12-18-2005

LTW Corner

This is my last update for 2005.  With this I pass on holiday greetings and wish you all a happy and healthy 2006.

My good friend Lee Chait who is a frequent contributor on these pages showed me a very interesting nib sizing tool that was hand-made and used by Parker.  Besides this, he also had the elusive Keepsake BP, two more speckled laque color BPs and a Parker 75 matchbook.  

Francis Meinhardt is another contributor whom I finally met at the Michigan Pen Show in early October.  It was Francis who originally provided me with pictures of a Grec 75 FP.  For this update, he was able to find the matching BP.

Thank you Lee and Francis for your contributions to this website.

As always, I welcome your feedback/criticisms on this site.  I am always interested in hearing from you, especially if you have some 75 that you don't see here.  Even better if you want to sell it to me.  If you are looking for a particular 75 or have need of parts, drop me a note.  I might just have it.  Send me email at the LTW@Parker75.com address.

Thanks for visiting.

Site updates of 12-18-2005

Here are the new items in the Parker 75 Reference section.

• Nib gauge tool to measure sizes

• Keepsake BP and FP with President George Bush's signature

• Two more speckled laque prototype BPs

• Parker 75 matchbook

• Goldplated Grec prototype BP

• Added a new page listing the lightest 75 FPs whose cap and barrel combined are lighter than 10 grams

• Added pictures of the later version Insignia II

• Added pictures of the Saks Ambassador BP and the later version Tiffany with dished tassies

• Nib in 14K white gold

• Yet another variant of the gripping section

• Photographic comparison of the French 14K nibs

• Refreshed pictures of the Diamant and Flammé models.

Previous updates