Finally got a 45

[scogre]

I finally got lucky and one of my low-ball bids on Ebay came in for me, and now I have a nice 45 Flighter! It came in the box with a converter, and also a bottle of Quink black ink. I'll probably just chuck the ink.

 

It is my fourth Parker, and I really like it! I thought you'd all like to see a picture!

 

Scott.

[Maja]

Nice score...and nice photo, too!

[hatherton_wood]

If my 1972 model is anything to go by this is one that will last you decades!

 

John

[*david*]

Black Quink is not evil. Boring yes, but not bad. If you don't want it, give it away rather than dumping it.

[Richard]

Black Quink is not evil. Boring yes, but not bad.

BZZZT! Wrong answer. Black Quink has been the source of innumerable flow problems for my clients and for Don Fluckinger, my son-in-law, who had such terrible performance from it that he flushed all he had and is now using real ink, i.e., Waterman Black.

[Maja]

If you're going to chuck the ink as Richard suggests, keep the empty ink bottle. It's handy for making your own ink recipes

[JimStrutton]

Black Quink is not evil. Boring yes, but not bad.

BZZZT! Wrong answer. Black Quink has been the source of innumerable flow problems for my clients and for Don Fluckinger, my son-in-law, who had such terrible performance from it that he flushed all he had and is now using real ink, i.e., Waterman Black.

Richard,

 

Just a question, the Black Quink that you have had problems with, where was it made? The stuff I have been using has all come from the Newhaven factory, pre and post Sandford. It is piccy in some pens, but it works fine in a 61 or an Aero "51". I have not tried it in a "51" Vac as it would be a job to get completely out.

 

I mainly use it in one of the Dux pens that Ray sells, ie a 61ish clone, for filling out forms and cheques where black is the requested colour. But I did use it in a Sonnet for a while and had no problems.

 

I know for a fact that the ink formulation has changed several times over the years and I wonder if the US formula is the same as the stuff made here.

 

Jim

[david i]

Parker 45's can be fun. I've shot two huge collections, including some low-run/protopen sort of stuff, but do not have those images edited yet.

 

Here is a charmer though. A white-metal twist pattern NM in Box

 

http://removed.xyz/penteech/parker45silvertwistinbox50p.jpg

 

Here is a gold-tone twist. Sold one or the other of the two twists, though would have to dig thru the pen piles to recall which went bye bye.

 

http://removed.xyz/penteech/parker45goldtwistinbox.jpg

 

THis one i do not own, but is a good one. Demo 45

 

regards

david

www.removed.xyz

 

http://removed.xyz/penteech/parker45demo.jpg

[jpolaski]

I have had nothing but trouble with Quink Black. Evil evil stuff. The only Quink I'll use is the Blue-Black, and even with that, I've happily switched to Waterman's...

 

 

BTW, excellent pics David. I'd love to get my mitts on that demonstrator!

[HesNot]

I have had nothing but trouble with Quink Black. Evil evil stuff. The only Quink I'll use is the Blue-Black, and even with that, I've happily switched to Waterman's...

 

 

BTW, excellent pics David. I'd love to get my mitts on that demonstrator!

Great - right after I just ordered a bottle of Quink washable blue based almost entirely on it's reputation as not only free flowing and trouble free, but of also being somewhat therapeutic with respect to helping clear out pens (this is targeted for my 61 and it's quite cool but important to maintain properly capillary filler)...

 

:bonk:

[london]

Interesting. I've never had any problems with Quink across a range of pens - vintage and new. I use Washable Blue, Washable Black and Permanent black (though the perm black in cartridge only - and I'm not too keen on the colour). I was originally recommeded washable blue by a reputable seller for my vintage FPs.

 

I wonder if the formula/mixing Stateside/UK changes?? Though both Waterman and Quink here are made in France.

 

 

My main ink is Waterman Blue Black though. (well, using Lamy Black cartridges in my new Lamy Studio this week)

 

- Mark

 

PS Congrats on the 45 - my very first FP was a 45 in 1981.

[jpolaski]

I have had nothing but trouble with Quink Black. Evil evil stuff. The only Quink I'll use is the Blue-Black, and even with that, I've happily switched to Waterman's...

 

 

BTW, excellent pics David. I'd love to get my mitts on that demonstrator!

Great - right after I just ordered a bottle of Quink washable blue based almost entirely on it's reputation as not only free flowing and trouble free, but of also being somewhat therapeutic with respect to helping clear out pens (this is targeted for my 61 and it's quite cool but important to maintain properly capillary filler)...

 

:bonk:

I wouldn't worry about the washable blue, I've used that too. Just a bit too light for my tastes, thus the blue-blacks. It just seems to be the black.

[BillTheEditor]

I have had nothing but trouble with Quink Black. Evil evil stuff. The only Quink I'll use is the Blue-Black, and even with that, I've happily switched to Waterman's...

 

 

BTW, excellent pics David. I'd love to get my mitts on that demonstrator!

Great - right after I just ordered a bottle of Quink washable blue based almost entirely on it's reputation as not only free flowing and trouble free, but of also being somewhat therapeutic with respect to helping clear out pens (this is targeted for my 61 and it's quite cool but important to maintain properly capillary filler)...

 

:bonk:

If you believed everything you see here, all the grumbling over this ink or that, you'd give up on fountain pens entirely and suffer with ballpoints and pencils. I don't think there's an ink made that I haven't seen someone here in the last year indict as being a pen-eating, nib-clogging, converter-corroding, shell-staining brew of industrial waste and improbable origin. Not only that, every ink made will cause your hair to fall out.

 

Give me a break.

 

Quink Washable Blue is perfect for a 61. It's the only ink I use in my 61, my vacumatic "51", and my Sheaffer snorkel. Used it for years and years in Parker 45s when they were the only fountain pens I used. Absolutely no problems with Quink in almost 50 years of use.

 

You can't always think that everything anyone says about one experience or about a given bottle of ink applies to all bottles of the same color by the same manufacturer. (Does that sentence make sense? Here's a simpler version: Don't believe everything you hear. Not even on FPN. Trust your own experience.)

 

I feel better now.

[JimStrutton]

I feel better now.

Glad you feel better Bill, buy yourself a bottle of Quink to celebrate :roflmho:

 

Jim