If you live the perfect mid-century lifestyle, you write your letters using classic fountain pens. For a while in the early years of the 21st century, I collected fountain pens, trolling the ebay listings for a few choice pearls. Many will tell you that Parker had two of the best and most popular fountain pens of the mid 20th century: the Vacuumatics and the 51s.
My collection of Parker 51 and vacuumatic pen & pencil sets. Somehow, I misplaced the cedar blue 51 fountain pen that I bought with the pencil.
One of the nice things about them is the "pearl" embedded in the end cap, and the deco lines in the pencil tips of the 51.
The packaging ain't bad, either.
Not to mention the ink...
The creme de la creme of the 51s was the chrome "flighter". Here is a mint in box set.
A 1939 parker vacuumatic ad.
