Nib: Broad Italic 14k
Condition: Pre-owned, there are no major imperfections to note: No chips cracks or engravings or any signs of faults or major surface ware. We fully cleaned and tested the system to ensure that it is working properly.
Filling: 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 pre-owned pens), 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 a coating of teflon on 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 thingy which covers the open end of the capillary tube, but still allows it to vent.
Silver & Black cap in a rainbow pattern with a black barrel, and black section w/ gold arrow, and a pearlescent jewel on either end. R.D.1956
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* Recommendation: Use a Washable blue ink. The capillary system must be flushed with water and kept cleaned when not in use.