What Parkers Have Joined Your Collection Lately?

[TheRedBeard]

35 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

@TheRedBeard -- Had to look the "Spanish Treasure" one up.  Fascinating.  But I think I'll be content with the two "regular" Ciselé 75s I have.  Unless of course I someday manage to find one with an M nib (to go along with the B-nibbed one and the F-nibbed one for some semi-reasonable price....

At the moment, the one with the F nib is inked up.  Of course, if I DO get one with an M-nib someday, I'll maybe have to figure out a third purple ink to use (the first one, with the B nib, got filled with the MB Jimi Hendrix ink (which was probably a mistake on my part because that wasn't a cheap ink to begin with, and now the prices are completely through the roof); the one with the F nib is currently filled with Waterman Tender Purple (which is a LOT less expensive an ink).  

For some reason, those sterling silver pens are are just crying out for purple ink....   Dunno why.  But who am I to argue? 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I am pretty happy with my early Silver Cisele with flat tassies and F nib, too

 

[Mark from Yorkshire]

@TheRedBeard quite possibly I was referring more to the colour, but you could well be right.

[TheRedBeard]

27 minutes ago, Mark from Yorkshire said:

@TheRedBeard quite possibly I was referring more to the colour, but you could well be right.

The Rialto is a great reliable pen, and this particular one looks and feel nice  

 

[Glenn-SC]

3 hours ago, baz666 said:

 

Nice!

The leftmost pen appears to be vermiel, and is the cap band on the Keepsake slightly raised?

You are correct!

I grabbed the wrong pen from the case (I wanted the silver version to show versus the nickel silver) and had it in my mind that this was a silver version.  
PS: I tried to correct the original post but cannot.  

[Glenn-SC]

3 hours ago, baz666 said:

 

Nice!

The leftmost pen appears to be vermiel, and is the cap band on the Keepsake slightly raised?

 

2 hours ago, FarmBoy said:

The smooth pen almost looks smoothed. The Tassin’s and and all look raised. Hard to know. 

I bought the smooth pen from Ralph Prather in the condition shown.  I have not polished it. 
The pen is marked “Made in Australia” and has an opal set into the dished top tassie.  
The cap band diameter is 0.4mm greater than the adjacent cap material.
The cap tassie is only slightly raised with respect to the cap material and the barrel tassie slightly more so.

[inkstainedruth]

Wow!  That is pretty cool!  I don't think I've ever seen anything like that before -- and the opal is GORGEOUS!!

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Greg W.]

This week’s wonderful new find is a 45 Coronet. 1967 - early 1970’s. 

A beautiful uncommon pen with a gold W nib, conical clip screw, and thin clutch ring. 
 

This pen really elevates the common 45 to something truly special. 

[Carguy]

7 hours ago, Greg W. said:

This week’s wonderful new find is a 45 Coronet. 1967 - early 1970’s. 

A beautiful uncommon pen with a gold W nib, conical clip screw, and thin clutch ring. 
 

This pen really elevates the common 45 to something truly special. 

Beautiful! And that nib oh my! I want one of the blue metal versions 

[JasonR]

Only so I can post in this thread, what is a good pen to introduce myself to the wonderful world of Parker?  Someone recommended a Senior Duofold to me several months back, but he also had some Senior Duofolds for sale     

[VacNut]

9 minutes ago, camelsuspicious said:

Only so I can post in this thread, what is a good pen to introduce myself to the wonderful world of Parker?  Someone recommended a Senior Duofold to me several months back, but he also had some Senior Duofolds for sale     

Do you like larger pens or more slender? Is there a particular era that is of interest? 

[JasonR]

2 minutes ago, VacNut said:

Do you like larger pens or more slender? Is there a particular era that is of interest? 

Most of my pens are from the 1940s and 50s.  I have mostly a mix of black & gold and BCHR pens, but also a handful of more distinctive colors and patterns.  I do enjoy writing with larger pens, fine points and the occasional stub or CI.

