c.1924 Parker RHR Lady Duofold Fountain Pen

Vintage: c.1924

Make: Parker 

Model: Lady Duofold

Color: Red

Materials: Red hard rubber, black hard rubber, gold-filled trim

Filling System: Button-filler (resacced and guaranteed to fill and write as designed). To fill simply unscrew the blind cap, submerse the nib, and depress the brass button once.

Length: This short, slender model measures 4 11/16” capped and 5 7/8” posted 

Nib: 14k Duofold nib lays down a smooth and consistent M line

Condition: Near-mint. Hard rubber retains its original color, including the factory black HR parts. Gold-filled cap band is pristine with no brassing, dents, or dings. Knurling on the cap top and blind cap is factory deep and sharp with a couple minor scratches on the latter. Other than that, all surfaces are smooth and lustrous with no noteworthy blemishes. Manufacturer imprint on the barrel is factory deep and fully legible.

Details: Parker introduced the Lady Duofold in 1922. It was originally available in different length and width variations with either a clip or ring top or plain cap. By 1924, the Lady Duofold was still made of hard rubber but it was standardized as a Junior-length slender pen with a ring top and either 3 thin cap bands or one wide, gold-filled band like the Duofold Deluxe. As with all 1920s Duofolds, earlier, HR examples are exponentially scarcer and more sought after than their more plentiful Permanite successors. This example is made of red hard rubber with black hard rubber cap crown, blind cap, and section. Lucky Curve “Xmas tree” feed is also HR. Ring top on the cap’s crown designed to attach to a chatelaine or pocket chain.