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Just wanted to be first in congratulating FPN admin for doing what the users want. Excellent stuff. This is why FPN rocks.

 

Gary

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Indeed. We now have a place to discuss all things Parker. :)

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Bravo, Apollo & Amin for taking on the task! :)

 

With just 2 Parkers, I'll be reading more than posting, but I'll bet it will be a busy forum!

 

I thought "Apollo's Arrows" for a topic title recently sounded almost mythical! :D

 

Best, Ann

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Bravo, Apollo & Amin for taking on the task! :)

 

With just 2 Parkers, I'll be reading more than posting, but I'll bet it will be a busy forum!

 

I thought "Apollo's Arrows" for a topic title recently sounded almost mythical! :D

 

Best, Ann

Thanks for the kind words, Ann. I've got a soft spot for those arrows (Parkers) :D

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Ssshhhhhh! Don't tell the other Admins... I'm a fan of Parker too... ;) :lol:

 

 

EDIT - don't think I've said this yet, so Congrats and Welcome, Amin and Apollo! I'm sure you'll love it here. B)

 

 

raf.

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Thanks raf! Definitely is the place to be ;). Many thanks to Stylo and Denis (I'm assuming it was you guys?) for moving the Parker threads here!

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I'd like to add my congratulations to the double A team (AA in more ways than just one...:) ) for bringing us the Parker Forum. I too have a few and they are among my favorite pens (don't tell Brian :o ).

 

Onward and upward...

 

Gerry

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Embarrassed of their Parkers? There's nothing to be embarrassed about with Parkers. Even the legendary Noble Savage who's known in certain circles as the notorious "Bexley Bandit" has a couple of Parkers! :D

 

Hey, TNS! This one's for you buddy.

BAM!!!

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This is wonderful news. I've got several vintage Parkers, and a 75 that's getting a nib grind, I'll be here a lot, they're my favorite. Congratulations Amin and Apollo--Apollo I assume you're enjoying that 45 I traded to you!

 

Bob

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Great News...

 

Of all my pens, Parkers are the most numerous, though all vintage. I look forward to discussion on vintage Duofolds..... :eureka: , my favorites.

 

All the best to the new Moderators as well. I look forward to learning more.

 

philm

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Bravo, Apollo & Amin for taking on the task! :)

 

With just 2 Parkers, I'll be reading more than posting, but I'll bet it will be a busy forum!

 

I thought "Apollo's Arrows" for a topic title recently sounded almost mythical! :D

 

Best, Ann

Hear, hear.

 

And I too will be reading far more than posting (at least in the Parker forum), for as of the moment, I am Parker-free :blink: :( :blink: ! (still a bit of ingrained heresy, I guess :P )

"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Rom. 5:8, NKJV)
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First - THANKS for the Forum.

 

What's the #%$£ about embarassed ?

When people have played around with the fancy stuff they still discover that the 51 RULES.

Here's what I'm 'embarassed about:

Big Red, single band

Vac Major pearl grey

51s - GF/Black, Blue Diamond, vac fill; --Lustraloy/black, aero;---GF set FP, BP, MP;...Lustraloy/teal, MkIII Spl & MP

Duofold, English black/g. trim

61s - Lustraloy/black, capilliary, fine;...Lustraloy/black, capilliary, med;...GF set FP (capilliary), BP, MP

180 - GF set FP, BP

50s, Falcon - Brown;..Flighter;...GF set FP, BP

75 - silver chiselle

105 - GF, bark

Frontier - flighter

45 x5 various

88 - Black, glod trim

17 - gf;....blue

Slimfold - blue

100 - smoked bronze

Sonnet - GP;.....silver chiselle

Doufold - Modern, green/gold trim;...Navy Pinstripe;.....CP5 Modern - on order.

Ellipse

Jotter Premier - silver/saffron

& a few others I need to catalogue.

 

Boy am I embarassed :D

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Ruaidhri, that sounds like an amazing collection of Parkers you've got there. Care to share some pics?

 

As for embarrassment anout Parkers - with G saying not to tell the other admins and Gerry saying not to tell Brian - I was only joking of course ;).

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This is absolutely great. I love a Parker forum.

 

Have not counted how many Parkers I have.

 

Let me see:

5 X 51s including the SE

4 X 21s all supers

3 X vacumatics

1 X 61

1 X VP

1 X 180

2 X Modern Duofold Centennial

1 X Modern Duofold International

2 X 75 cisele plus a pencil and 2 ballpoints

1 X Premier Chinese Laque

about 25 Jotters including the 50th anniv.

 

Yes I want a Parker Forum.

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I've got a serious Parker 51 obsession, I probably should seek out help. In the mean time though, I've been thinking of looking at some 21s and 45s.. How do they compare to the 51?

 

 

Also, does anyone know of a good source for 51 fine or extra fine nibs? I've got some medium nibs that I can't stand.

 

-Mark

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I have spent more money on pens, fountain pens and otherwise (yes, I admit it, I frequently use a Mont Blanc Le Grand ballpoint and some others), and the best pen I have ever owned was a Parker 51, Blue Diamond, vacummatic, which was bought (by my fiance, now my wife) for 20 bucks at a flea market back in the early 90s. I lost it, to my likely eternal dismay, in the summer of '92, while spending the summer in Columbia, South Carolina. I have bought others since, but for some reason, none have quite matched up (though perhaps grief and nostalgia have caused my memory of the lost pen to be a little unrealistic).

 

What a pleasure it is to join this forum.

 

By the way, Garythepenman, do you happen to practice law in Washington D.C.?

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