PA3778 Parker 51 Aerometric Threesome, boxed. (Medium)

PA3778 Parker 51 Aerometric Threesome, boxed. (Medium)

Date: c1950s

Size: Capped - 140mm; posted - 162mm.

A gorgeous English Dove Grey Parker 51 fountain pen, ballpoint pen and pencil set all in their original Parker 51 hardshell case.  Try as I might, I can find no damage on any of the pieces. Everything is still bright and shiny.  The caps are beautifully frosted.  They all have clear grey top jewels and chrome-plated Parker arrow pocket clips.  None of the items looks like it has been used more than a few times, and the pencil even has a partial chalk mark still on the barrel.  

Fountain Pen

The barrel unscrews to reveal the Aerometric filler.  This is still in very nice condition with its original Pliglass ink sac which shows no sign of ever seeing ink, and retains all of its original transparency.  The hood is glossy and also grey.

Ballpoint

This is a cap-activated retractable ballpoint.  You press the cap to extend and retract the writing point.  It is fitted with what could be its original Parker T-ball refill, and astonishingly, it still works after a fashion.  This is the earlier model ballpoint with the metal barrel threads.  The ballpoint pen works perfectly.

Pencil

The cap pulls off to reveal the original eraser, which looks like it has never been used, but is now rather petrified and hard.  It is also predictably hard to remove - impossible, probably without breaking it.  I have fitted a fresh 0.9mm lead into the mechanism.  This is a twist-operation pencil.  You twist the cap to wind the lead in and out.  The point is chrome plated.  On the barrel can still be seen the remains of the original factory-applied chalkmark

Box

The classic polka-dot hard shell case with three pen slots inside.  There are very few of these cases that were made to house three pens around.  This one is in very nice condition.  It has some brown age-spotting inside on the satin lining; outside, there are also some scuffs and small stains.

Each piece is working perfectly.  The pen writes very smoothly with a medium width nice wet line.