Duofold International Vs. Centennial

[william2001]

I was shopping online at Parker website-USA. I was looking at the Duofold section when I realized that there were two versions of Duofold: International and Centennial. I looked at both of them and couldn't find the difference.

What is the difference between a Parker Duofold International and a Parker Duofold Centennial?

Thanks.

[Wolverine1]

The Centennial is the bigger version of the Duofold. The International is the thinner version, they are almost the same length, it is in girth they differ. Otherwise they are the same pen.

[william2001]

The Centennial is the bigger version of the Duofold. The International is the thinner version, they are almost the same length, it is in girth they differ. Otherwise they are the same pen.

Let me see, oh yeah. I see the difference now. Well, thanks.

-William Park

[ANM]

They both take the same size cartridge or converter so both hold the same amount of ink.

[Paul80]

The main difference is that in the second hand world the Centennial goes for a lot more than the International, probably because its no longer available in all the colours it used to be, although the International is.

 

on the Bay of Evil you often see Centennial's go for a lot more than they cost new only a few years ago.

 

Paul

[william2001]

They both take the same size cartridge or converter so both hold the same amount of ink.

 

 

The main difference is that in the second hand world the Centennial goes for a lot more than the International, probably because its no longer available in all the colours it used to be, although the International is.

 

on the Bay of Evil you often see Centennial's go for a lot more than they cost new only a few years ago.

 

Paul

Oh. Thanks I also see that

[richardandtracy]

For full dimensions & weights, take a look at these reviews:

Centennial: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/134028-parker-duofold-centennial/ and https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/115397-parker-duofold-checkered-amber-medium/

International: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/189515-parker-duofold-international/

 

Regards,

 

Richard

[penmanila]

lengthwise, the centennial is about 5.4 inches capped and the international about 5.1. it's hard to tell from just a pic, though, unless you have them side by side.

 

i like duofolds, both vintage and modern, and have quite a few in the collection. (old duofolds, mostly 1928-ish, on the left, new ones on the right; among the moderns, centennials are on the left, internationals on the right).

 

[penmanila]

yes, centennials (especially the first 1987/88 ones) are getting harder to find cheap. but sometimes you get lucky, as i did with this ebay catch about 10 days ago, which i got buy-it-now (within minutes of the listing, i think) for less than $200 shipped. not exactly a sumgai, but at least half of what it could have gone for (these pens actually sold for around $350 new, so they were never cheap to begin with):

 

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll296/penmanila/IMG_6840_zps47ef8099.jpg

 

it was advertised simply as a "brown/gold 525 fountain pen", so sometimes it pays to look more closely (the only real brown/gold marbled flattop duofolds, of course, came out in the UK in the 1930s.)

 

The main difference is that in the second hand world the Centennial goes for a lot more than the International, probably because its no longer available in all the colours it used to be, although the International is.

 

on the Bay of Evil you often see Centennial's go for a lot more than they cost new only a few years ago.

 

Paul

Edited June 2, 2014 by penmanila

[richardandtracy]

 

Just

 

I love that colour.

 

Don't have $200 though.

 

Richard

[FPIndian]

yes, centennials (especially the first 1987/88 ones) are getting harder to find cheap. but sometimes you get lucky, as i did with this ebay catch about 10 days ago, which i got buy-it-now (within minutes of the listing, i think) for less than $200 shipped. not exactly a sumgai, but at least half of what it could have gone for (these pens actually sold for around $350 new, so they were never cheap to begin with):

 

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll296/penmanila/IMG_6840_zps47ef8099.jpg

 

it was advertised simply as a "brown/gold 525 fountain pen", so sometimes it pays to look more closely (the only real brown/gold marbled flattop duofolds, of course, came out in the UK in the 1930s.)

 

What an absolutely gorgeous looking pen. The colour reminds me a bit of a variant of the Conway Stewart Churchill!

[penmanila]

That was from a couple of years ago, but yes, that was a very nice pen which I've sadly since resold (it was a spare; I still keep the original, which I was lucky to find brand-new in a Philippine department store about 20 years ago for just about $110; I also got the International in sterling silver for $130. Got them cheap because they'd been sitting around unsold in a far city where few people knew what they were. Those were the days

[Glenn-SC]

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j95/glenn-sc/White-Cenntenial-Grey-International-Capped_zps0bhksq1g.jpg