and good name.