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Comrades,

I bought a capillary action Parker 61. Normally I use Waterman's Florida Blue, but is it perhaps safer to buy a bottle of Quink Washable Blue?

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R.

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Nah, don't worry about ink in your 61. I use a little bit of everything from vintage skrip, quink & waterman to pr & noodlers in my 61's & have no problems at all with them.

To solve the issue of having to flush them out a million times before I switch inks, I went to Harbor Freight & bought a one way squeeze valve & some tubing. Drop one end of the tubing in a pitcher of water, the other end has the filler/section plugged in to the other hose held over the sink. Hold the section with one hand so it doesn't come rocketing off from the pressure & squeeze the valves bulb. A dozen squeezes or so & the filler is clear.

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Hello R.  One important question is: Is the pen new old stock or an older used 61 in good condition (or even a junker)?  It makes a difference.

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Hi Pete,

I suppose it is an older used 61 in good condition.
 
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Hello R.  One important question is: Is the pen new old stock or an older used 61 in good condition (or even a junker)?  It makes a difference.

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Hi Reactionary.  Then flushing it is the way to go.  As for the ink, any modern ink you like should be fine.  If I were really paranoid and the pen was really valuable like a Presidential model or something, I would probably use Quink.  I recently sold a new old stock Parker 61, never inked of course, and if I had decided to use it, Aurora Blue would have been my choice.

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Turns out I recently sold two of them.  They were both NOS but only one had the odd filler, the other was an Aerometric.  If I recall, Parker did market a converter for awhile after enough people complained.  It really came down to being a clean person.  If you took care of your 61 properly it's probably still working today.

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WOW! Look at that stub nib! Awesome pen Pete & the red end filler unit is a very uncommon find. I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen these.

Awesome stuff man.

Dennis

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As the topic denotes the pens are gone gone gone.  I sold them off several months ago.  I was tempted to ink both of them but sold them instead.

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Nice pens Pete! I had never seen the red end of a filler before. My 61 will arrive soon; I have bought a bottle of Quink Permanent Blue for the occasion.

Filling question; is it okay to dip only the end of the filler in the bottle?, I mean, about a centimetre or two?

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Nice pens Pete! I had never seen the red end of a filler before. My 61 will arrive soon; I have bought a bottle of Quink Permanent Blue for the occasion.

Filling question; is it okay to dip only the end of the filler in the bottle?, I mean, about a centimetre or two?


Quink is a good trouble free choice.

It's better if you just drop the filer unit in the bottle & let it set for a few minutes to ensure a complete fill.



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