As with many English schoolboys who had to use a fountain pen I grew up on Parkers.  I still have a couple of 25s (plus roller ball, pencil,  & ballpoint) that were my school mainstay, and a Parker 45 that was a present and which I used to enjoy until I had to get the nib replaced (pen rolled off a kitchen top on to the tiled  floor …).  My collection does not stop there as I have a 51 which belonged to my grand father and still works well, plus from this century an Eclipse and an IM. Continue reading →