Parker Writing Instruments
Included are Parker items that my parents used daily when I was growing up. I recollect my folks using them as early as when we were living in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles in the late 1950s.
The two with the dark blue bodies were a pen and pencil set. The second from the left is a Parker ‘51’ fountain pen which was very popular in its day. Whenever my mom wrote letters to her relatives and friends, this was her go-to pen. I was fascinated by the richly dark characters that were effortlessly produced by its nib that was barely visible.
The reddish one is a Parker ‘61’ fountain pen. I remember watching my dad pay so many bills by writing out checks with this beauty. He also used it to sign our school grade report cards!
The one on the right is my Parker ‘45’ fountain pen which my parents bought me as a gift when I was in high school or junior high. Though modestly priced compared to the ‘51’ and ‘61’, it performed quite flawlessly and served me well during secondary school.
To this day I still gain great satisfaction using fountain pens. My favorite is a Pilot brand (made in Japan) ‘vanishing point’ style in which the nib retracts into the pen barrel by click action. I’ve used it often enough in the several years I’ve owned it that I have worn off part of its black finish revealing the brass shell beneath.
Parker Writing Instruments
Included are Parker items that my parents used daily when I was growing up. I recollect my folks using them as early as when we were living in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles in the late 1950s.
The two with the dark blue bodies were a pen and pencil set. The second from the left is a Parker ‘51’ fountain pen which was very popular in its day. Whenever my mom wrote letters to her relatives and friends, this was her go-to pen. I was fascinated by the richly dark characters that were effortlessly produced by its nib that was barely visible.
The reddish one is a Parker ‘61’ fountain pen. I remember watching my dad pay so many bills by writing out checks with this beauty. He also used it to sign our school grade report cards!
The one on the right is my Parker ‘45’ fountain pen which my parents bought me as a gift when I was in high school or junior high. Though modestly priced compared to the ‘51’ and ‘61’, it performed quite flawlessly and served me well during secondary school.
To this day I still gain great satisfaction using fountain pens. My favorite is a Pilot brand (made in Japan) ‘vanishing point’ style in which the nib retracts into the pen barrel by click action. I’ve used it often enough in the several years I’ve owned it that I have worn off part of its black finish revealing the brass shell beneath.