First Parker 51

[HesNot]

Kurt - no blasphemy in that statement! The big selling point for me was the ability to not dry out and start easily when uncapped for a period of time - due to the hooded nib - so I was willing to get past the initial ease of use.

 

I've said it before but I've had 3 Pelikans pass through my hands and they've all moved on rather quickly. Maybe it's my writing style or whatever but they just didn't speak to me. Very well made, hold lots of ink, etc... but none have stuck, and they are probably more highly regarded in pendom than the "51" is ... Maybe I should do the ducking!

[Roger]

No ducking necessary and certainly no blasphemy. FPs and Inks are sooo diverse and subjective, that it's impossible to have a universally loved example of each.

 

Maybe the best counsel I received as a kid from my parents was (and, I think that these so beautifully illustrate the difference in the sexes), from my mother..."Roger, that's why there is chocolate and vanilla" whereas from my old man..."Son, it's a good thing that we don't all like the same woman".

 

Works for me!