Every few weeks I rotate the 4 to 7 fountain pens that are inked and ready to write.
Cleaning and filling fountain pens is a little ritual like, I suppose, a tea ceremony, only you end up with some ink on your fingers...
Today I took a picture of my best Parker pens, which represents a bit of Parker history from the 1920s to 1960s. All of the pens, with one exception, were made in the U.S. And they write exceptionally well.

From left to right:
1) Duofold senior, "Big Red", 1928.
2) Striped Duofold major, green and gold, 1943.
3) Vacumatic junior, amber, 1930s.
4) VS, button filler, rust, 1947.
5) Challenger, red marbled, 1934-37.
6) 51, vacumatic, cordovan brown, 1948.
7) 51, aerometric (made in UK), navy gray, 1957.
8) 51 Demi, navy blue, aerometric, 1948
9) 21 Super, black, 1956-60
10) 45, black, c. 1961+
Cleaning and filling fountain pens is a little ritual like, I suppose, a tea ceremony, only you end up with some ink on your fingers...
Today I took a picture of my best Parker pens, which represents a bit of Parker history from the 1920s to 1960s. All of the pens, with one exception, were made in the U.S. And they write exceptionally well.

From left to right:
1) Duofold senior, "Big Red", 1928.
2) Striped Duofold major, green and gold, 1943.
3) Vacumatic junior, amber, 1930s.
4) VS, button filler, rust, 1947.
5) Challenger, red marbled, 1934-37.
6) 51, vacumatic, cordovan brown, 1948.
7) 51, aerometric (made in UK), navy gray, 1957.
8) 51 Demi, navy blue, aerometric, 1948
9) 21 Super, black, 1956-60
10) 45, black, c. 1961+
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