New Parker 45

[Parker Quink Turquoise]

Last week I purchased on line my first Parker 45 fountain pen.The pen arrived today and what a nice pen it is.The pen has a medium nib and black plastic barrel.Loaded it with Parker Quink Turquoise ink and started writing.The pen works great.

 

Liked it so much I ordered another Parker 45 with a steel barrel and fine nib.While I was at it I ordered an extra fine nib to go with the pen as well.

 

When the new pen gets here it will give me five Parkers.Two Sonnets,two Parker 45s and a Frontier.They are all great pens in my opinion and each has its own charm in use.

[razr]

Great pens. I have 2 45s. Congratulations!!!

[amble63]

I have 3 45s and each one of them writes splendidly. They're all a bit flexy too, which is a treat.

[penadict]

I've got a couple 45's and I really love them. I even have a whole set pen, pencil and fountain pen. I like the fact Parker pens take the longer ink cartridges so I can use aurora blue ink. Another great pen is the Parker 75.

[mooshi]

LOVE the 45's. I've two myself; a s/s one with an M nib and a tealish looking one with an F nib. Great writers, both of them.

 

-- Moo

[Parker Quink Turquoise]

Was just doing a little looking and reading around the net about the Parker 45 Fountain Pen.Have been reading that the last version of the Parker 45s from 2001 till the end of production are known as," Special 45s".The invoice for my 45 that arrived today lists the pen as,"Special Black Gold Trim".Also reading that these Special 45s have a dome or jewel on the top.Thought that was interesting.

[Ispriluc]

Two Sonnets,two Parker 45s and a Frontier.

 

 

Congrats on your 45`s, as you can see i`m also a fan. There`s something i need to know: please tell me what do you think about the 45 gripping section compared to the sonnet and frontier. I like the 45 a lot, but i guess the grip is better on the frontier, for example, and i`m thinking of buying one. The modern sonnets i`ve seen and held feel cheap and...i don`t know how to put this...gypsy style, bling bling in a bad way. The frontier seems nice though.

[Parker Quink Turquoise]

Two Sonnets,two Parker 45s and a Frontier.

 

 

Congrats on your 45`s, as you can see i`m also a fan. There`s something i need to know: please tell me what do you think about the 45 gripping section compared to the sonnet and frontier. I like the 45 a lot, but i guess the grip is better on the frontier, for example, and i`m thinking of buying one. The modern sonnets i`ve seen and held feel cheap and...i don`t know how to put this...gypsy style, bling bling in a bad way. The frontier seems nice though.

 

 

My Parker Frontier is a smooth writing pen.So are all my Parkers.For myself each model has its own feel and I cannot say that I find any of the Parkers I own unpleasant to use.

[Parker Quink Turquoise]

Two Sonnets,two Parker 45s and a Frontier.

 

 

Congrats on your 45`s, as you can see i`m also a fan. There`s something i need to know: please tell me what do you think about the 45 gripping section compared to the sonnet and frontier. I like the 45 a lot, but i guess the grip is better on the frontier, for example, and i`m thinking of buying one. The modern sonnets i`ve seen and held feel cheap and...i don`t know how to put this...gypsy style, bling bling in a bad way. The frontier seems nice though.

 

 

My Parker Frontier is a smooth writing pen.So are all my Parkers.For myself each model has its own feel and I cannot say that I find any of the Parkers I own unpleasant to use.

 

Ispriluc just tried to send you a PM but when I went to your profle site I could not even type in a message.

Edited May 4, 2010 by Parker Quink Turquoise

[Ispriluc]

I don`t know what`s wrong with my profile, but say it here instead.

[Parker Quink Turquoise]

I don`t know what`s wrong with my profile, but say it here instead.

 

 

 

PM sent.

[streeton]

Was just doing a little looking and reading around the net about the Parker 45 Fountain Pen.Have been reading that the last version of the Parker 45s from 2001 till the end of production are known as," Special 45s".The invoice for my 45 that arrived today lists the pen as,"Special Black Gold Trim".Also reading that these Special 45s have a dome or jewel on the top.Thought that was interesting.

 

Theres nothing really "special" about "special". Parker also use "special" on their black, blue and burgundy jotters - "special" . Its very much a Parker marketing tool from what I can see - and not a very clever one either.

[Parker Quink Turquoise]

Was just doing a little looking and reading around the net about the Parker 45 Fountain Pen.Have been reading that the last version of the Parker 45s from 2001 till the end of production are known as," Special 45s".The invoice for my 45 that arrived today lists the pen as,"Special Black Gold Trim".Also reading that these Special 45s have a dome or jewel on the top.Thought that was interesting.

 

Theres nothing really "special" about "special". Parker also use "special" on their black, blue and burgundy jotters - "special" . Its very much a Parker marketing tool from what I can see - and not a very clever one either.

