Vintage Fountain Pen Experience: November 2016

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Parker U.K. Duofold

The Parker UK Duofold

The Parker Dufold UK version are often being neglected by collectors. Parker kept the Duofold name alive longer in the UK and Europe than in the USA. Some of the sturdiest, best writing vintage pens around are the English and Danish made Aerometric-filling Duofolds from the '50s and '60s. It comes in a varieties of colours and sizes. Colors included black, blue, red, brown and the green. All were equipped with conventional 14K gold nibs, many of which are wider and more flexible than their US-made contemporaries, though tending to have a softer feel.

Parker Lacquer Pens from the 1980s.

The Parker Lacquer pens from the 1980s. The first one I got was the black where I bought it in the late 1980s at Lin Kwong shop at Singapore Parkway parade. I was torn between getting a black Montblanc or this black Parker lacquer fountain. In the end, I have chosen Parker as Monthblanc pen was made of plastic while the Parker is made with metal and coated with lacquer.

NOS Parker Challengers

The Challenger was phased out around 1941 and i was fortunate to be able to find a tray of NOS challenger during the late 1980s- early 90s. All these pens pumps have been repaired by the late Mr. Yeo, who in the past also repaired our late SM Mr. Lee Kwan Yew's fountain pens.