I mentioned before that I wanted to review this pen on its own merit, not just in comparison to the original Parker 51, but I do think its worth looking at how it stacks up to some older Parker models physically. This is as much a Parker 51 as the "Parker" of today is the Parker Pen Company that gave the world the Duofold, vacumatic and 51. My Lamy 2000 and I: a new chapterbegins. Maybe its the pragmatist in me, but I prefer the plain jewel on the 21 to the ends of the old 51 or the 51 Special. The Wing Sung 601 is a Chinese homage to the classic but long- discontinued Parker 51 vacumatic but with a few differences such as a stainless steel nib, ink windows and a price tag (in this instance) of around 7.50. Going inside the Wing Sung 601 fountainpen. 2. I do not check PMs. - Works like a charm! But I dont think the 51 is any more over-priced than my (ahem, 7 and counting) HMISPHRES or, especially, the EXPERT. Its a beautiful and quality fountain pen that is more than comparable to my 70 year old DEMI 51 and 1970s 61. My Urban and my Jotters are very smooth writers, with very stiff nibs. Nice write-up. With the price "Parker" wants for this I can I only assume they're having it made in their Chinese factory considering the price difference between these and the (supposedly) French made duofold line. In between washing the pen parts I took the photos for this post. It came with a small container of silicone grease, (the container being based, confusingly, on a cartridge- converter which has no place in this pen). I stand by my tastes and also accept that they might change.
It is always ready and never skips or hard-starts. like to make choices, expand options, and create vast empires not only of possessions but of behaviors. I dont know. Such a pen could be cleaned only very occasionally and just when necessary, such as if it had leaked, or dried up or if the nib was clogged with paper fibres or if ink flow was unsatisfactory. So there is no shell. If I never knew that the original 51 had a clutch ring for a slip cap in this spot I might find it a bit odd to have a secret trim ring under the cap, but its a nice minimal look, it integrates seamlessly into the barrel threads, and the cap threads themselves catch and hold securely. Its as much a continuation of the 51 as the current Jotter is a continuation of the ribbed nylon thing with a 21 clip. 
After first catching a hint of translucency through the hod while writing, I decided to test the barrel on my cameras flash, and I found I could see through the threads, and even got a bit of glowing at the far end of the barrel. For most people this probably wont make a difference, but for some people I could see this rising to the level of a dealbreaker. 7. Avoid the new 51. I focus most of my acquisitions on Parkers, especially hooded nibbed beauties and also on the standard painted brass tube Waterman pens from the last few decades. I made a lot of mistakes right away, but that could happen to anybody (right?). 
But TBH these free bits and bobs have not alleviated the disappointment I feel at this purchase. In my first usage, I found that I needed to push the filler ever so slightly after a new fill just to make sure that a drop of ink didn't fall into the cap and then appear to have the pen leaking. I love the cap. Im not usually a fan of screw-on caps in general because Im impatient and clumsy. I really enjoy writing with this pen. (via PENCIL REVOLUTION!) It's not even the same UK based Parker of the 80s and 90s that gained a Royal Warrant. but those brands also offer their ink cartridges in more colors than just black and blue. Perhaps the problem is a modern one when enthusiasts such as myself own numerous fountain pens and have rather too many pens in use at any one time and are forever wanting to switch inks around. The polish on the resin equals that of lucite on the original 51. So I washed the pen out and put J. Herbin Perle Noire in the converter. Its not that I dont appreciate them, but if a pen has managed to survive intact for 80 years, I dont want to be the one to break it. This pen was purchased from Atlas Stationers at retail price. Of course, the internet beingthe internet, the hot takes were swift from scores of people who never saw or held or wrote with the new 51. I havent read many reviews on purpose, and the reviews by two people whose opinions I trust (Evan and Joe) were largely positive. The latest of these - with some amount of controversy regarding its design tweaks - is the 2021 model Parker 51. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The term precious resin is often made fun of, and rightfully so, but whatever material this pen is made of, it seems to behave similarly to the materials found in other high-end plastic pens. Actually I found it very satisfying. There should be a converter included in the box, as well as a warranty card and even a little info about the original 51. Thank you. My order got delayed, and Fahrneys basically told me to @#$% off when I emailed them about it being lost in USPS limbo. I have considered to put a epoxy resin inside the cap just to make it usable; I would not mind ink drying issues on open cap, but there is no excuse for ink drying when the cap is put on. One, this pen is my first experience with any Parker 51 from any year. I hear that the French Parkers are made at the Waterman factory, and the latter refers to the bodies of their newest pen, the EMBLME, as being made of precious resin. The refusal to include a converter with the standard/steel 51and the oddly high price smell like modern Waterman to me.
