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I have just seen Theresa May's picture in the news. It looks like a Parker Duofold to me... Could it be also a Conway Stewart? If it is a Duofold let me also ask... is it possible to know if it was made in the UK or France (or elsewhere)? I suppose that in the UK, as I suppose also that the pen was carefully chosen for the occasion. But as far as I know the pen is not made in the UK anymore. I know the signature itself it's what counts at the end, but I am also interested in the symbolic meaning that pens acquire in some relevant moments.

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Looks like a Duofold International (Black, Gold Trim, very conservative, very Theresa May,). I would like to think it was a Newhaven product, but the irony of using a Nantes made pen would be quite delicious.

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Looks like a Duofold International (Black, Gold Trim, very conservative, very Theresa May,).

 

+1 on this.

 

I would like to think it was a Newhaven product, but the irony of using a Nantes made pen would be quite delicious.

If the government merely sent someone out to buy a modern, French-made, Duofold in preparation for this photo-opportunity, it would be entirely in-keeping with the standards of veracity of the claims and 'promises' made during the referendum campaign, and with the predicted consequences of May's preferred 'hard Brexit' option.

 

Did you see yesterday how the pro-hard-Brexit MPs reacted to the release of the cross-party Brexit Select Committee's report of their findings after interviewing expert witnesses from trade, industry, academia, and government for their predictions for the consequences of the government's 'hard Brexit' proposal?

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf would be proud :(

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Thanks for posting the photo. I love seeing fountain pens being used by people in the news. Agreed it is a Duofold. The model with two raised cap bands of equal width and the single band at the bottom came into production beginning around 1996 and if she has had the pen for a while, it would have been made in the UK. The ones I have seen with that band deaign all say UK. I wonder which nib size she favours.

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Could be a Duofold Centennial from the length above her hand, but the two are quite similar in length.

I can't see two rings above the nib on the section, but that may be the image resolution or my eyesight.

 

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Could be a Duofold Centennial from the length above her hand, but the two are quite similar in length.

I can't see two rings above the nib on the section, but that may be the image resolution or my eyesight.

 

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Richard

There appears to be only one ring above the nib, which goes with the two equal-width rings on the cap of the 1996 model.

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It is almost certainly a Parker Duofold. Parker's still provide 'official' pens for the Queen and probably the Government too.

 

At least she didn't use a roller ball.

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It is almost certainly a Parker Duofold. Parker's still provide 'official' pens for the Queen and probably the Government too.

 

At least she didn't use a roller ball.

Or a felt-tip!

 

I wonder if Parker tried to get her to use an 'Ingenuity' with one of their '5th' refills....

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It's clearly a black Duofold fountain pen. I can't see if it is international or a centennial.

 

I have a couple of these myself and beside the simple looks (in black GT) they are very nice pens.

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I would go so far to say it's the ace of spades design black and gold international. Great choice, I wonder what nib size? B?

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I would go so far to say it's the ace of spades design black and gold international. Great choice, I wonder what nib size? B?

 

CeeElle, there is another thread "Brexit's Pen" at "Fountain- and Dip Pens", where you may find an example of PM May's writing.

And, as said before, great choice!

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