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Nice score!

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bc.hiker NOS (New Old Stock)

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Beautiful pens! They look like they're fun to write with - think I'll put a Parker 45 on my lookout list!! Great find!!

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A couple questions:

 

I scored a NOS Parker 45 last year, pretty dark blue body, brushed stainless looking cap, gold (colored clip) w black bead on the top and a gold (plated I think) B nib. The nib is a big round blobby thing that writes like a mashed down felt tip marker. Here's the questions:

 

1. Can these nibs be ground to stub or CI? It looks like it's big enough to produce a pretty broad nib which I would much prefer to the way it is now. Fact is, I don't use it much (as much as the other 3 older 45's I have) just because it is such a characterless thing.

 

2. I was able to get the feed/nib assembly out of the pen, but don't know how to separate the two. I'd hate to break something for lack of knowledge. How is the nib removed from the feed?

 

Thanks for your responses.

 

 

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The answer to your first question. (When they finish their move, the $29 shipped grind from Pendemonium is as inexpensive as I know of.)

 

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Question #2.

With thumb and finger hold the nib assembly collar. With the other thumb and finger, choke up to the very front of the feed sticking out of the rear of the collar and lightly push forward. The nib and feed Should slide right out the front of the collar. If they don't soak in Ammonia water a couple hours, dry off and try again. The nib sits in it's own slot on top of the feed.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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Thanks! Things don't get much easier than that. The nib is just marked PARKR so assume it is a plated steel nib. I'll keep an eye on Pendemonium and check on them once the dust has settled.

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Thanks, Bruce. Good to know. I love my 45 so much I didn't want to risk doing something stupid, which is only highly likely if I'm doing something.

 

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got this new member for my P45 family yesterday from my mother it gots a M nib
cleaned it and here it ishttp://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/hfarmawi/IMG108_zps5a924895.jpg

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You can take my word on there being a collector inside that black section. Captive, those are all really nice.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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You can imagine my face when I had one flop out into my hand after the converter one day... :yikes:

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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Just to close the loop on my part of this thread...

 

I didn't wait for the dust to settle at Pendemonium to get my NOS P 45 reground from big, blobby Broad to stub but instead contacted Danny Fudge to see what was possible.

 

I described my situation and my wants and asked if he could do the job and about what the price might be. I did not bother with turnaround time because this pen was not going to get any ink time for a good long while in it's current state.

 

Danny quickly responded that he could do the job, the price was $30, return postage included so I sent the pen out.

 

I got it back today, and it is a great stylish writer now, making a 'yawner' into a pen that will definitely drop into the rotation now. I think the turn around time was about two weeks.

 

Color me a very satisfied customer.

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Nice little surprise in the post today - pen was described as "an old Parker fountain pen with checkered pattern" - and what came through my door this morning is a mint, un-inked, boxed with paperwork Parker 45 Harlequin Black Shield.

 

http://pencollect.co.uk/personal/p45harl.jpg

I'm a happy chappie ... :D

http://www.pencollect.co.uk/personal/pen01.jpg http://pencollect.co.uk/personal/pen02.jpg

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Sweet!

 

“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

Check out my Steel Pen Blog. 

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Nice little surprise in the post today - pen was described as "an old Parker fountain pen with checkered pattern" - and what came through my door this morning is a mint, un-inked, boxed with paperwork Parker 45 Harlequin Black Shield.

 

http://pencollect.co.uk/personal/p45harl.jpg

I'm a happy chappie ... :D

Wow... Congrats!

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Sweet!

 

 

Great looking pens.

Thanks :)

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Just to close the loop on my part of this thread...

 

I didn't wait for the dust to settle at Pendemonium to get my NOS P 45 reground from big, blobby Broad to stub but instead contacted Danny Fudge to see what was possible.

 

I described my situation and my wants and asked if he could do the job and about what the price might be. I did not bother with turnaround time because this pen was not going to get any ink time for a good long while in it's current state.

 

Danny quickly responded that he could do the job, the price was $30, return postage included so I sent the pen out.

 

I got it back today, and it is a great stylish writer now, making a 'yawner' into a pen that will definitely drop into the rotation now. I think the turn around time was about two weeks.

 

Color me a very satisfied customer.

 

A writing sample or it never happened! :P

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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I've heard so many positive things about Parker 45s. Is it better to purchase them from the Classifieds or eBay??

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Ebay can be a bit hit and miss unless you know and trust the seller ... there are some "interesting" Parker 45's out there including a few that aren't actually Parker 45's at all. If you know what you are doing Ebay is great but it is a shark pool and quite easy to get burned.

 

Worth having a look at places like "Penamie" http://www.penamie.co.uk/home.html - Brian has always been fair with me in the past, have a look in the under £30 or under £50 sections.

 

Amazon.co.uk still have a few new ones but at nearly £50 they are expensive and they are the newest version which feel a little cheap ...

 

Personally i would go for a "flighter" - probably the later version with the chrome silver end cap which tend to be the best value ... have a look at my Parker 45 page here: http://www.pencollect.co.uk/parker45.htm

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