Parker Aster Fountain Pen

[sarvesh]

Hi

 

While searching for some stationary item, I saw this Parker, Aster Fountain pen in Matt black and the attractive design caught my attention. I am very new in this fountain pen world (used FPs during my high school but never after that) and frankly I took this pen purely for aesthetic.

 

Body of this pen is metal and Nib size is "M". It writes very well and I am not encountering any scratchiness on paper. I was skeptical of small size nib but frankly I am liking this pen very much after few days of usage. Pen is surely feels a bit heavy (I do not have any means to weigh this pen) and its on smaller size (see the comparison pic with Pilot metropolitan). Though with cap posted it feels extremely balanced.

 

I tried to search FPN for this pen but did not found any so I thought to share few pics here.

 

[inkstainedruth]

From the little I've been able to determine, these may be made by Luxor for Parker. Is there any sort of imprint on the barrel that would give any sort of date code or other information?

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[sarvesh]

Nothing on barrel, but yes these are made by Luxor India

[mitto]

Wow. Luxor, India is making some beautiful entry level pens. Is the body metal?

Edited February 20, 2019 by mitto

[sarvesh]

Wow. Luxor, India is making some beautiful entry level pens. Is the body metal?

 

Yes, its metal body

[alexwi]

Hi,

 

I found out about the Aster today, while searching for a jotter ballpoint in ebay, and judging by the origin of the listings, I imagined that it was an Indian thing.

 

Nevertheless, it seems to be quite an interesting pen, so there's a good chance I might get meself one of them Asters as soon as I decide on the color and trim I want.

 

Thanks for your post and images. FPN was my second stop to find out some more about this pen.

 

Alex