Pen recommendations

Spontaneous cracks, even another famous co's precious resin does not do
that. I was NOT tempted to acquire the retro P51 SE. Granted it's a lovely
looking pen, but the conv and cartridges were not fitting of a $350 pen.
Today they are available at 200 and less.

Re Polar Bear Delta Animals series. I got because my name means bear. Very
pretty pen and writes well. Imagine the surprise and consternation to note
big globs of green, blue black and any other color ink on the inside of the
white celluloid cap, by the bear's face. Beautiful pen but heard a lot of
returns and this could well be the reason.

.. Any suggestions how to clean this stain. Apparently the residue of the
nib which spread. Ugh...............

"BLandolf" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:39:58 -0400, "Robert Chin"
wrote:

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With the Mare, the Parker 51 and a few others, you'll learn that those
phrases are to cover up poor quality control....

Not to rain on your parade, Robert, but the new 51s (both colors) had
major problems with the barrels cracking (flat out terrible plastic).
Parker made new barrels and sent them to all their distributors.
Make sure yours has one of the new barrels on it so it doesn't
spontenously crack in a few months. --- Bernadette

(Dik F. Liu) wrote in message ...
In article , "Robert Chin"
writes:

I am going to put in a vote for a new or old Parker 51. If you're getting
it as a gift, and would like to make a nice presentation, etc, an all, go
for the new. If you want to give an original and something that has
character or history, go for a used.

I was in NYC this past weekend and picked up a new Parker 51 Special Edition
and was completely blown away by it. It's a little more than you want to
spend but I think you can talk down the price a little.

The original 51 has an ink collector. This feature is not visible from the
outside; and many who own the original 51s might not know about it. Yet, this
feature is a part of why the original 51 was such a reliable pen. You don't see
the feature on the outside. It's not there for show. But it is there working
quietly to ensure that that pen writes well pages after pages. The new 51, as
far as I know, lacks such a feature.

Even cheapo Heros have an ink collector to regulate ink flow. I don't
understand why the new 51 fails to follow the tradition.

Dik

I was wondering what the group thought of Ferrari da Verese fountain pens

Eeyore

In article ,
(GB) wrote:

I'll do some searching and I'll
post what I decide on and hopefully it will be 'forum approved' BTW
the pen is for a 27yo male. He likes rollerballs with some weight. I
want something that he can use everyday if necessary, but will hold
up.

Rotring 600 rollerball is a heavy model with "cool factor" that will
hold up extremely well.

Dave