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Somebody on one of the pen lists i belong to posted this link. Thought it had some interesting tidbits. Enjoy: http://jp29.org/2dr.htm Adam

I love the P51. a true classic for everyday use. Here is a little tidbit from the Parker website: Adam

I usually have a pocket watch in my one of my vest pockets and a silver snuff box in the other. In my jacket I carry a small pocket notebook for random jottings, and in my shirt pocket I keep a fountain pen and a mechanical drafting pencil. In my trousers, just your standard 2 hanky, wallet, and...

Did you get a converter with the pen? Watermans fill nicely from a bottle and it really adds to the vintage feel. It is also cheaper in the long run. I have tons of open bottles here in every shade of the rainbow and haven't come to the bottom of one in recent memory. Which Phileas did...

It is a Parker Duofold Junior in green Marble "Permanite" if my eyes don't deceive me. It is from the early 30's. "Permanite" in some colors tended to discolor easily with age, so that particular material was abandoned for others. It had a button filling mechanism, which means that you...

Well, there are several places online that sell nice inks for fountain pens. My wife sells fountain pen inks so checkout her shop (follow the link in my sig), but by all means just google and you will see there are quite a few brands out there to be had. Hope this helps Adam

Thanks for the tip!!! It was an old Camillus from the late 50's early 60's. It was not mine, but I inherited it. My family was very active in the scouts for many years. By the time I came along, though, things began to change, but I still had plenty of the old hand-me-down gear. I think...

I wore a hat identical to their "old sport" in a nice brownish grey tweed through most of my college years. It was vintage and I picked it up in Memphis on Beale street for around $2. I seem to have lost it, though. :cry: Sure was comfy!! Adam

They just call it generically an up-hat. As for the old-west, most of the old pics I have seen that are similar do seem western in flavor. So sounds right. Adam

DING DING DING Ok guys...it is a Chasiddic hat. I knew that already, but was just curious if it had a style name. Where I live we all wear hats..all the time...fedoras, homburgs, Biber Hats (beaver like the other chassidic hat shown), and this style is worn by the more modern Chassidic...

It's definitely not a cowboy hat, and has the same hardness and keeps its shape just like a bowlers I have worn. It seems to be intended to be worn as is. Both of these were made in Europe...I thought perhaps someone here would have a style name to them. Adam

The felt is very firm...even hard like on a new bowler. Adam

I had a vintage cub scout pocket knife that i carried for years. It broke recently. I miss my cub scout knife :cry: . Adam

I have a couple of these hats. This one is a Nobilis from Europe and the one in My daily wear rotation is a Fernandez y Roche from Spain. It has a deeper indentation in the top, but is otherwise identical to this one. So what is this style called? Thanks!! Adam