For your consideration, we are offering for sale this Restored 1948 Parker 51 Aerometric Fountain Pen & Pencil Set in the scarce Forest Green Color. This fountain pen has been thoroughly taken apart, cleaned, put back together, and is now in great writing condition.

I have ultrasonically cleaned the NIB, feed, collector, breather tube, and hood. Replaced the old glass-ply sac with a new, properly sized one. I have hand-cleaned the cap and arrow clip, clutch ring, 14K Parker nib, and the Aerometric sac protector. I have cleaned, buffed, and polished the barrel and hood to bring back the vibrancy of the fountain pen and to protect the celluloid. This Parker 51 is full size and measures 5 3/8" capped and 5 1/8" posted. The Pencil measures There are no monograms or personalizations to either the cap or barrel.

This fountain pen cap, barrel, and hood are in magnificent condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs. The cap has the Feather Arrow Clip that displays no wear/brassing. The cap is a Lustraloy type with no scratching, denting, or wear with a frosty Lustraloy finish on both caps. The cap is clearly stamped with, "PARKER" on the lip of the cap. The barrel is stamped lightly, "Made in U.S.A. with date code 8 (for 1948) in the 4th Quarter". I have tested the Aerometric filling mechanism with water and fills as it should. The filling system, typically in my tests with water, will fill nearly full in roughly 6 to 7 presses.

The Parker NIB is 14K and writes great with an extra-fine to fine line! The actual writing portion (iridium) of the 14K Parker NIB has an extra-fine point measuring roughly .44mm when measured with digital calipers. In the writing sample provided, the line measures between .40mm to .45mm when measured with digital calipers. The writing sample was done with the actual pen in the images that are listed for sale. The writing sample was used by dipping the NIB in Parker Quink Blue Ink. This is a needle-point nib and writes as one would expect, very rigid. 

This Parker 51 comes with a box and original. The box is in great condition with no ink stains

The Parker Aerometric Pencil is a Cap activated type. Push down on the cap and the lead will propel outward.

Forest Green color Parker 51s are desirable and considered more difficult to acquire than the Plum. This Parker 51 in Forest Green is gorgeous and the restoration came out superb. I would consider this Parker to be in Near Mint Condition. It is certainly ready to write with or just add it to your writing arsenal collection.