Help With Unusual Nib Parker 17

[pimpleton]

hi first i must say i am new to this forum so please forgive me if i have posted in wrong area.

 

ok hello,

 

i picked up this parker 17 the other day, i found it to have this open nib of a concorde sort of shape, i all my days i have never come across this nib before on any pen never mind a 17. it could just be me and this nib is quite normal, but i have tried across the net and can not find another nib like this anywhere.

 

any help from the community, i would be very greatful john

[northlodge]

The early Parker 17's came with these open nibs, and are quite desirable to the Parker collector.

 

 

 

 

You might want to visit Tony's site www.parkercollector.com as I am sure he will provide you with a detailed history of the P.17

 

 

[adamon]

The early Parker 17 pens or rather Parker 17 Duofold come with open, so called beak shaped nibs. Produced only in 1962 and 1963, in 1964 were replaced by Parker 17 pens with hooded nibs.

[Jerome Tarshis]

Yes. As the above respondents have said. I used to own one, and found it quite a pleasant writer. I sold it to an English FPN member with whom I was exchanging mail, because he had recently decided to take a collecting interest in English fountain pens. He was especially hot for Wyverns at the time, but was also interested in English Parkers not equivalent to pens made in the United States.

 

So I thought he deserved to own it more than I did. I do miss the nib from time to time, but I think from a collecting point of view the pen belonged in an Englishman's collection of English pens.

[adamon]

Here the P17 family:

 

Main line: P17 Duofold, P17 Super Duofold, P17 (Model 17), P17 Super, matching pencils and ballpens

 

Same but opened:

 

P17 Lady pens:

 

P17 DeLuxe and Custom pens:

Edited March 12, 2012 by adamon

[pimpleton]

Thank you to everyone who has replied, sorry for delay i have been off line with technical problems.

 

its funny you do not know what something is , wonderful people help you, now i do a google search and can find lots of the same pen.

 

many thanks. i have a lot more that are unfamilar so will be back again soon. john