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About the only thing different or special I could see about the later Parker 45 Special is that they have a dome or jewel on the top and the clip looks like it could be a little different or special.

[CowboyBlue]

I love my Parker 45!

[jaqcp]

We have 5 45's in our family with steel and gold nibs and one is a desk pen. They all rock! Tough stuff and write great. One had a very wet nib (it would actually drip sometimes!) that I replace with a 14K nib off eBay, but that fixed the problem and now it flows and writes fabulously. The steel nibs are actualy the smoothest and least noticable, but they are also medium instead of fine (or XF) so the float across the page better.

 

Anyway, +1 for bulletproof, tough 45's!

[streeton]

 

 

 

 

About the only thing different or special I could see about the later Parker 45 Special is that they have a dome or jewel on the top and the clip looks like it could be a little different or special.

 

Parker Quink Turquoise

 

Others on this forum see the domed jewel as a point against the modern 45, confusing its somewhat Bauhaus image. The clip seems to have plenty of admirers whilst others have said it should have not been redesigned. Personally I don't like the domed jewel and the clip I am neutral on. My domed jewel 45 stainless steel is XF and writes a XF line, in fact finer than a vintage XF Parker 45 that I own. This pen is great when fine detail is required but I can't recommend it as an overall general writer as it has too much tooth. My 7 vintage 45's particularly the 14K's with fine and medium nibs are excellent writers and I get a real kick when receiving these 45's from ebay with their lovely old style metal converters and even one Parker Eversharp orange converter. But my best 45 is the Harlequin 80 Shield pattern which is beautifully balanced in the hand and has a glorious Broad smooth as butter steel nib. Would love to here your views on the XF nib when it arrives and I'm sure you'll like the stainless steel 45. Love my 45's.

Edited May 6, 2010 by streeton

[Parker Quink Turquoise]

 

 

 

 

About the only thing different or special I could see about the later Parker 45 Special is that they have a dome or jewel on the top and the clip looks like it could be a little different or special.

 

Parker Quink Turquoise

 

Others on this forum see the domed jewel as a point against the modern 45, confusing its somewhat Bauhaus image. The clip seems to have plenty of admirers whilst others have said it should have not been redesigned. Personally I don't like the domed jewel and the clip I am neutral on. My domed jewel 45 stainless steel is XF and writes a XF line, in fact finer than a vintage XF Parker 45 that I own. This pen is great when fine detail is required but I can't recommend it as an overall general writer as it has too much tooth. My 7 vintage 45's particularly the 14K's with fine and medium nibs are excellent writers and I get a real kick when receiving these 45's from ebay with their lovely old style metal converters and even one Parker Eversharp orange converter. But my best 45 is the Harlequin 80 Shield pattern which is beautifully balanced in the hand and has a glorious Broad smooth as butter steel nib. Would love to here your views on the XF nib when it arrives and I'm sure you'll like the stainless steel 45. Love my 45's.

 

streeton, thank-you for your comments I enjoyed reading them very much. For myself I kind of like the dome.It makes it a little different from the other 45s.Maybe its just the rebel in me.LOL

 

I to am looking forward to giving the XF nib a go.I have two Parker Sonnets and one of them has an XF nib that I really like.It is super smooth and puts out a nice line that I like using with Parker Quink Blue/Black Ink.Liked that XF on my Sonnet so much I ordered another XF nib to replace the fine nib on my other Sonnet.

 

Hopefully the new XF nib I have comming for my Parker 45 will not have too much tooth as has been your finding with this nib.Just because the XF works great in my Sonnert does not mean that it will work well in my Parker 45.Time will tell.

 

That Harlequin 80 sounds like a beautiful looking and great working pen.

 

Looking forward to hearing more of your comments and I will post my results when the new pen and nib get here.

[davidw]

I have two parker 45 in my daily rotation.

 

my parker 45 write more wet then my parker 51. May be because

I can unscrew the nib feed section to clean it totally.

 

it writes as good as my lamy 2000.

[Parker Quink Turquoise]

The extra fine nib and my Parker 45 with the fine nib arrived this week.The extra fine nib works well in the Parker 45 that I replaced the mediun nib with but not as good as the extra fine nib in my Parker Sonnet.The new Parker 45 works but you have to be sure to have it held just right so that it hits the nibs sweet spot.

[streeton]

The extra fine nib and my Parker 45 with the fine nib arrived this week.The extra fine nib works well in the Parker 45 that I replaced the mediun nib with but not as good as the extra fine nib in my Parker Sonnet.The new Parker 45 works but you have to be sure to have it held just right so that it hits the nibs sweet spot.

 

This has also been my experience and quite a lot of other posters too - it is a very small sweetspot. You can only write with a 45 when you are properly set up square. What is the 'F' nib like compared to the 'XF' in terms of smoothness. My vintage 'F' nibs are excellent, with just the right amount of feedback.