I say this to make clear the second thing, that I set out to evaluate this pen on its own merits, not in comparison to the original Parker 51 or with the other pens from various Chinese brands which were inspired by the Parker 51. [] Reviewing the Parker 51 Fountain Pen. There is a satisfaction in doing this, to care for your pens and keep them running like new. Lawyers take enough pleasure in good drafting so that I now ask myself to what extent they dare think of themselves as doing good drafting as lart pour lart as well as earning a living. /r/fountainpens - A community for fountain pen enthusiasts, from the novice to the collector. I was quite hyped to purchase this (should it be available). I had to recall these as I went along. I will say that the blue cartridge that came with mine was kind of, well, garbage. If you come across this pen on a decent sale, or if some of the aspects that Ive described here are enough for you to overlook the faults, I do think that writing with this pen is a very enjoyable experience. Spencerian for English, running script for Chinese) as being representative of call, I highly recommand taking a look at this guy's channel. For the first week I used only this pen exclusively, and while I allowed myself to use whatever pen I liked during the second week, I found myself reaching back for this Parker time and again. They will objectively be more durable, use better materials, have a smoother writing experience, and surprisingly can use bottled ink without additional purchases. Well, COVID-19 has turned the world upside down, and now I own about # (shhhhh!) 3. Only modern Parker pens alone seemed to be plagued with the ink drying issue; I have about 10+ pens from varying models; none of them, even on lower end models that costs less than IM, had this issue. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Even then, it is not essential to disassemble a pen; it could simply be flushed with water or left with the nib to soak in a jar of water overnight, without being dismantled.
I always wondered why they didnt reissue it with the same or similar design. I might be biased though, from all three Parker pens I owned, only the Duofold Centennial somehow have no issue with ink drying and had respectable build quality (despite being resin). After three days of not touching it, it wrote immediately. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The new Parker 51 came in last week, and WOW, holy @#$%! As far as I have been able to tell, the nib section is sealed, probably glued shut. We can also take a peek at the vintage squeeze converter in the Parker 45. I'd rather just get one of those vacuum pump wingsungs with a slip cap and a real hooded nib that actually looks like a 51 but is cheaper than a real vintage 51 such that it provides a viable choice of purchase. On the whole, I am not entirely disappointed. I suppose one could argue that I am so new to fountain pens that my opinion is not very valuable, but I think that anyone who has actually used this pen would have more relevant things to say that any internet troll who owns a few dozen old 51s that they may or may not use. Another feeling I had to adjust to with this pen was the fact that the nib is essentially below the tip of the hood, so when aiming for the page I was contacting it lower than I expected, more like a ballpoint than a fountain pen. (LogOut/ Should've followed Sheaffer's lead when they had re-released the Heritage series pens with the Chevron patterns; at least they branding it as re-release and (from anecdotal experience of other members of this sub) had been satisfied with the pen (sure, it does cost a premium; perhaps this point is too OOT). In the case of this Wing Sung 601, it is not an expensive pen and I imagine that most owners would not disassemble it. 5. I wrote the blog post partly for my own benefit as an aide memoire for when I next want to clean it, my memory not being what it was! I took some pictures of this pen alongside a vintage Parker 45 and a more recent Parker Frontier. And I am not a barbarian. The cap, for example, has a nice brushed look to it, with a classic styled jewel shape at the finial, and an updated version of the Parker arrow clip. Under this we find a grey clamshell box, which features the pen, a proprietary Parker cartridge, and nothing else. But when compared to, or as a companion for one of its elder brethrenit seems like it might be a big heaping bowl of disappointment. The short answer is, pretty well. This pen is not a rebranded Jinhao, it is manufactured by Parker in France. This means that one cannot take out and swap the nib, or even just disassemble it for a more thorough cleaning. The 51 feels like a mix between the Octanium nibs of yore and a modern medium Parker nib. But folks are buying them. Replace plunger. However there are other rewards from blogging, not least, enjoying a thoughtful and witty comment from readers such as your good self. Copyright 2004-2021 The Fountain Pen Network Put the metal cap-retaining ring aside safely. I cant comment on posting the cap because I never ever ever post my pens. It is a great little pen. The posting should feel firm so that you arent left to worry about the cap falling off. But many brands reuse nibs among pens priced at different points in their line-up, such as Lamy, or Kaweco. I had a look just now, and it seems the BiliBili content producer's calligraphy is mainly in semi-cursive script ( running script). They might be tight and difficult to grip. Then I read a review on it. User-grade aerometric '51's with a gold nib can be found for less than the price of a steel nib 2021 '51'. This isnt a pen blog, though, so I officially dont know what Im talking about. Now, for the other end: unscrew the blind cap. Do you have any advice? It has been paired with Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo ink. I am a bit of a Parker fan having used a Vector and a Chinese Hero in school back in the 1980s. My first fountain pen was a Waterman Phileas I received as a gift in 2004. (In fact, I think it IS the same nib.)
