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Which pens currently in production would you recommend from Parker?

 

A local place announced a sale on Parkers. Don't know which pens will be available yet though. I'd like to be informed on what to look out for when the sale starts.

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Which pens currently in production would you recommend from Parker?

Duofold. Edited by hari317

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Well, I can dis-recommend Urbans. :angry:

The only other "recent" Parkers I have experience with other than that are the UK-made and US-made Vectors. I absolutely love mine, but they are skinny pens, and some people don't like metal sections.

Oh, and my first FPs were a couple of Parker Reflexes (from back in the late 1990s or early 2000s) -- where the rubberized grip disintegrated after a couple of years. I think those went into a "pick a prize" raffle to get them out of the house.... B)

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OTOH i like my newhaven duofolds and also the current duofold centennials. Lovely pens.

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OTOH i like my newhaven duofolds and also the current duofold centennials. Lovely pens.

A bank officer friend of mine has received two Centenniels in ivory as gifts from his rich relatives in Dubai and he was selling both. Boxed, uninked and with paperwork. I purchased one for &200. Is that a good price? Shall I buy the other one for the same price?

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My only experience with modern Parker pens is the IM, and my luck has not been good. Both write well when they write, but have a tendency to be hard starters.

Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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I rate my Urban very highly. NEVER had a dry start on its entire life no matter how long Ive ignored it. Snap cap makes it ideal for quick notes and the pen, like its nib, is solid as a rock.

 

Bargain too.

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Frontier. At least there is little outlay. A nice toy.

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A bank officer friend of mine has received two Centenniels in ivory as gifts from his rich relatives in Dubai and he was selling both. Boxed, uninked and with paperwork. I purchased one for &200. Is that a good price? Shall I buy the other one for the same price?

i think it's a very good price. congrats!

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