Parker 51 Aerometric in Teal with a Lustraloy Cap
Hello, and welcome to Inkquiring Minds. My name is Doug, and I’m back with another Pen Resurrection Sunday Video. I’ve done several of these Parker 51 Aerometric to Cartridge conversions now and they sell immediately. They are obviously popular.
But I also got some negative comments asking why I’m just repeating the same resurrection over and over. My first response is that the pens are selling. And they are selling even before the video goes public on a Sunday. That’s because members of my channel will see my video up to a week in advance of everyone else.
If you want to get first dibs on any pen that I’ve restored and put up for sale, just join as a member of my channel. It is only 99 cents a month.
My second response is that every pen is different and I find different challenges with each pen even though the model and the conversion are the same. I’ve got five more converters and at least a couple more Parker 51 Aerometrics on the way. Let me know in the comments below if you’d rather not see future conversions as videos.
To be honest, it is easier to convert the pen without all the video editing and commentary. I could just post converted Parker 51s on my WIX page for sale when they are done.
I’m expecting two more Parker 51 Aerometrics to be delivered next week, but you probably won’t see videos on them any time soon because I’m spending the next three weeks working on these gorgeous late 1930s Parker Vacumatics. This one is actually from the mid 40s but these two are first generation. All three will be for sale once they are restored over the next month. Just in time for the lucrative gift-giving season.
But let’s take a look at the latest Parker 51 Aerometric ready for resurrection and conversion.
My Thoughts on the Resurrection
So what are my thoughts about this resurrection? As I said in the introduction, every pen is different. I’ve learned not to take any pen for granted. It might LOOK like it is an easy fix but that is just when it jumps up and bites you in your ego.
I thought the curve this pen my throw would be the nib which turned out to be a bit more difficult to fix than I expected. It had a bit of a hangnail I think.
The tines were aligned but there was a raised edge on the bottom of one of them. This didn’t make sense to me. It couldn’t have been made like that.
So when I got out my USB microscope it showed me that one tine was pitted like it had been damaged somehow. When looking from the side, one tipping material is raised up above the other, exposing this edge right here. So even though the tines were aligned, that edge would catch the paper.
So I went through the routine I use for baby’s bottom; going through the micromesh from 3200 to 12000. You can see a short video on that process by clicking up here.
But then, while I was polishing the shell, I noticed a small, hair-line crack right at the threads. I’ve sealed the crack by putting shellac on the threads which should seal it against leaks. So far, so good. I’ve written with it for a week and it shows no signs of leaking.
So I’m offering this converted Parker 51 for sale for $120US plus $20 shipping. If you are interested, email me at inkquiringminds@gmail.com NOT on my WIX page, and I’ll give you instructions on purchasing the pen using PayPal.
And I’ve just picked up these two Parker 51 Aerometric sets today at a local antique shop that will be future resurrections and conversions. They both come in original Parker boxes.
This one is almost identical to the 1950 I’ve just resurrected, but it has no barrel date codes so it might date from after 1954. We’ll have to see what the nib says. It also has a challenging crack in the barrel here at the top. As noted by the sticker. That should be a possible fix.
The second set seems to be new old stock, but both the fountain pen and weird pen/pencil have barrel abrasions where someone has tried to sand out some engraved initials.
This pen or pencil is very strange. It seems to have a pencil inner sleeve with the eraser, but there is no pencil mechanism but someone has put a short ballpoint refill inside.
And the nose does look like a Parker Jotter. If anyone knows what this might be, please leave a message in the comments below.
And there you have it.
And that just leaves it for me to say, thank you for watching.
And that’s all she wrote!
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