Product Description
Type fountain pen
Product Name Parker 61, Mark 2
Manufacturer and Year Parker, made in USA – 1962-69
Length 5-3/8"
Filling System The fountain pen has the capillary filling system which is unique to this model. Tested and working well. Guaranteed for one year from date of purchase. See further details below.
Color Dark grey body with a 1/10 12k gold filled cap, gold plated trim, and pearlescent jewels on either end.
Nib FINE gold nib.
Condition Excellent + condition with no cracks, chips, dents, or dings. This is a handsome, shiny pen with a beautiful line pattern gold filled cap. The barrel has light scratching. The cap has moderate microscratching. The clip and clip ring look excellent. The top pearlescent jewel is lovely. The pearlescent jewel on the end of the barrel has light scratches. The imprints are clear.
A word or two about the Parker 61 Capillary Filling System. If you are not familiar with this unique design, you should read this.
Here is how you fill a Parker 61, and an insight into how the pen actually works. Unscrew the barrel and stick the back end of the pen (aka the capillary cell) into a bottle of ink. Wait a few minutes (probably more like a half hour when you first start one of these older used ones), and let the ink wick up into the capillary cell. The cell contains a sheet of perforated plastic that has been given a 3-D pattern resembling tire tread, and rolled up. The perforations allow ink to seep between the rolled-up layers, and the tread pattern maintains space between the layers. In the middle of this tube, which runs the entire length of the capillary cell, is the feed. To keep things clean, the capillary cell has on a coating of teflonon the outside that is intended to shed ink as the user withdraws the pen from the ink bottle, leaving very little ink to be wiped off. The end of the barrel contains a spring-loaded thingey which covers the open end of the capillary tube, but still allows it to vent.
