These are New Pen Site Updates of the latest items that have to do with the Parker Pen Company. There are not all necessarily related to the Parker "51", but should be of interest to the collector. I will eventually move the items to the different pages of the site.
A circa 1948 Parker "51" protype aerometric filler fountain pen with lustroloy cap and bright red barrel. This pen is the same size as the Parker "51" Vacumatic Demis and the caps are interchangeable. The bright red color never went into production. Note the unmarked filler shroud. (5/11/08)
A Parker VS fountain pen with a clear amber barrel and solid ends. I recently acquired this pen as a curiosity and have shown it around with no solid leads as to what it is. (12/7/07)
A Parker "51" fountain pen with a blue diamond on barrel. I have often heard that the early deskpens were sold as convertible to a pocket version. All the deskpens with a blue diamond on the barrel that I have seen never have a date code. This pocket pen is unusual in that it has a clear imprint with a 1945 date code. (12/7/07)
A Parker "51" fountain pen with an ususual aftermarket clip. (12/7/07)
A Parker "51" ballpoint recently found in a lot from an ex-Parker employee in research and development. Undocumented item never produced. (9/9/06)
A Parker "51" capillary demonstrator with shop numbers recently found in a lot from an ex-Parker employee in research and development with documentation dated 1955. Undocumented item never produced. (9/9/06)
A Parker "51" aerometric demonstrator New Old Stock recently found in a lot from an ex-Parker employee in research and development. (9/9/06)
A Parker "61" demonstrator recently found in a lot from an ex-Parker employee in research and development. "First Edition" cap. No jewel at end of barrel, but instead a has a mesh pattern. (9/9/06)
A Parker "61" prototype with matching pencil recently found in a lot from an ex-Parker employee in research and development. Note "61" under the nib. (9/9/06)
A Parker "61" prototype matching pencil with smooth gold filled cap recently found in a lot from an ex-Parker employee in research and development. (9/9/06)
A Parker "VP" with early winged nib and very unusual striped barrel recently found in a lot from an ex-Parker employee in research and development. Also note the "51" clip on the VP cap. (9/9/06)
Another Parker with very similar configurations to a canadian Parker "Arrow". This one came straight out of Canada. The body is green pearl and has no imprints. The nib is the same of a Parker "Arrow", dated 1956. The cap is the shorter version for the vac "51" demi, but has a non blue diamond Parker clip and black jewel. (9/4/06)
A Parker "Arrow", New Old Stock similar to other "Arrows", but this one, as the previous pen, also has the non blue diamond Parker clip and blak jewel. The nib is the same as that of other Parker "Arrows", dated 1956. (9/4/06)
A Parker "51" recently found with Coin Silver cap, but the blue diamond has been cut out and replaced with a real diamond. Barrel is dated 1944. Jeweler's job or special order? (9/4/06)
A standard Parker Vacumatic with tape from dealer stating "Here's my pen for your retirement offer". At one point during the Parker "51" promotion, Parker offered to take in your old Vacumatic in partial exchange for a new Parker "51". The pen has no nib, so Parker must have at least removed that for scrap. (9/4/06)
The collector on top is completely translucent yellow, compared to a regular clear collector. A stained or ambered collector? The color seems too even and consistant to be so. I found it while doing a restoration on a "51" and it really jumps out when first looked at. (9/4/06)
Last year I was able to locate the above Parker "51" first year pen. It is unique in that it is not Buckskin but a Mauve color with black specks, giving it a granite look. No, it is not discolored as the color is nice and even throughout, even under the cap. To my surprise, a collector brought to my attention the above pencil, as he thought the color was strange. Guess what? It is a perfect match colorwise, and even has the same black specks!
This pen came from the holdings of a retired Parker employee. It does not appear to be Parker production as the nib is marked "Delta", but it is interesting that Parker was seriously looking at what other competitors were doing for fillers or maybe at how close the were copying the "51".
Two examples of the hard to find Parker "Arrow" in Forest Green and Teal Blue , made only in Canada, ca. 1956. The sections are always black. The similarities to the "51" are obvious with the aerometric fillers shown below and the clutch rings. The caps are interchangeable with a "51". The cap on the forest green has a ring pattern that was not used on the "51".
Above left, the Parker "Arrow" imprint on the filler. Above right, the Parker Cananda arrow nib with "14K" mark and date code of '56'. Below, the aerometric filler of the Parker "Arrow".
A Parker with very similar configurations to a canadian Parker "Arrow". The body has canadian Vacumatic imprints dated '52' and the vacumatic filler. The nib is the same of a Parker "Arrow", dated 1956. The cap has canadian imprints. Model shop prototype? The above came together with a standard Parker "Arrow" from the Estate of an ex-Parker Canada employee.
