This is the final update for 2009.. Sadly I regret to say that there has not been much that I have uncovered during the last 6 months since my last update. This in spite of my attendance at the Columbus Pen Show in early November where I visited with my 75 collector friends. I guess in the impact of the depressed economy ripples to the pen community in general, and the Parker 75 group in particular.
I hope the new year brings better times globally so that we see more interesting pens, in particular the Parker 75 area which have been my passion and focus for a dozen years.
First, I am grateful to hear from someone new. Humberto Sanchez is from Brazil and he sent me pictures of a plastic 75 BP prototype similar to prototype #18 that I had on my website, but in an olive green color instead of black. Best of all it is a complete and functional BP..
Second, my gratitude also goes to my friend and long-time contributor Francis Meinhardt, who provided me with more pictures of the design prototypes of possible 75 and Premier model pens.
As always, I welcome your feedback and criticisms about my website. I am 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.
Here are the new items in the Parker 75 Reference section.
New pictures of the Keepsake-like design prototypes, one model without and the other with a clip
More pictures of design prototypes: