PA3453 Parker Slimfold (Soft Medium)

PA3453 Parker Slimfold (Soft Medium)

Date: c1960

Size: Length Capped - 126mm; Length Posted - 148mm.

A very attractive glossy burgundy Slimfold in excellent condition.  There are no splits, cracks, chips or noticeable surface scratches.  All trim is rolled gold and is bright and shiny.  The cap is topped with a conical burgundy "jewel" and has a washer style arrow pocket clip and narrow "deco" engraved cap band.  The barrel imprint is typically quite shallow, but complete and easily read.  The barrel unscrews to reveal the Aerometric filler.  This is also in nice condition - the sac guard still has all its plating in tact with no corrosion, and the original pliglass ink sac retains pretty much all of its original transparency, suggesting that this pen has not had much use at all in the last 60-odd years.  The 14 carat gold nib, size 5, is original to the pen and is in a medium width.

I have fully serviced this pen.  The nib writes with a good wet line and a super smooth action and some softness to it which will provide line width variation from a fine to medium as you write.