I am not sure if I can use the pen unless I can figure out a way to make it write a bit 'wet' and stop skipping. Fountain Pen Inventory Database by Jon Rosen. Every modern re-issue of a classic is always going to be bad, imagine if jaguar did a re-issue of the Mark II? Sign up for a new account in our community. The nib and feed are still inside the ink collector, with a clear plastic breather tube at the back. I guess now some people will lose their illusions about this "fancy-dressed" Jotter/vector :). Ive had this pen in hand for last two weeks and Id like to share my impressions so far. By Granted the pen looks nice with the exception of the fugly gap between the hood and nib. Learn how your comment data is processed. Just one year ago, at the Baltimore Washington pen show, I would not be caught dead with a fountain pen. , @hssqqWelcome for FPN, and thank you for your suggestion. The pens that started my collection included two original 51s, a demi-aerometric 51, and some lovely 41s. It is like a very short full-circle journey back to the fountain pens that changed everything for me in May 2020, when a friend sent me a box of cool old drafting supplies, with a box of old fountain pens was at the bottom. nope). The reissued '51' was to use the brand history of a popular pen, not to actually re-create a proper homage to the original. Ultimately, I think that biggest factor for this pen is its price. The resin of the section and barrel I initially wrote off as plain and uninteresting, until I caught it in the right light. There is a link to register your pen and extend its warranty, but theres no way to know that exists unless you happen to Google it. Im really glad I held off purchasing one. I say this because the internet has been awash in hot takes for months from people who are unhappy about the fact that this pen isnt the same as the old Parker 51. It is particularly unfortunate, to my mind, because the fact that the recent Parker Jotter release appears to use the same nibs and feeds would have meant that it would be very easy to source replacement nibs to swap into these pen, and to have options for different tipping sizes and even different grinds. But I cant imagine Lucite shining more than this. I feared that I had damaged it, perhaps by squeezing too hard to pull out the nib. But lets start first by examining what you get when your pen arrives. In some ways, this could be seen as an answer to Joes concerns last August at the Gentleman Stationer, that too many pens are being released too large these days, and there is a lack of options for people who dont want an oversized pen. Yesterday, on finding it almost empty I decided to give it a clean. I truly love my vintage P51. I bring this all up right now to dispel it a bit. And the new Sonnet? 4. There is simply no excuse for modern pens to have their ink dry inside the cap (though they are not the Parker that made the very same Duofold I have IIRC). Ive mentioned before that I own very few vintage pens. In order to repair the skip problem of my NG51,I sent it to one of my friend.He disassembled it and gave me these picturesshows the inside of NG51. And another one.
