PARKER 45 FLIGHTER FOUNTAIN PEN & PENCIL SET-BOX-1967. WELCOME TO MY AUCTIONS, It's 2007 and I will be featuring a lot of interesting items I have from fine ceramic and porcelain collectibles to fountain pens to medals, tokens and coins -- also interesting and unusual items of all kinds! -- please add me to youfavorites, and visit my store!
PARKER 45 FLIGHTER FOUNTAIN PEN AND PENCIL SET - MINT IN ORIGINAL BOX WITH CONVERTER AND "LOSS INSURANCE FORM" This pen was manufactured by Parker Pen Co., Janesville, Wisconsin, beginning in the late 1950's and it has had a long and very successful run. This pen was designed to be a low price alternative to the 51 and the 61, but became such a hit in its own right, that it had a full line from the $5.00 original plastic pen all the way up to a rolled gold version. This FLIGHTER version of the 45, in solid brushed stainless steel with gold highlights was introduced in 1964. Parker Pens Penography: PARKER 25. Arker's subsidiary in Newhaven in the UK had been around since 1941 and during that time had produceed a vast number of attractive designs, not found in the US.
Especially in the Duofold lines. Throughout the 1970's Parker was struggling to survive, diversifying, among other things they ran the workers agency Manpower. In the pen business they were relying heavily on the top line pens Parker "75", Classic, Parker Falcon and Parker "180", and the lower priced Parker "45", which had been around for years, the Parker "B5", that never really gained any ground and the cheap Big Reds, reminicents of the heyday era of the 1920's, that managed to keep the company afloat. In the early 1970's the UK sales force in Newhaven identified a customer's age group that previously had never been targeted by Parker, 18—30. T should be modern in styling and design but should also be easily identified as a Parker product.
Fountain Pen Nib Values. Main Street Pens - Quality Pen Repair. Repairs » Ravens March Fountain Pens. This section of the site is something of an exercise in stealing from my own pocket. I do, after all, offer to do these things in return for money . However, I also realize that the economics of fixing a pen that’s a shabby heirloom might not make sense, or indeed that having spent money on food and rent one finds pen repairs out of reach. The latter is largely what moved me to investigate how to repair pens in the first place, and while I’ve now got some practice in the field and have made some of the mistakes necessary to claim skill, I haven’t signed onto any guild and don’t think there’s any value in keeping some of this stuff secret. I also want to give a sense of how much work is involved, so those who are on the fence between DIY and sending it off to someone with experience will have a basis for their decision (if you want to read that as “I’m trying to scare you,” that’s fair).
I should also mention that getting second opinions is useful. Filler Repairs: Other Repairs: RichardsPens.com • Welcome! Repair Q&A.