Have a butcher's at this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=007

I once thought the herringbone finish was iunique to vontage CS, then I found a silver pen with such a pattern made by Conklin (subject of a previous post).

Now I find, from this ad on the dreaded, that Parker also used the pattern and, from the style of the pen, rather earlier than CS.

Posted for interest; I'm sure this one will polish up nicely.


Greg

Very interesting. I love the Herringbone pattern, something I'd love to see on a modern pen. I wonder what had happened to the pattern around the clip area, looks to have gone rather squwiff

Believe it or not,the red herringbone pattern isn't uncommon to find on an english Parker Duofold(the "N" on the nib indicates
that the pen was made in the Newhaven plant--where formerly Valentine f/p's were made--in England). It is however,a rare
color/pattern to find on early english Duofolds and highly sought after by those who know the english version of the Parker
Duofold. Andreas Lambrou's Fountain Pens,United States of America and United Kingdom shows a 2-page spread of various
early english Duofolds on pp.212-213;the red herringbone is on pg. 213.

The style of the one in this post looks to be even earlier than 1940.

John

Thanks, sumgaikid, very interesting.

The Parker certainly attracted a pretty penny, more than a CS, I'm sure.


Greg