Parker Duofold Special Edition Burgundy

[Toolattack]

Great Valentine's Day present from my wife - a Parker Duofold Special Edition Burgundy Centennial Fountain Pen.

To be fair I bought it online and she then offered to buy it from me to give to me for Valentine's Day!

I am not going to give 'marks out of ten' for this review, just my opinions on this pen.

 

The pen is presented in a charcoal grey sleeve with silver Parker logo.

Inside is a cherry wood box with a silver plaque bearing the words 'The Parker Duofold', the Royal Warrant and Parker logo. Inside the wooden box is a black velvet again bearing the Parker logo and the pen is contained in a protective cellophane sleeve.

The Body and cap are of a dark burgundy colour with gold arrow clip, three gold bands on the cap and one on the bottom of the pen.

The cap is further enhanced with the special edition burgundy shield bearing a retro look Parker logo.

The pen is equipped with the standard Parker Duofold convertor.

The nib is a real feature of the pen. It is engraved with a retro parker logo with 18K and 750.

I have dipped the pen and the medium nib works really well with two of my favourite traditional Parker inks: Parker Penman Sapphire and Parker Penman Ebony. For some reason the Ebony made the nib write a little broader - I promise it wasn't me, there is no flex in this nib.

In conclusion, the nib is very smooth, the pen looks great (and will look even better with the charcoal grey suit I intend to wear when using it!) and I bought it for much less than the market price (which my wife refunded).

So all in all I am a very happy boy - hope you are all having a great Valentine's Day.

[Uncle Red]

Nice review of a nice pen. I hope you got your wife something nice, she deserves it.

[Toolattack]

Nice review of a nice pen. I hope you got your wife something nice, she deserves it.

I got her a vintage Montblanc 144 in Bordeaux.

[Skeet]

Lucky you!

[georges zaslavsky]

great pen indeed

[lewis]

Beautiful pen. I love the Duofold. Congrats on a wonderful gift and a wonderful wife!

[Uncle Red]

Woo Hoo, good Valentine's day for both of you. Probably cheaper than a bunch of roses too.

[Gerd W]

What a wonderful colour for this great pen! Enjoy the look and writing performance!

[Sagar_C]

Nice review of a nice pen. I hope you got your wife something nice, she deserves it.

 

+1

[Sidestreaker]

Congratulations! That is a beautiful color! I love burgundy colours and this is awesome. Thanks for the review

[Toolattack]

Thank you for all your kind comments, I love this new pen and it works particularly well with the Parker Penman Ebony ink.

[DM48]

That pens looks wonderful

[Toolattack]

That pens looks wonderful

Thanks DM48, I really like it.

[Praskaton]

The pen is great. Would you be angry if I proposed to your wife

[Toolattack]

The pen is great. Would you be angry if I proposed to your wife

Not at all!

[archie001]

this is a nice pen...thanks for the review!

[Toolattack]

this is a nice pen...thanks for the review!

No problem!

[WINK]

Is this a Limited Edition?

I thought that I seen this Burgundy pen in a Limited Edition and a regular?

[dojocho]

 

Wow, nice pen. Enjoy it!