Parker Lucky Curve Info

[gweimer1]

I'm picking this pen up tomorrow - I got a lot of 5 pens, including a couple of Esterbrooks and a Sailor minor axis. I know this is a Lucky Curve, but I don't find this color listed in any reference pages. Anyone have any information on this?

 

 

[FarmBoy]

Nice grab.

[gweimer1]

Thanks. I just missed out on a Parker 21 Deluxe yesterday, as well. The listing was vague, but the gold clip was visible.

[gweimer1]

I did some digging, and an old thread popped up on this same question. I suspect, at this point, that I may have a Parker Ivorine pen coming.

 

http://parkercollector.com/ivorine.html

[JotterAddict62]

Nice grab, I forgotten to bid on this lot before I went to work last night.

[gweimer1]

Nice grab, I forgotten to bid on this lot before I went to work last night.

 

The nice thing for me is that it's only about 20 minutes away. No shipping fees! I'm picking them up.

[SockAddict]

I can't wait to hear more about this one. That turquoise is a lovely color.

 

An interesting note about casein, at least the current-day casein used in knitting needles, is that it tastes terrible if you put it in your mouth to hold it. I doubt that's a reliable (or desired) test, though! Still, for something that does end up held in the mouth temporarily as often as pens, it is a curious detail. I noticed the ends are the usual ebonite, though -- I wonder how that tastes? (Nope, that thought never occurred before …)

 

Knitting needles made of casein are also very easily warped when held for a long time, though with some fine needles that's true of any material. I wonder if that's something that would have affected the pens? Or, if it's a difference between the older formulation and new?

[gweimer1]

It looks more likely that this is a Pastel, rather than an Ivorine.

[kirchh]

Pastel in Naples Blue.

 

--Daniel

[farmdogfan]

A very nice colour!

[Florida Blue]

 

Knitting needles made of casein are also very easily warped when held for a long time, though with some fine needles that's true of any material. I wonder if that's something that would have affected the pens? Or, if it's a difference between the older formulation and new?

 

Before pen makers like Parker adopted celluloid as the favored material for pens, they experimented with and produced pens made from casein. With hard rubber, they were limited in the colors and patterns they could produce, but casein allowed for a greater array of colors. The issue with it is that it expands and contracts as it absorbs moisture. Casein pens were known to warp or craze. The only modern ones that I know of were made by Conway Stewart (the modern reincarnation that recently went out of business).

 

The OP's Pastel is quite nice!