{"id":68,"date":"2015-09-17T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parker51.com\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2015-10-29T16:33:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T16:33:42","slug":"demonstrators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parker51.com\/index.php\/51s\/demonstrators\/","title":{"rendered":"Demonstrators"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0The Parker “51” Demonstrators<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Demonstrators are generally pens made by Parker for salespeople to use in demonstrating the use and features of their pens.\u00a0 In addition, Parker usually made demonstrators for fillers and other changes they were experimenting with during the life of the Parker “51”.\u00a0 A lot of unusual demonstrators are found in the Parker Archives, but some prototypes made it to the outside, probably with people involved in their development. By definition, demonstrators are not all that common and can command a handsome price premium.\u00a0During the Aerometric era of the “51”, Parker made “half-demostrators” available to the public as a marketing ploy.\u00a0 You can read more on Demonstrators in the PenNant Article published Winter 2002, under the “Articles” tab.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1940.\u00a0 One of the two versions of\u00a0 first Year Demonstrators available.\u00a0 This one has a clear hood and clear double jewel blindcap (this is the only demonstrator with a clear double jewel blindcap).\u00a0 Barrel were of solid colors.\u00a0 The pen has the correct aluminum jewels and is fully imprinted on the blindcap, and has\u00a0a speedline filler.\u00a0 Wedding band lustraloy cap.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1941. Second\u00a0of the two versions of\u00a0 first Year Demonstrators available.\u00a0 This one has a clear hood and solid color\u00a0double jewel barrel (black is the only color I have seen).\u00a0 Note the unique red plastic collector found on most of these pens.\u00a0 The barrel is hotstamped “Demonstrator”. The pen has the correct aluminum jewels and is fully imprinted on the blindcap, and has\u00a0a speedline filler.\u00a0 Smooth Sterling Silver\u00a0cap.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1942.\u00a0 Starting in 1942, the demonstrators no longer had a tassie and jewel at the end of the barrel.\u00a0\u00a0This one has a clear hood, red plastic collector\u00a0and solid\u00a0black barrel.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The barrel is hot-stamped “Demonstrator”.\u00a0 I have seen this version of the “51” demonstrator with a date code as late as 1945.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1944. A Parker “51” High Altitude demonstrator.\u00a0 This was an experimental piece by Parker in an attempt to solve the problem of flooding\/leaking\u00a0pens during high altitude flights.\u00a0 Note the long breather tube from the filler to the feed.\u00a0 The cone was used to guide the breather tube into the feed.\u00a0 This one is fully documented in the patent above filed by Parker in 1944.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1946. Parker “51” Amber plastic demonstrator.\u00a0 An experimental model done by Parker before\u00a0introducing the full clear demonstrator for dealers.\u00a0 Fully documented by original Parker work order dated 1946 as seen above.\u00a0 Work order states “Proto not for Sales, Yellow Stock”, “Reject color for Sales Dept”, “Remake white clear??”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1946. Parker “51” Red Band full\u00a0demonstrator.\u00a0 One of the rarest “51” demonstrators.\u00a0 Note the short blindcap, red aluminum threads and the gray sac.\u00a0 The sacs on these pens were not made of rubber, but some other composite material.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1945. Parker “51” Vacumatic\u00a0demonstrator with clear barrel and cordovan hood and shell.\u00a0\u00a0This piece came from Janesville and the interesting part is that it is clearly dated 1945, the earliest date code that has been found on a clear\u00a0demonstrator barrels.\u00a0 Most clear vacumatic barrels that are found are dated 1947 and 1948, with a few found dated 1946.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1949. Full clear demonstrator Parker “51” vacumatic filler, Made in England.\u00a0\u00a0Pen has full english imprints and unique arrow shape on the clip common to this era pens in England.\u00a0 Vacumatic filler “51” production continued until 1949 in England.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1948. Parker “51” demonstrator, vacumatic filler.\u00a0 Note the red knob on the filler unit.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1948. Canadian-made Parker “51” vacumatic fill demonstrator with clear hood and barrel hot-stamped “Demonstrator. Not for Sale”.\u00a0 Full canadian imprints with “8” date code.\u00a0 A full clear version with canadian imprints was also made.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1953. Parker “51” Aerometric demonstrator and push-type pencil demonstrator.\u00a0 Note that the connector on the pen is also made of clear plastic.\u00a0 This version of the “51” demonstrator has been extensively reproduced in Argentina and can be hard to tell from the originals.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1957. Parker “51” Jotter Demonstrator<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1958. Parker “51” Capillary Filled prototype.\u00a0 Evidently Parker experimented with a similar filler unit to the Parker “61”.\u00a0 The barrel is machined to fit the filler and the very end (last 1 inch or so) is not bored.\u00a0 The filler sleeve seems to be made of aluminum.\u00a0 Note the breather hole\u00a0at both the end and the side of the barrel.\u00a0 The feed is completely clear.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ca. 1950 Half Demonstrator with instruction booklet for complimentary service.\u00a0 This is the version available to the public “because your part in selling the new Parker “51” is so important”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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** A word of caution – Parker “51” demostrators are widely reproduced out of Argentina in a dizzing array of colors and styles, including clear caps.\u00a0 These are not original Parker production, and as more flood the market (just check Ebay to see how many are available), undoubtly some will be sold to unsuspecting collectors as original.\u00a0 Some\u00a0can very hard to tell apart, but in general they\u00a0have very rough finishes inside the barrels when compared to the real thing.\u00a0**<\/span><\/p>\n

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  \u00a0The Parker “51” Demonstrators   Demonstrators are generally pens made by Parker for salespeople to use in demonstrating the use and features of their pens.\u00a0 In addition, Parker usually made demonstrators for fillers and other changes they were experimenting with during the life of the Parker “51”.\u00a0 A lot of unusual demonstrators are found […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":200,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-68","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parker51.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parker51.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parker51.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parker51.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parker51.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/parker51.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4260,"href":"https:\/\/parker51.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions\/4260"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parker51.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parker51.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}