A different version of the Parker 35 or another Parker model?

[gicoteni]

I have a couple of PARKER 35, a "Girlande" A with a titanium nib (very unusual) and a "Milleraies" B with a gold nib. Recently I found a Parker pen (C-flighter pattern) very similar to the 35 (same size, section, nib and bottom tassel), but with evident differences in the clip and in the cap tassel. Is this pen a version of the 35 or a Parker model unknown to me? All these pens are French Made. Thank you for yor help, Giuseppe

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/1.jpg

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/2.jpg

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/Tas.jpghttp://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/Cap.jpg

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/Nib3.jpg

Detail of the titanium nib of the "Girlande"

Edited July 19, 2008 by gicoteni

[gicoteni]

More pictures. The unknown model compared with the Parker 35 "flighter"

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/10.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/9.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/tassel2.jpghttp://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/tassel1.jpg

Edited July 27, 2008 by gicoteni

[WendyNC]

Whatever it is, I have today acquired one with the same cap and barrel tassel with a body that appears to be red jasper quartz laque (with Chinese characters on the cap opposite the clip). It was marketed as a Parker 75, but whatever it is, it isn't that. I've spent about 5 hours looking online this afternoon and yours (labeled "c) is the only one I've found to match it.

 

For the record, I didn't pay the price in the listing linked above.

 

 

[pmsalty]

Clip looks like a Hero's parker imitation.

PMS

[Glenn-SC]

I'm no expert but it does look like an attempted copy.

[antonio ilmonaco]

Hi,

 

The clip looks like a Parker 45 clip.

I have myself a flighter who has the same barrel and tassie than your unknown pen, same cap clip and tassie than your 35 flighter. This pen has the same section and nib as your 35 fligher.

I always assumed my pen to be a 35 flighter.

 

I also have a 35 guirlande, but gold instead of silver, and regular gold nib.

 

All the best,

Antonio

[gicoteni]

Whatever it is, I have today acquired one with the same cap and barrel tassel with a body that appears to be red jasper quartz laque (with Chinese characters on the cap opposite the clip). It was marketed as a Parker 75, but whatever it is, it isn't that. I've spent about 5 hours looking online this afternoon and yours (labeled "c) is the only one I've found to match it.

 

For the record, I didn't pay the price in the listing linked above.

 

The pen you purchase definitely is the Parker 35 "Tortoiseshell" pattern. I have had the same pen and enclose some pictures. I post some more pictures of a 35 compared with a 75 in the same "Milleraies" pattern. The 35 is a bit smaller than the 75 and has a nib with large combed connector like the late 75 nibs.

 

I still have many doubts about the unknown pen I posted; furthermore in recent times I have seen a couple of the same pens (one in black): this fact might confirm it is not a franken pen….

 

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/intera1.jpg

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/sucappuccio2.jpg

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/Particolari.jpg

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/1-1.jpg

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/2-1.jpg

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/penninoretro.jpg

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/pennino2.jpg

Edited February 14, 2009 by gicoteni

[Peter from Sherwood Park]

I'm following this with some interest as I know very little about the Parker 35 -- it appears to be a great pen. I will be interested in how your question is resolved.

[gicoteni]

I'm following this with some interest as I know very little about the Parker 35 -- it appears to be a great pen. I will be interested in how your question is resolved.

 

Parker 35 was produced by Parker France in Meru (northern France) factory in the late ‘70ies. It is very similar to 75, a bit smaller an lighter, so I guess it was intended for ladies or young people. I have seen many finishes, especially lacquered ones. I note it is never classified as a pen of the 75 family, like 85 or Premier, probably since it has a different nib: nibs of 75, 85 and Premier are in most cases interchangeable

 

 

[gicoteni]

I'm following this with some interest as I know very little about the Parker 35 -- it appears to be a great pen. I will be interested in how your question is resolved.

 

Parker 35 was produced by Parker France in Meru (northern France) factory in the late ‘70ies. It is very similar to 75, a bit smaller an lighter, so I guess it was intended for ladies or young people. I have seen many finishes, especially lacquered ones. I note it is never classified as a pen of the 75 family, like 85 or Premier, probably since it has a different nib: nibs of 75, 85 and Premier are in most cases interchangeable

 

 

[WendyNC]

Mine appears to be just like yours, except that the cap tassie (is that the correct phrase?) is a single with the sunburst pattern (just like the one in the bottom left of your second set of pictures). It does seem just a bit smaller and lighter than a 75. After soaking, I got the ink flowing by using a cartridge and the more I use it, the better the ink flows. It does write dry, but that's not necessarily a bad thing for me. I'll be interested to see how it does tomorrow morning after sitting on the desk all weekend.

 

Did Parker make a felt-tipped version of the 35? Somewhere in the many, many online photos I viewed, I seem to recall seeing a felt tip with that kind of cap tassie.

[gicoteni]

Mine appears to be just like yours, except that the cap tassie (is that the correct phrase?) is a single with the sunburst pattern (just like the one in the bottom left of your second set of pictures). It does seem just a bit smaller and lighter than a 75. After soaking, I got the ink flowing by using a cartridge and the more I use it, the better the ink flows. It does write dry, but that's not necessarily a bad thing for me. I'll be interested to see how it does tomorrow morning after sitting on the desk all weekend.

 

Did Parker make a felt-tipped version of the 35? Somewhere in the many, many online photos I viewed, I seem to recall seeing a felt tip with that kind of cap tassie.

I have found this pen. It is a felt-tip Parker pen. It is alike a 75, but these differences: more slim; the cap covers the barrel. It is alike the Parker 35, but these differences: longer; the bottom tassel is quite different from 35 one and is like the 75. Sizes: length: 128 mm approx, like 75 (Parker 35 is 125 mm approx);diameter of cap measured at the band: 10,2 mm (75 is 10,7 mm); barrel, very near the beginning of section is 9,5 mm (in 75 it remains 10,7 mm). Maybe it is the Parker 35 felt-tip, that was conceived longer to house the long felt tip refill.

 

Here are some pictures, comparing this pen with a Parker 75 fiber tip and with a Parker 35 fountain pen (the pen up is the 35 fountain pen, in the middle the felt tip and in the bottom the 75).

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/Insieme1.jpg

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/1-2.jpg

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/2-2.jpg

Edited February 17, 2009 by gicoteni

[WendyNC]

Thanks for the comparison photos.

 

I was looking around again last night and the pen on which I saw that sunburst cap was a multi-color ballpoint. When I get to my home computer, I'll look to see if I bookmarked a link.

[gicoteni]

I have also found the Parker 35 steel nib....

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/steel.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/Steelnib01.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/gicoteni/Parker%2035/Steelnib02.jpg

[WendyNC]

gicoteni, do you have a 35 with either Malachite or Lapis laque? I'd love to see pictures.

 

Also, if it's not rude to ask, was that your 35 with the titanium nibs just recently sold on eBay? I was so tempted.

[gicoteni]

gicoteni, do you have a 35 with either Malachite or Lapis laque? I'd love to see pictures.

 

Also, if it's not rude to ask, was that your 35 with the titanium nibs just recently sold on eBay? I was so tempted.

 

Sorry, I do not have those laque pens... Yes I recently sold in Ebay the titanium nib 35