Product Description
Type Vintage fountain pen and mechanical pencil set.
Product Name Parker 51 Aerometric Flighter, this is the earlier version with a gold plated band. They made this version from 1950 to 1960.
Manufacturer and Year Parker, made in USA -- 1955 (the pencil has a 55 date code).
Length Fountain pen: 5-3/4; Mechanical Pencil: 5-1/4"
Filling System The fountain pen has an Aerometric squeeze filling system. It has been tested and is working well. The mechanical pencil takes 0.9mm leads. We will include a packet of pencil leads.
Color Brushed steel with "lustraloy" finish and arrow clips. For the fountain pen, the section is black. Gold plated trim. The trim includes a narrow cap band. The caps have a pearlescent cap jewel. The mechanical pencil has a unique cone at the end of the barrel that has concentric gold circles.
Nib MEDIUM-FINE gold hooded nib.
Condition Very nice condition for this lovely, lustrous fountain pen and mechanical pencil set. The fountain pen cap and barrel have moderate scratching with shiny marks and a number of long thin scratch marks, but no dents or dings. The barrel has marks caused by the cap lip. The cap has a patch of small area of hash mark scratches to the left of the clip. The cap band has scratches, with one scratch across the middle, and some blotches of plating wear; it is still gold with no brassing. The clip has pitting along the side edges and along the edges of the arrow end. The pearlescent top jewel looks very nice with a bit of mottling around the center. The mechanical pencil has moderate to heavy scratching with some longer scratches and an area of long scratch lines to the left of the clip. The cone has fine scratches and some plating wear. The cap band has moderate microscratching. The clip has plating wear along the edges and the clip ring has a few small dots of pitting. The top jewel looks nice. The imprints on both pieces are clear.