Hi all, I picked up a Parker 45 at an antiques store last year and wondering if anybody has ideas about the era / any other distinguishing features.
I am guessing it's pre-1970s because it has the inverted conical clip screw: image. It's unclear to me, though, if they made these sorts of steel cap / gold clip / plastic body hybrids (e.g. as a variant of the 45 Classic), or if I bought a franken45 with a flighter cap.
In any case, I don't really care because the pen works great! Medium nib, smooth as butter, and I like how it looks. But this is my first vintage pen foray and I'd be interested to know more about it's history!
More images here if helpful (edit:figured out how to get them to display in line!)
That's a really pretty pen. I'd guess it's a classic with gold trim, but cannot be sure. What filling system does it use?
Thanks! It's a C/C. It came with this old parker quink "reserve ink supply" labeled thing that is just basically a refillable cartridge (or just an old cartridge?), so I've just been filling that with a syringe. Have't tried to figure out what sort of converter it would use.
Ah! That's an older cartridge! I believe that puts it into the 1960s
Cool - thanks! I think I paid about $20 for it, which seems like a pretty good buy. Appreciate the help!