Sam K

Hello everyone,
My name is Sam and I am new to this board. As my topic title states I live in York, Pennsylvania which is about 50 miles north of Baltimore, Maryland.
I am really happy to be here amongst people that are keeping a little piece of the past alive. I am new to fountain pens in general but I have always had
a real fondness for nice pens. I just did not know until recently that it was a fountain pen I have been chasing all my life.
Last week I purchased a 1947 Parker 51 from a vendor on ebay. I'm sure I will run into him on this site eventually. It has a Dove Grey barrel and a lustraloy (spelling?)
cap with a gold filled clip. The pen looked brand new and the diaphragm has been replaced. I'm thinking this pen was never or very hardly used as it has no scratches or marks
at all except for the very strong factory markings.
I looked everywhere in the York area for fountain pen ink but could not locate any so I bought some off of Amazon. Took me a few moments to figure out how to ink (no instructions) the pen but once
done it wrote like a champ.
I am a purchasing agent for a large company and I write contracts all day. Guess what is writing the contracts now.!

I am having lot's of fun with this pen and I hope to talk to others who also enjoy the same. Be prepared for a lot of silly questions.

Sam