Hello,

Thank you all for your information\tips, I have successfully flushed this pen with just water. Having flushed it a number of times with the last flushing the water was coming out clear, I had allowed the pen to try nib down and everything looks good.

I have just placed an order for a bottle of Aurora black ink and can hardly wait to get his pen inked and writing.

Thanks.

Thank you both for the replies thus far, this is very interesting information.

Through my research I had identified the smaller of the two as a liquid lead pencil, I had googled the "diamond LL" marking on the body to discover this; oddly enough the pencil still writes. Furthermore I have been reading up on flushing the pen, some say it will clean up nice with a good flushing and others seem to indicate that because of the ink that may have been used it is sometimes better to disassemble the pen and clean it that way.

I in no way feel comfortable at this point disassembling the pen to clean it and think I will start with a good flushing, should it not clean up well enough for use with a good flushing is it worth having the pen serviced by a professional? Has anyone had a pen professionally serviced and if so what sort of cost would be appropriate for this type of pen?

Back to the pen and pencil, I have looked and don't see any form of date code or other identifiable markings; is it possible to date the pen and pencil that I have acquired? I had read one page that covered the Parker 51 history in great detail but could not ascertain the date of this pen\pencil by that information alone.

Thanks.

Hello,

First post on the form and to be honest my first foray into the wold of fountain pens!

I came into a pair of Parker pens this morning and to be honest I know nothing about them, I have read a few posts and pages and to be honest I am dizzy after trying to absorb all of the information. So I thought I would post a couple of pictures and ask around to see if anyone can provide me any information on these two pens:



Any insight on these two would be greatly appreciated, I can't wait to get these cleaned up and in service!

Thanks.