Pen Id Help. Please

[Mardi13]

So this black pen, that was sold to me as a Maxima, arrived today. It's a nice big fat pen, but it doesn't match the English Maxima that I have at all. It's a different size and shape, both shorter and fatter. They do not have the same markings or the same clips or nibs. Any ideas?

 

 

[icardoth]

It seems to be a danish made Duofold.

[Mardi13]

Aha! I do remember now that the listing said Danish, but I had forgotten it, and it didn't come from there. I didn't know what the little symbol meant. It's hugely fat compared to an ordinary Duofold Major or Senior. Thanks for noticing!

[icardoth]

Have a look at the 4th picture from the top: http://penol.weebly.com/parker-pens.html

[Florida Blue]

That symbol was the mark of Christian Olsen. Olsen was the Danish distributer of Parker pens from 1905 until the 1960s. At first, they just received parts and assembled pens, but by the 1930s, Olsen set up a factory in Denmark manufacturing Danish Parkers. I think your pen might be an NS "New Style" Duofold from the late 1940s or a later AF Duofold. Some Danish NS Duofolds featured a split arrow clip similar to a Vacumatic.

 

Tony Fischier's site has some good info on that pen under the UK Duofold page.

http://parkerpens.net/ukduofold.html

Edited June 17, 2014 by Florida Blue

[william2001]

I am here to confirm that those pens are Danish Duofold.

Although I may be wrong...

-William S. Park

[Mardi13]

Thank you all for the information and the links. It does indeed seem to be a Danish Duofold. And it's a lovely pen.