Saturday, November 5, 2011

Parker 61 Fountain Pen With Capillary Filler

This is a real antique Parker 61 fountain pen, Made In USA that still works. The gold fill on the cap has some wear. There is a Parker logo and the inscrptions 1 10 12K GF on the sides of the cap. The gray jewels on the cap and the barrel are nice and clean. The gold filled nib is in good condition.

Parker reinvented the pen with the Parker 61, a pen with no moving parts. Capillary action fill the ink well and the teflon ink well repels ink. Just dip the end of the capillary filler into a bottle of ink and the pen refills itself.

When I took it out of storage, the ink has dried. So I soak the nib in water for a while, follow by the end of the capillary filler. I was then able to write with the pen. Amazingly the capillary filler still functions well. I could have written written with some antique Parker pen ink as well!

Gray Jewel At the end of the gold filled Parker 61 fountain pen barrel.

Parker 61 Foutain Pen Cap With Parker logo.

Close up of Parker 61 fountain pen cap

Parker 61 fountain pen gold cap with the 12K GF markings

Parker 61 fountain pen cap with the 12K GF inscription

Parker 61 fountain pen cap with the gray jewel mounted at the end

Parker 61 fountain pen with gold cap and black barrel

Parker 61 fountain pen showing the capillary filler

Parker 61 fountain pen capillary filler tip showing the openings for the ink

Parker 61 fountain pen gold filled cap close up

Parker 61 fountain pen nib

Parker 61 fountain pen nib - writing side

Sample of writing made with the Parker 61 fountain pen.

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