Id Help, Please

[Shannon]

Hi there.

 

I found this pen knocking around in a closet. I'd love to know a little about it. It's definitely not a high-end pen -- I would imagine a school pen from the 60s?

 

Thanks.

 

 

[joss]

I have no idea what kind of activity "knocking around in a closet" is but your pen is an early 1960s Parker-Eversharp "Big E".

 

Check this webpage (at bottom):

http://parkercollector.com/parker-eversharp.html#bige

 

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[Shannon]

Thank you!

[joss]

You are welcome!

 

And I appologize for my comment on your knocking around in the closet: in my part of the world the word "closet" is connected to "toilet" so I was a bit confused, sorry.

Edited November 12, 2017 by joss

[Shannon]

Absolutely no need to apologize.... It's actually pretty funny now that you've explained it!

[Ted F]

I believe your pen is the Parker/Eversharp Challenger and it is the forerunner of the Parker 45. I have one that's doesn't have a cap band. I plan to bring it to our December pen club meeting and enter it into the "Ugliest Pen" contest.

 

[parkergeo]

joss was correct - It's a Big E, second version.

 

Here's the evolution of that family from top to bottom, old to new(er):

 

10,000 Word pen - undercut hood; short grooved gripping section

Challenger - hood was reversed to a more normal hooded appearance; short grooved section

Big E first version - long, non-grooved section; press-fit nib and feed (cousin to the Parker 19)

Big E second version - long, non-grooved section; screw-in collar, nib and feed (cousin to the Parker 45

Big E second version with the nib assembly removed.

 

When a metal cap was added to the Big E, it was marketed as the Point *7