Duofold Geometric / Toothbrush Or A Victory?

[mitto]

This pen really stumped me. It has all the charactristics of a Duofold Geometric / Toothbrush but the barrel imprint says "mand in Canada VICTORY". A Victory in the era of Duofold Geometric / Toothbrush??? 

 

The pen has a hanging pressure bar and N marked 14k nib. 

And I have just resacked the pen. 

What really is it? 

 

 

[baz666]

Canadian geometric pattern Victories are known to exist.
The bottom (green) pair are Victories, the top pen is a Televisor Junior.

 

 

 

Hope this helps

Paul.

[mitto]

Thank you baz666 for the explanation and especially for the beautiful pictures. 

 

One more thing, what would be the timeline of these geometric pattarn Canadian Victories? 

[Sheptonian]

I have just bought a Canadian Geometric Victory (photos in the "what Parkers have joined....." thread). It has a 1943 nib. This would be consistent with UK government wartime restrictions on fountain pen prices.

 

Parker were able to sell Duofolds and Vacumatics for their usual price (up to £2 per pen) at the beginning of the war:

 

Fountain pen prices were fixed for most of the war at no more than 17/6 (88p in decimal currency) so Parker had to rely on lower-end products. Here is an explanation from Parker in 1944: 

There is a very informative article by Bruce Kerr entitled, "Fountain Pen Manufacturing in the War Years 1939 - 1945" in WES Journal No 128 that covers the legislative impact.

 

I hope this helps.