Parker 25

[Darkbulb]

Monteverde make a Parker 25 compatible RB refill. Scroll down the link; it's the one two-thirds down the page.

Thanks!! I will check them out this weekend!

 

[FrankieG]

Congrats @Darkbulb , what a way to kick-start your new hobby

 

[Darkbulb]

Congrats @Darkbulb , what a way to kick-start your new hobby

I..uh...bought two more... Parker Jotters.
Seller thinks they are from the 1950's but I kinda doubt that.
$8.50 per pen felt fair though

 

[Nico1970]

Very nice @Darkbulb...

Check the threads inside the top part of the barrel - if they're brass, then they are pre-1980.

Note the 'arrow clip' as well. Very early 1950s jotters had a plain clip. Still and all, they could be late 1950s onwards and the Jotter remained pretty much unchanged from then into the 1970s...

Are there any date codes stamped on the back?

 

[Nico1970]

Some Parker Jotter history, and of course the great book itself.

I have a great fondness for the Parker Jotter - it was my first proper pen back in the late 1970s...

 

[Darkbulb]

Very nice @Darkbulb...

Check the threads inside the top part of the barrel - if they're brass, then they are pre-1980.

Note the 'arrow clip' as well. Very early 1950s jotters had a plain clip. Still and all, they could be late 1950s onwards and the Jotter remained pretty much unchanged from then into the 1970s...

Are there any date codes stamped on the back?

Thanks and will do.
I'll look for date codes as well.
With the bottom one having a domed clicker it should be a rather early one.

 

[FrankieG]

This is another rather interesting website for all things Parker.

 

[Nico1970]

There's an ultra-rare orange trim Parker 25 on fleaBay at the moment. I bailed out at circa 60 quid, but it will be interesting to see what it eventually fetches...

 

[Darkbulb]

There's an ultra-rare orange trim Parker 25 on fleaBay at the moment. I bailed out at circa 60 quid, but it will be interesting to see what it eventually fetches...

Yeah, seen it. I think the last one sold for over $300 ....

 

[Darkbulb]

And, yay, received a black Parker 25 in the mail
This one was said to be new and never used and looking at it I can believe it.
$26 but I think it was worth it. Great looking pen!

Next to my brushed steel one:

I'm afraid that its decades of being ink-free will soon be over as this is a pen I fully intend to use

Finally a nib comparison.
I think the blue (on the left) is a fine nib. Is it possible to tell from this photo what the black one (to the right) is?

 

[Novice Shave]

This forum is dangerous I've spent a small fortune on shaving equipment in the last 2 weeks now I find myself looking on eBay at pens

 

[Darkbulb]

This forum is dangerous I've spent a small fortune on shaving equipment in the last 2 weeks now I find myself looking on eBay at pens

Muahahaha!

 

[Steve]

Parker 25 is a fine pen and its cheap price belies its performance. My favorite fountain pen was the Everharp Skyline. Beautiful to look at and to write with especially the flexible nib ones. Had a Waterman Edison in green, best looking pen I ever had, you could even take it on airplanes without it leaking. Trouble was I just couldn't write well with it as it just didn't suit my hand.

 

[chrisbell]

And, yay, received a black Parker 25 in the mail
This one was said to be new and never used and looking at it I can believe it.
$26 but I think it was worth it. Great looking pen!

Next to my brushed steel one:

I'm afraid that its decades of being ink-free will soon be over as this is a pen I fully intend to use

Finally a nib comparison.
I think the blue (on the left) is a fine nib. Is it possible to tell from this photo what the black one (to the right) is?

I suspect that's a medium nib.

 

[Darkbulb]

I suspect that's a medium nib.

That would be great as I then would have one Fine and one Medium

 

[Darkbulb]