Parker 61 Rainbow ( 10th September 2024)


Parker 61 was unlike any other pen at that time or even to this day. It had a different way of filling it with ink. Instead of using a plunger, pump, syringe or any mechanical method, the 61 relied on its capillary ink filling system where you immerse the unscrewed rear end of the pen into a bottle of ink and it will fill up via absorbtion and ink will go. 

This is a nice Parker 61 Rainbow. It is the top of the range Heirloom pens sported a rainbow cap made from alternate layers of different colours of gold. The effect is very striking, and the pens are much less common than the standard Classic and Custom pens. The Heirloom caps were discontinued in 1968 due to high production costs and high reject rates. the telfon tube. Much like a piece of cloth which absorbs liquid, this does the same. There are only two models with the Rainbow effect namely this Parker 61 and Parker 75.















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