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12 minutes ago, Carguy said:

I do indeed, but I fear the War Department’s reaction to that, she may very well object!

You may buy and present something to her, too :)

I do that myself from time to time ;)

 

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My new arrival: P75 Insignia II with F nib, USA.

 

 

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23 hours ago, NumberSix said:

Shhhh, don't tell anyone, but I prefer the hoop fuller to the Aero push-filler. 

 

My three Parker 21s arrived. They look great, but so far I hate the nibs. Just too darn fine and scratchy (one of them is literally scratchy and probably needs nibwork). Probably doesn't help that I have been doing a lot of writing with big wet gold Targa and Vanishing Point nibs lately - not to mention the BB Lamy 2k I just received. 🤣

Wow... What paper are you using for those nibs?  I write too small for any Western nib over a medium.  Cursive As, Es, Ls, etc. all run together.  Plus, the paper at work is rubbish.

 

Ryan 

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5 minutes ago, Man O War said:

Wow... What paper are you using for those nibs?  I write too small for any Western nib over a medium.  Cursive As, Es, Ls, etc. all run together.  Plus, the paper a work is rubbish.

 

Ryan 

 

Most of my fountain-penning is done on a big Rhodia pad or in my journal (currently TR paper). I did discover that the Broad nib on the Vanishing Point works great in my Leuchtturm bullet journal - with the Pilot Blue ink, anyway. 

 

As a rule, I prefer a wet western fine or a nice manageable medium (I have a fine Lamy 2k on order, as well as a fine Pelikan M800 - and my two main daily drivers at the moment are a P51 and a PFM - both fine nibs that love them some Aurora ink to make them a trifle smoother). The Pilot broad nib is good for me, as I expect would be a Sailor broad. Like you, they suit my writing better than big monster wet nibs. But they are fun sometimes, and the inks look amazing! (Ku-jaku in the L2K BB is glorious) 

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I've reached the depressing conclusion that my new £18 Jinhao Century writes better than my £260 Duofold Centennial Big Red, even after being sent to Parker to examine the nib performance issues... 😭It must have a feed problem as it's a very dry writer and I regularly find myself having to push ink into the feed using the converter. So funny the Jinhao parts are completely interchangeable with Parkers (bar the converter as far as I can tell).

 

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Hello everyone,

 

Latest parker to join my collection is a second Parker 75 Vermeil:

 

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5 hours ago, northstar said:

Hello everyone,

 

Latest parker to join my collection is a second Parker 75 Vermeil:

 

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Looks great :)

I am still hunting for such one... 

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3 hours ago, TheRedBeard said:

Looks great :)

I am still hunting for such one... 

Thank you TheRedBread, hope you will find it soon.

 

 

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This arrived today

 

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and much to my surprise has the most delicious broad side of medium bouncy nib - I'm delighted!

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13 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

This arrived today

 

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and much to my surprise has the most delicious broad side of medium bouncy nib - I'm delighted!

Nice one, too :)

But it seems to look a bit small... or I got it wrong, sorry :)

 

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Acquired the new generation 51 in Burgundy and Deluxe in Plum.  Very nice!

 

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On 3/19/2021 at 12:49 PM, Heinkle said:

I've reached the depressing conclusion that my new £18 Jinhao Century writes better than my £260 Duofold Centennial Big Red, even after being sent to Parker to examine the nib performance issues... 😭It must have a feed problem as it's a very dry writer and I regularly find myself having to push ink into the feed using the converter. So funny the Jinhao parts are completely interchangeable with Parkers (bar the converter as far as I can tell).

 

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That’s pretty! I may have to try a Jinhao....

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3 hours ago, TheRedBeard said:

Nice one, too :)

But it seems to look a bit small... or I got it wrong, sorry :)

 

It is very small - only 11.5cm long - which I love. It's my second one of these and I have no doubt not the last!

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25 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

It is very small - only 11.5cm long - which I love. It's my second one of these and I have no doubt not the last!

Oh, I see... :)

 

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29 minutes ago, mizgeorge said:

It is very small - only 11.5cm long - which I love. It's my second one of these and I have no doubt not the last!

I’ve had one of these that I bought thinking it was a 61 but the length stumped me and I traded it away.  Is this a Parker 17 or Parker Lady, or neither?

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It's a Lady Insignia from 1967, sometimes also called a 17 Lady Duofold. They're the sweetest little pens, and tend to have really nice nibs - and they write beautifully. 

 

I like small pens, and can happily use this either posted or not. And in the interim since posting her picture, I've got a twin sister for her. Not identical - she will have a finer nib, but I'm sure they'll play nicely together :)

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On 4/13/2021 at 6:10 AM, TheRedBeard said:

I am still hunting for such one... 

 

What exactly are you "hunting" for? There are a gazillion P75's on ebay.

 

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Picked up this MK III (late 60's) Parker 51 in Rage Red (which I believe is the rarest colour?) from an auction the other day. I'm contemplating selling it, but I filled it up to test and it writes rather nicely so I'm not sure now. The nib writes a fine to medium line, I haven't opened it up to find out if there are any markings. But the nib and shell are slightly misaligned so I may do so at some point so I can realign them anyway. 

 

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31 minutes ago, loganrah said:

Picked up this MK III (late 60's) Parker 51 in Rage Red (which I believe is the rarest colour?) from an auction the other day. I'm contemplating selling it, but I filled it up to test and it writes rather nicely so I'm not sure now. The nib writes a fine to medium line, I haven't opened it up to find out if there are any markings. But the nib and shell are slightly misaligned so I may do so at some point so I can realign them anyway. 

 

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That’s a beautiful pen. I finally got one about 6 months ago. Now I wish I could find the same in Vista Blue!

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11 hours ago, alexwi said:

 

What exactly are you "hunting" for? There are a gazillion P75's on ebay.

 

alex

There are many P75s there, but not many NOS Vermeil USA ones... ;)

 

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