[inkstainedruth]

When I started on FPN, at first I ONLY was reading the Parker Forum, since that was the brand I started out with.  And then dived headfirst into the world of vintage pens (FPN member OcalaFLGuy very kindly helped walk me through what to look for and what questions to ask sellers on eBay, when I decided I wanted a Parker 51), after finding a Parker 45 (my first semi-vintage pen, and my first one with a gold nib) at a little antiques shop on the eastern edge of Corry, PA on a weekend drive through the Northern Tier counties.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Mercian]

On 1/17/2026 at 5:37 PM, Glenn-SC said:

 

I bought the smooth pen from Ralph Prather in the condition shown.  I have not polished it. 
The pen is marked “Made in Australia” and has an opal set into the dished top tassie.  
The cap band diameter is 0.4mm greater than the adjacent cap material.
The cap tassie is only slightly raised with respect to the cap material and the barrel tassie slightly more so.

 

That's a really lovely pen 

[VacNut]

9 hours ago, camelsuspicious said:

Most of my pens are from the 1940s and 50s.  I have mostly a mix of black & gold and BCHR pens, but also a handful of more distinctive colors and patterns.  I do enjoy writing with larger pens, fine points and the occasional stub or CI.

There is a pen gathering in Berkeley California (PPPC) at the end of the month. You can see many different pens at the gathering if you are in the Bay Area.

 

Are you certain your pens are from the 40’s and 50’s, or if they are Black Hard Rubber? BHR Pens are commonly pre 1930’s. 1940’s era pens tend to have a more modern look. 

[JasonR]

15 hours ago, VacNut said:

There is a pen gathering in Berkeley California (PPPC) at the end of the month. You can see many different pens at the gathering if you are in the Bay Area.

 

Are you certain your pens are from the 40’s and 50’s, or if they are Black Hard Rubber? BHR Pens are commonly pre 1930’s. 1940’s era pens tend to have a more modern look. 

Unfortunately I’m in Southern California, still looking for a meet up that’s local.  
 

As far as the BCHR comment I made, that’s been a more recent focus which has been Onoto, and those are indeed from about 1910-1935 for the recent adds while Conway Stewart pens from the 1945-1955 period make up most of my collection.  Those are primarily either various celluloid marbles or standard black/gold or black/nickel.  

[Carguy]

Well I’m ALWAYS gonna vote for the Parker 51….

[VacNut]

59 minutes ago, camelsuspicious said:

Unfortunately I’m in Southern California, still looking for a meet up that’s local.  
 

As far as the BCHR comment I made, that’s been a more recent focus which has been Onoto, and those are indeed from about 1910-1935 for the recent adds while Conway Stewart pens from the 1945-1955 period make up most of my collection.  Those are primarily either various celluloid marbles or standard black/gold or black/nickel.  

Onoto?!?!? Why didn’t you say so? Beautiful pens. You may consider a common Vacumatic which would be the same era as the ONOTO. If you prefer larger pens you may consider an Oversize or Maxima Vacumatic. You will likely need to buy a Canadian  version if you prefer more flexible nibs.

They are about the size of an ONOTO Magna.

 

The Parker 51 is readily available and a very dependable daily writer. It is a bit more slender than the Vacumatics.

 

LA Pens show is in February!

[JasonR]

Just now, VacNut said:

Onoto?!?!? Why didn’t you say so? Beautiful pens. You may consider a common Vacumatic which would be the same era as the ONOTO. If you prefer larger pens you may consider an Oversize or Maxima Vacumatic. You will likely need to buy a Canadian  version if you prefer more flexible nibs.

They are about the size of an ONOTO Magna.

Considering I can't seem to find a Magna, this sounds like a great option!  The Vacuumatic is somewhat similar to (though I understand more complicated) than the Onoto plunger mechanism, right?

[Amberjack]

On 1/19/2026 at 7:20 AM, Greg W. said:

This week’s wonderful new find is a 45 Coronet. 1967 - early 1970’s. 

A beautiful uncommon pen with a gold W nib, conical clip screw, and thin clutch ring. 
 

This pen really elevates the common 45 to something truly special. 

Beautiful!  That is very elegant for a 'student' pen...of course it's much more than just that.

I'd love to add a Coronet to the collection but I've never seen one in the wild.

 

[VacNut]

1 hour ago, Amberjack said:

Beautiful!  That is very elegant for a 'student' pen...of course it's much more than just that.

I'd love to add a Coronet to the collection but I've never seen one in the wild.

 

An Eversharp Coronet or a Parker Coronet?