"Teal Blue" Parker 51?

[linkoiram]

Do these both look like midnight blue p51s to you guys? I ordered this listed as "Teal Blue" and when it arrived 90 percent identical to the midnight blue I have I was a bit disappointed. 

 

I'll see how cleaning it goes and see if I can trade one or the other for a true teal blue aerometric. 

[inkstainedruth]

I have one of each (plus a couple of Cedar Blue 51 Vacs).  I remember the Teal Aerometric  being a lighter color than the Midnight Blue.  

Are both pens in the photos Aeros (it looks as if they are, but the photos are a little dark on my screen so I may be missing the line between the back of the barrel and the blind cap on one or both pens).  But yeah, they do look very similar in color.

That being said, though, Teal is, IIRC, one of the more common colors (my first 51 was a Teal Aero).  And it was actually EASIER for me to get my Plum Demi (and for a bit less money, because I got extremely lucky -- best eBay poker face EVAH!) than to get a Midnight Blue.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Karmachanic]

HMM. Looks like Midnight Black to me. 😛 Underexposed a couple of stops. Turn off the flash and retake in daylight.

[linkoiram]

48 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

I have one of each (plus a couple of Cedar Blue 51 Vacs).  I remember the Teal Aerometric  being a lighter color than the Midnight Blue.  

Are both pens in the photos Aeros (it looks as if they are, but the photos are a little dark on my screen so I may be missing the line between the back of the barrel and the blind cap on one or both pens).  But yeah, they do look very similar in color.

That being said, though, Teal is, IIRC, one of the more common colors (my first 51 was a Teal Aero).  And it was actually EASIER for me to get my Plum Demi (and for a bit less money, because I got extremely lucky -- best eBay poker face EVAH!) than to get a Midnight Blue.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Yes, both are both aeros. If I look in the light they aren't 100 percent identical, but they could just be different shades of the same color. 1950 date stamp

[linkoiram]

3 minutes ago, Karmachanic said:

HMM. Looks like Midnight Black to me. 😛 Underexposed a couple of stops. Turn off the flash and retake in daylight.

Best I can do in this weather 😉

Top is the teal blue bottom is the midnight blue

[Carguy]

My teal blues are a much “brighter” blue. I had to go through several darker blues before I found what I was looking for.

 

Those both look too dark to me IMO.

 

Mike

[mitto]

From left to right. 

 

Midnight blue. 

Darker teal blue

Light teal blue. 

 

Hope this helps.

 

[corgicoupe]

That darker teal blue looks like mine, but mine might be just a tad darker. 1950 vintage.