Product Description
Type Fountain pen
Product Name Parker 51 Aerometric
Manufacturer and Year Parker, USA -- 1950s, there is no barrel imprint so that means it was made after 1952.
Length 5-3/8"
Filling System Aerometric squeeze filling system. Tested and guarateed for a year from the date of purchase.
Color The color is Forest Green, and it's one of the harder to find aerometric colors. It's a very dark green that looks close to black in poor lighting. It has a chrome clutch band. 1/10 12k gold filled cap with an arrow clip in a pattern of converging lines. Pearlescent cap jewel.
Nib Medium gold nib, smooth with good tipping material.
Condition Excellent condition with no cracks, chips, dents, or dings. This is a shiny pen in a hard to find color and in a classic design. The barrel and section have mostly light wear. The cap has moderate scratching with the heavier marks near the top of the cap and along the clip ring which has deep wear on the upper edges. There are some dots of plating wear on the cap body and some areas of plating wear near the top part of the cap. The clip has plating wear and some pitting on the arrow end and along the frontpiece. The pearlized jewel is crackled. The gold content imprint on the cap is clear. There is no imprint on the barrel.