Monthly Archives: May 2021

2021 Parker 51 with Steel Nib

28 Friday May 2021

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Towards the end of 2020 rumours then photos started to appear that caused one of the biggest stirs in the fountain pen world for a long time. Word had it that Parker were relaunching the ’51’ almost 45 years after previous production was stopped. Pictures appeared and the reaction was not good, especially after it became known that the cap would be threaded and the pen would come with a steel nib. Accusations were made of design laziness and there were even rumours (later shown to be false) that it was just an existing pen from a Chinese cloning factory.

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Parker Sac Replacement Revisited

21 Friday May 2021

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Today, Friday the 14th of May, I learnt two important things as a result of apparent nib leakage on my recently repaired Parker ‘New’ Duofold Senior. Now before I cover them I should point out that I did not break the pen nor was it errors on my part (well not quite, as I shall explain), but first I would like to thank Mike McShane of The Pendragons for the advice and corrections he gave me this afternoon while I asked for confirmation on what I was about to do.

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Pineider Arco Blue Bee

12 Wednesday May 2021

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Under Dante Del Vecchio Pineider not only started to produce their own ranges of pens but also established a design philosophy making them instantly recognisable. The La Grande Bellezza set the trend for their gold nibbed pens, with the model morphing in to the Full Metal Jacket range where it gained a row of ink windows. This form has now become the template for their limited editions, the latest of which is the ‘Arco’, an interesting resin inspired by it’s celluloid namesake and available in two finishes, Oak and Blue Bee. It is the latter that I have been lent by the UK distributor for review though the United Inkdom group and my views will go towards the meta review which will hopefully be published in April.

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Platinum Curidas – One Year On

07 Friday May 2021

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It is now close on a year since I joined the masses and put in my order for a Platinum Curidas in Urban Green. It should be noted I was not caught up in the initial hype but rather garnered interest over time as I started to hear feedback from friends who’d been early adopters. As with so many the feed on mine cracked around one of the nib securing wings and while Cult Pens were happy to swap it for another pen or give me a refund I decided to keep it as the crack did not affect the writing nor ownership experiences and there was no guarantees Platinum had fixed the issue with newer pens, in fact I still do not know if this design flaw is still in place.

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