Piff.W
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Hopefully shrinking 40-something fat bloke on a bike...
Star Trek/Wars/Gate; B5, Red Dwarf; Sci-Fi/Fantasy; Rugby, Lockpicking, Retro Gaming, Pi/Arduino/Gadgets, Tech, plus whatever the current hyper-fixation is.
Howard the duck was an amazing film!
Star Trek/Wars/Gate; B5, Red Dwarf; Sci-Fi/Fantasy; Rugby, Lockpicking, Retro Gaming, Pi/Arduino/Gadgets, Tech, plus whatever the current hyper-fixation is.
Howard the duck was an amazing film!
Kirk and the Thatchers
December 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Kirk and the Thatchers
it wasn't made by Marvel, so i'm claiming it on a technicality...
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
it wasn't made by Marvel, so i'm claiming it on a technicality...
well, it looks in fantastic condition! it's a lovely pen.
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
well, it looks in fantastic condition! it's a lovely pen.
if no date code and no breather hole, I'm pretty sure that means it was made late 1979 to early 1980!
the breather hole was only there until 1979, and the date codes started in mid 1980.
the breather hole was only there until 1979, and the date codes started in mid 1980.
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
if no date code and no breather hole, I'm pretty sure that means it was made late 1979 to early 1980!
the breather hole was only there until 1979, and the date codes started in mid 1980.
the breather hole was only there until 1979, and the date codes started in mid 1980.
If you have no breather hole and no date code, then yours should be late 1979-early 1980.
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
If you have no breather hole and no date code, then yours should be late 1979-early 1980.
You can see my pre-1979 one with the breather hole in the nib here: bsky.app/profile/rhed...
Picked up a Parker 25 on Ebay for £10. Came with the squishy converter and everything. Popped a cartridge in and it was writing straight away.
Not bad considering this thing is older than I am!
Breather hole on nib means it was built somewhere between 1974 and 1979 i believe.
#FountainPens
Not bad considering this thing is older than I am!
Breather hole on nib means it was built somewhere between 1974 and 1979 i believe.
#FountainPens
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
You can see my pre-1979 one with the breather hole in the nib here: bsky.app/profile/rhed...
Does the nib have a little hole in it? If so it is at the latest 1979.
Parker then started putting date codes somewhere around the rim of the cap from the middle of 1980.
Have a look and see if you can find a date code. you can see what codes they used at parkerpens.net/codekey.html
Parker then started putting date codes somewhere around the rim of the cap from the middle of 1980.
Have a look and see if you can find a date code. you can see what codes they used at parkerpens.net/codekey.html
Parker Pens Penography: DATE CODES -DATING A PEN
parkerpens.net
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Does the nib have a little hole in it? If so it is at the latest 1979.
Parker then started putting date codes somewhere around the rim of the cap from the middle of 1980.
Have a look and see if you can find a date code. you can see what codes they used at parkerpens.net/codekey.html
Parker then started putting date codes somewhere around the rim of the cap from the middle of 1980.
Have a look and see if you can find a date code. you can see what codes they used at parkerpens.net/codekey.html
The parker appears to be a Parker 25. It could be older than you think, as they started making those in 1975!
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The parker appears to be a Parker 25. It could be older than you think, as they started making those in 1975!
Oh man, I spent hours playing that every weekend at the local bowling alley when i was a kid...
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Oh man, I spent hours playing that every weekend at the local bowling alley when i was a kid...
Oh, it's that Rob Watts....
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Oh, it's that Rob Watts....
Well that's going on the shopping list...
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Well that's going on the shopping list...
I forgot about the Fiat 500's pinned at 60mph and won't move across to let other pass because there is a lorry half a mile ahead in the inside lane and they can't cope with changing lanes without panicking...
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I forgot about the Fiat 500's pinned at 60mph and won't move across to let other pass because there is a lorry half a mile ahead in the inside lane and they can't cope with changing lanes without panicking...
So that's what happened to the Enterprise E???
October 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
So that's what happened to the Enterprise E???
Apart from the cat, I love the fact that the tradition of pub carpets being held in place by faded duct tape is alive and well, and seemingly universal....
October 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Apart from the cat, I love the fact that the tradition of pub carpets being held in place by faded duct tape is alive and well, and seemingly universal....