converter for Parker 45?

[SweetieStarr]

Hi all,

 

Do they make converters for vintage Parker 45s? I have one in which I am using vintage blue-black Quink cartridges. I love the vintage look of the ink, and the bottled Quink blue-black comes very close to the color. The cartridges only come in blue, or black, and I'd like to stay with the "original" color ink.

 

Can someone please tell me if they:

1. make converters for Parker 45s? and

2. what kind do I look for?

 

Thank you!

[twdpens]

Parker 45s will take any Parker converter. Two types are available: a slide-action piston converter and a twist-action piston converter (often referred to as the "de-luxe"). The original 45 converters were squeeze-action but these are no longer available.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

[SweetieStarr]

Parker 45s will take any Parker converter. Two types are available: a slide-action piston converter and a twist-action piston converter (often referred to as the "de-luxe"). The original 45 converters were squeeze-action but these are no longer available.

 

HTH,

 

Martin

 

Very helpful; thank you!

[lovemy51]

you can find them here: http://parker51.com/nos.html

 

... it's the second item when you scroll down... no affiliation.

Edited February 18, 2009 by lovemy51

[frolland]

If you have a Parker 45 , you can easily refill the used cartridge with a syringe. Its very easy and quick to do. Specially if you use many colors you wash the cartridge with water and then you can fill it with your favorite ink. It has the advantage that by opening the barrel you can see almost the full length of the cartridge, while with the converter you cannot see more that half of it.

Either method is good. I tell you this, if you do not want to pay for the converter about US$ 10,00 you can use this cheap method. Any syringe with more that 1 1/2 milliliters will do.

[Runnin_Ute]

When I first got my P45 Flighter I used a cartridge, then refilled it with blue black (could only find black cartridges) as the seller didn't include a converter. I got one of the "deluxe" twist converters from a fellow FPN member who had a spare. It works great. It would have been about $10 from someone like Goulet Pen Co.

[frolland]

To Antique: I got the Parker Flighter 45 too. Excellent pen, and until now I do not buy cartridges or purchased a converter. I always refill cartridges with a syringe.You can refill them with any color you want to use, and again, you can see the amount of ink in the cartridge better than in the converter. Is your choice.! Of course after a while, the used cartridge gets loose and is time to buy another one. So happens with the converter if you take it out to clean the pen often.

[Romagno]

Vintage Parker 45's came with a metal squeeze converter, No. 2 in this photo. Although I have many converters of various types, I just refill the cartridges with a syringe and needle - a standard (long) Parker cartridge holds more ink than any converter that I have tried.

 

http://dirck.delint.ca/beta/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/parkvert.jpg

 

http://dirck.delint.ca/beta/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/parkvert.jpg

[Runnin_Ute]

To Antique: I got the Parker Flighter 45 too. Excellent pen, and until now I do not buy cartridges or purchased a converter. I always refill cartridges with a syringe.You can refill them with any color you want to use, and again, you can see the amount of ink in the cartridge better than in the converter. Is your choice.! Of course after a while, the used cartridge gets loose and is time to buy another one. So happens with the converter if you take it out to clean the pen often.

I keep the cartridge around as a backup of sorts in case I have issues with my converter. It was

 

(Antique, Dipped Only etc are based on post count - yours says Mint) Although there seems to be a way to personalize....

[kokopelli_TR]

I use Lamy converter in my Parker Im Ct and they are a bit cheaper here. Works well. Filling up the empty cartridge is also easy.

[watch_art]

yes to the Lamy converter. Cheaper than the Parker deluxe converter and works perfectly.

[HappySadFace]

Would a Parker converter work in any Parker pen? I have a Parker 45 c. 1980's and I'm afraid of wearing the squeeze pump out but I don't want to get a converter that won't fit

[Vendome]

Would a Parker converter work in any Parker pen? I have a Parker 45 c. 1980's and I'm afraid of wearing the squeeze pump out but I don't want to get a converter that won't fit

 

I've had several NOS 80s and 90s Parkers, a 15, 45 and 88, which were all fine with the modern, basic or deluxe converters.

 

Jason

[Captivelight]

A Parker 45 should be able to take all the Parker converters ...

[henkc]

I've just got a 45 on an auction without a cartridge or converter. Which of the Lamy converters fit this pen, the Z24, Z26 or either. I'd rather get the converter locally (in South Africa) where the Lamy is easy to get, but the Parker converters seem to be made of unobtanium. Failing this, I'll have to import, with shipping costs likely to be a lot more than the cost of the converter.

[FLZapped]

Just a warning, if you get the slide converter, do NOT use the one with the ball bearing - it seals off the ink flow. Use the one with the spring.

[sgage]

If you have a Parker 45 , you can easily refill the used cartridge with a syringe. Its very easy and quick to do. Specially if you use many colors you wash the cartridge with water and then you can fill it with your favorite ink. It has the advantage that by opening the barrel you can see almost the full length of the cartridge, while with the converter you cannot see more that half of it.

Either method is good. I tell you this, if you do not want to pay for the converter about US$ 10,00 you can use this cheap method. Any syringe with more that 1 1/2 milliliters will do.

 

This is what I do. I have a 1969 Parker 45 that I received as a gift at graduation from Jr. High School. I've been using it for all these years. Filling empty carts with a syringe is much easier than dealing with the squeezy converter that came with it. Get a syringe and go for it!

 

[Tweel]

I've just got a 45 on an auction without a cartridge or converter. Which of the Lamy converters fit this pen, the Z24, Z26 or either. I'd rather get the converter locally (in South Africa) where the Lamy is easy to get, but the Parker converters seem to be made of unobtanium. Failing this, I'll have to import, with shipping costs likely to be a lot more than the cost of the converter.

 

I don't have any experience with this, but here's a post by someone who does:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/226135-can-a-lamy-safari-fountain-pen-use-parker-cartridges/?p=2413051

 

You might also want to scroll down to posts #28 and #29 in that thread.

[inkstainedruth]

Just a warning, if you get the slide converter, do NOT use the one with the ball bearing - it seals off the ink flow. Use the one with the spring.

Yes, but the ones with the spring are harder to clean if you switch ink colors. I've got some that have stains around the bottom on the inside, and have worried that the coils trap ink as well. This is particularly an issue with pens where I sometimes use iron gall inks in the pens, but sometimes not.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[unigami]

Just a warning, if you get the slide converter, do NOT use the one with the ball bearing - it seals off the ink flow. Use the one with the spring.

 

You can remove the bearing by taking it apart