For what it is, and for what you get when you buy it, I feel it is simply priced too high. Thanks for reading and I send my best wishes to you for your birthday! I wish Parker had skimped on the packaging here, and included more inside of it instead. When I saw that they finally appeared to be doing just that, I started to get excited at the prospect of a modern version of my favorite vintage pen. Since there is no money for me in this blog, Samuel Johnson would have me down as a blockhead and I would not like to argue with him. What I do find is that the medium nib, while smooth, has no personality. Instead, they took a nib/feed/cap design from the Jotter, pumped out a resin "hood" that was too wide to actually cover the nib, and fell back to the C/C mechanism while not even including a converter on the standard version. Powered by Invision Community, Many thanks for the links/resources! April 11, 2021 in Parker. Beautifully done; although I do find it a shame that these days, especially on content sharing platforms and in hobbyist discussion forums, it seems common to unduly focus on particular cursive scripts (e.g. First apply a little silicone grease to the threads if you wish. This new Parker 51 seemed to only capitalize on the legendary status of its predecessor. Never had a positive feel about this since the announcement. We could argue about the durability of resin vs. Lucite and the fact that the C/C system is going to outlast a vaccumatic system (if anything breaks down, you can just replace the converter) or that its easier to clean out than an aerometric system. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I have cheaper fountain pens including the starter Pilot Metropolitan and Lamy Al Star but no pen has ever disappointed me as much as this one has. Unacceptable, at any price point. Right up front I want to be clear about two things. The nib section, aesthetically, is pretty striking. In my two weeks of writing with this pen I never had an issue with the cap falling off the back, but I never got over the feeling that it might. I have comically short fingers, and I can even use a Kaweco Sport unposted. Instead of a jewel, the new cap has a sort of ventilated ring I dont know how to describe it. Im claiming New Kid status here. for all of its flaws, it puts ink on paper very nicely. He is a lacquer pen maker and calligraphy practicioner. I really like a nice aerometric system, and I love the early Parker converters that were basically removable aero-filling systems. Three cheers, then, for Ruperts well-documented effort. Early thoughts on the Parker Vector XL fountainpen. I sent Brad from Pen Addict a frantic OH MY GOD I DONT EVEN OWN ANY INK AND DONT KNOW WHAT TO GET text that night, and he was patient and kind and resisted teasing me for my YEARS of disparaging fountain pens. And its just so very very lovely. On the other hand, I am more and more intrigued with the legends surrounding Parker 51 of why it is one of the quintessential fountain pens of the old (but I'm pretty sure the term "timeless" would be a more accurate for that particular pen). The flushing of the feed with fresh ink regularly on refilling, serves to keep things running. 10. No wonder my decade-old Duofold feels very different from modern Parker brands. IJKWS, What matters about a nib isnt whether a cheaper pen also has that same nib, its how the nib performs, which well get to. It also affords an opportunity to see the separate components and better understand how pens work. I could see the same gap all the way down the ink collector and was relieved that it is meant to be like this and not some damage of my doing. As a comparison, the Duofold I bought was used, had slightly cracked lip, and the "old" Domino color edition that is more than a decade old.
Well done Parker! It could be that Ive never seen or held a BRAND NEW 51 before. The clip looks nothing like anything that ever graced an old 51. But I really like that Parker updates their arrow clips, and I like the current iteration of it. I confess to being a lawyer, although my occasional drafting is usually mundane and unfortunately more geared towards avoiding ambiguity than artistry. Big thanks to OP for taking the hit so I didn't have to as I had actually been mulling over whether or not to pick one of these up for the novelty of it.
Maybe even with a $50 pen I could see past these things, but for a $100 pen I think its a bit much. Not sure this is worth the $80 I paid. I will not go over why I do not like any of the redesigns, there has been plenty of talk about it by other people; I will also not go over aesthetics, as everyone has subjective opinions and cannot really be analyzed objectively; Here are some non-design & functionality issues about the pen I found after 2 days of use: The resin is of very low quality and extremely easy to scratch; after 2 days of home use, the resin has already accumulated 3 visible scratches; in comparison, my 743 which has been with me for 2 years and has been used outside have only 1 very minor scratch mark under a flashlight; Capping the pen scratches my hold section; the edge of the metal cap is so unpolished that it risks scratching the hold section every time you cap it; Uncapped, the hooded nib dries in around 5 minutes, which defeats the purpose of a hooded nib in the first place; I have expose-nibbed (p743) pens that can last 8-10 minutes with the same ink; Capped, the nib dries overnight (10hrs) and only starts after at least 5 strokes; The hood section is too long and too angled such that you cannot see the nib when writing; see photo below; Writing with this requires constant guessing of where the sweatspot is; I personally cannot accept this; to salt the wound, old parkers do not have this issue at all; The nib is basically a Parker Jotter nib and looks nothing like a "standard hooded nib"; The parker jotter is a 19$ pen; need I say more?
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