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Post by dogmama on Feb 21, 2019 17:20:10 GMT
I was perusing ebay and this ad for a fountain pen stated it was a demi lever fill . Im not sure what that means ? does anyone here happen to know?
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Post by PhotoJim on Feb 21, 2019 18:29:07 GMT
If I had to guess, it's a "demi lever" and not a "demi-lever"... meaning it's a demi pen (i.e. small) and uses a lever to fill. But... that's just a guess.
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Post by distractedmom on Feb 22, 2019 4:24:56 GMT
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Post by tmenyc on Dec 21, 2020 14:58:16 GMT
Demi lever-fill -- two separate descriptions. "Demi" almost always means a shorter or shorter/slimmer version of an otherwise full-sized pen. Very few pen manufacturers actually make or made genuinely demi versions, but they make smaller pens. A classic example of a true demi is a Parker 51 Demi from 1949/1950, which looks like a shorter 51 but in fact is scaled down in girth, overall length, and cap while using the same gripping section, nib, and filling mechanism. "lever-fill" simply means that the pen is filled by lever into a latex sac inside the pen's barrel.
Hope this helps!
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Post by distractedmom on Dec 22, 2020 16:53:04 GMT
Demi lever-fill -- two separate descriptions. "Demi" almost always means a shorter or shorter/slimmer version of an otherwise full-sized pen. Very few pen manufacturers actually make or made genuinely demi versions, but they make smaller pens. A classic example of a true demi is a Parker 51 Demi from 1949/1950, which looks like a shorter 51 but in fact is scaled down in girth, overall length, and cap while using the same gripping section, nib, and filling mechanism. "lever-fill" simply means that the pen is filled by lever into a latex sac inside the pen's barrel. Hope this helps! I *think* that I have a parker 51 Demi. Are there any tell-tale clues?
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Post by davidv on Dec 23, 2020 0:06:57 GMT
Demi lever-fill -- two separate descriptions. "Demi" almost always means a shorter or shorter/slimmer version of an otherwise full-sized pen. Very few pen manufacturers actually make or made genuinely demi versions, but they make smaller pens. A classic example of a true demi is a Parker 51 Demi from 1949/1950, which looks like a shorter 51 but in fact is scaled down in girth, overall length, and cap while using the same gripping section, nib, and filling mechanism. "lever-fill" simply means that the pen is filled by lever into a latex sac inside the pen's barrel. Hope this helps! I *think* that I have a parker 51 Demi. Are there any tell-tale clues? I think size is the easiest way. I have one demi and one regular size Parker 51. The demi is a hair longer than 5" with the cap on. The regular size is 5 7/16" with the cap on. The demi is a little bit narrower too, but that would be hard to tell without having one of each.
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