I just received my first Parker 51 - a black demi vacuum filler which I picked up off of B/S/T from Vlad. I was not sure about the hype surrounding this pen...until I wrote a few lines. I would equate this to the hype surrounding MdC soap...it sounds like hype until you try it, then you realize that the product is just as good as everyone says it is (IMO). This pen is the king of smooth in my humble stable of fountain pens. The barrel is a nice comfortable diameter in my hand. I like the manner in which the cap secures without threading pull it off and post it and go, no twisting. Not that I am so lazy that I would fail to enjoy a pen which has a cap I have to screw on/off, but this design is just extremely user friendly.
There are several pens which catch my eye based upon their flashy good looks, amongst them the Visconti Homo sapiens with bronze bands and the Delta Dolce vita piston filler. Flashy looking movie stars are a dime a dozen these days. But Steve McQueen was, is, and always be the king of cool. He was not flashy, but he knew who and what he was and did everything with a confidence that mere mortals could only hope to emulate. That is the Parker 51, IMHO. Before any flashy pieces of eye candy enter my collection, I need a little more cool...I'm thinking cordovan or cedar blue...maybe plum if I am feeling really daring.
There are several pens which catch my eye based upon their flashy good looks, amongst them the Visconti Homo sapiens with bronze bands and the Delta Dolce vita piston filler. Flashy looking movie stars are a dime a dozen these days. But Steve McQueen was, is, and always be the king of cool. He was not flashy, but he knew who and what he was and did everything with a confidence that mere mortals could only hope to emulate. That is the Parker 51, IMHO. Before any flashy pieces of eye candy enter my collection, I need a little more cool...I'm thinking cordovan or cedar blue...maybe plum if I am feeling really daring.
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