Most weekends I hit the road with the family and go yard sale-ing on the way to the Goodwill an hour away. We always stop at about the same places, here and there. Most of the time I don't find anything notable but this weekend I scored! Besides the $3 coffee-roasting popcorn popper I found at Goodwill, I found a gorgeous 1981 Parker Arrow in excellent condition. It didn't have a box or a converter but it looks like it has never been inked. It was, of course, in a junk box with a bunch of other stuff but that's usually what I like to dig around in anyhow. It looked a little scuffy and grimy at first but it cleaned up wonderfully. Nice and shiny!
It didn't have a converter and I don't have any Parker ink carts, but I dipped it in some Diamine Majestic Blue and gave it a whirl. Results below.
Some of the photos are kinda crappy, but you can get the idea.
My question to you is this: Should I try to get an old aerometric converter to keep it somewhat original or one of the newer piston converters?
It didn't have a converter and I don't have any Parker ink carts, but I dipped it in some Diamine Majestic Blue and gave it a whirl. Results below.
Some of the photos are kinda crappy, but you can get the idea.
My question to you is this: Should I try to get an old aerometric converter to keep it somewhat original or one of the newer piston converters?