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Parker 51 Aerometric Fountain Pens: 'Working' vs Fully Serviced 

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It's often said that the Aerometric (squeeze-filling) Parker 51s of the late '40s to early '60s are virtually foolproof, and that even long-neglected examples usually need no more than to be cleaned out by repeated filling and emptying. There is some truth to this, but Aerometric 51s do have their vulnerabilities -- and there are good reasons to have one properly serviced for best results.

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Комментарии : 24   
@michaeldugger7716
@michaeldugger7716 2 месяца назад
Thanks very much for all the information put forth in this video. I am planning to purchase a vintage Parker 51 very soon and will be much better informed as result of your video. Thanks!
@haywoodf
@haywoodf 2 года назад
Thanks David for documenting your profound experience and expertise and sharing it. Such a huge resource for current and future custodians. Very much appreciated and kudos to you.
@Vintagepens
@Vintagepens 2 года назад
My pleasure -- I hope it will be helpful.
@garyvogensen5767
@garyvogensen5767 4 месяца назад
Wonderful! Thank you!
@andybamford3987
@andybamford3987 Год назад
Great video. Liked it a lot. Most educational.
@singlesideman
@singlesideman Год назад
I love silver, especially when used for fountain pen bodies, but it seems an odd choice of material for a breather tube that is constantly immersed in a water based liquid, especially given its reactivity and propensity to oxidize. I wondered why Parker chose silver as the material for their breather tubes in the 51. Parker has made some strange decisions over the years, and this seems to be no exception, and it's more expensive than stainless steel, although it's possible that silver was actually cheaper than stainless at the time that they used it.
@Vintagepens
@Vintagepens Год назад
It is a bit of a mystery. It might have been too expensive to make them out of stainless steel; consider that hypodermic needles were costly enough at the time that they would be sterilized and reused, and even resharpened.
@Vintagepens
@Vintagepens 2 года назад
This is an expanded video followup on a blog post from a few years back, which can be found here: vintagepensblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/yes-aerometric-parker-51s-can-have.html
@NihilisticApex
@NihilisticApex Год назад
Hi David, this is a very helpful video. I am in the process of restoring my Parker 51 (1950 Mk1 UK) and wanted to replace my breather tube. The current one looks black in colour so potentially ebonite? - can I replace this with a steel breather tube?
@NihilisticApex
@NihilisticApex Год назад
Just to add, the broken piece of the breather tube retrieved from the feed looks to be metal - maybe corroded silver?
@Vintagepens
@Vintagepens Год назад
Sounds like a corroded sterling silver tube. Replacement with stainless steel would be the best option.
@NihilisticApex
@NihilisticApex Год назад
@@Vintagepens Thanks David!
@PedroLauridsenRibeiro
@PedroLauridsenRibeiro 27 дней назад
Nice video! I'm currently trying to restore a US Mk1 Parker 51 Aerometric which belonged to my grandmother (I believe she bought it new). The breather tube is blackened except at the section where it connects to the feed, but luckily unclogged and unbroken (I've run through it with a pair of steel strings and checked the length with a caliper - it's 69.6mm long, right on spec). I've ordered a replacement stainless steel breather tube, but it seems the original still can be used. Did you replace the breather tube in the pen under restoration in this video, or did you clean the original silver one? The breather tube as shown e.g. from 7:20 onwards (inside the new sac) seems pretty clean. If you did the latter, how did you do it? I tried polishing it with some Silvo - it did get somewhat clearer but still far from shining new.
@Vintagepens
@Vintagepens 26 дней назад
In this instance the original silver tube was still in good condition and cleaned up readily. Often the silver's surface has become rough with fine pitting, so it cannot be made nice and shiny without removing a lot of material.
@isaacabeche
@isaacabeche Год назад
Hello friend, this is Isaac, I speak from Brazil. What is the function of the breathing tube? Mine broke, does it work without?
@Vintagepens
@Vintagepens Год назад
The pen will not fill completely if the breather tube is missing or clogged.
@penkino1
@penkino1 2 года назад
Hi David, im a little confused. Your web site you recomend " For silicone sacs, we have found that a stronger and more reliable seal is provided by a silicone sealant such as Devcon" ? So do we use shellac or sealant ? Cheers
@Vintagepens
@Vintagepens 2 года назад
For conventional latex sacs and PVC sacs, use shellac. For silicone sacs, use silicone. Note that Parker never used silicone sacs -- the transparent "Pli-Glass" sacs used for the Aerometric 51 etc were always PVC, as are our new replacements. There is some confusion nowadays about this, which wasn't helped by sellers past who misrepresented their transparent PVC sacs as silicone (see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WMvbSJAJMus.html).
@OcalaFla
@OcalaFla 2 года назад
David, what would you have charged for this 51 refurbishment?
@davidnishimura469
@davidnishimura469 2 года назад
I don't offer repair services to the public, so can't really give you a meaningful figure.
@arrrgoyle5695
@arrrgoyle5695 Год назад
@@davidnishimura469 Bummer
@kamrankiaee3866
@kamrankiaee3866 7 месяцев назад
I think this is a Parker 21 not a 51
@JaredWilliams0109
@JaredWilliams0109 7 месяцев назад
You can see from the nib it's a 51. A 21 nib looks like a traditional nib stuck in the body. Also the 51 nib was gold and 21 is always a metal alloy.
@brianmcqueen6175
@brianmcqueen6175 2 года назад
Sheaffer Snorkels sometimes suffer similar shenanigans. I made a not-quite-as-thorough-or-well-produced video about that a while ago. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ngINEMn1mC0.html