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pengeezer
February 27th, 2014, 06:03 PM
I read somewhere that the Parker Duofold DQ was also known by the name "black and gold". But
I have also seen DQ's with what I think may be nickel plated(?) clip and capband. Is that unusual
for the DQ?


John

Jon Szanto
February 27th, 2014, 06:08 PM
http://www.parkerpens.net/dq.html

No knowledge of the other trim. Canadian, maybe?

pengeezer
February 27th, 2014, 06:16 PM
http://www.parkerpens.net/dq.html

No knowledge of the other trim. Canadian, maybe?

Nope--not on the one I know of. No Canadian markings on the barrel or on the nib. BTW,my curiousity has
gotten the better of me. I know that G-10--which was used to re-blacken HR pens--is no longer on the market.
Is there any other material out on the market to re-blacken HR pens?


John

pengeezer
February 27th, 2014, 07:28 PM
From looking around on the internet,I found and ad dated 1924 describing the DQ as having
a white gold band. Would that be another name for nickel?


John

Farmboy
February 27th, 2014, 08:10 PM
pensburymanor.com sells a product to alter the color of HR pens.

I prefer my HR in its natural state.

pengeezer
February 27th, 2014, 08:32 PM
pensburymanor.com sells a product to alter the color of HR pens.

I prefer my HR in its natural state.

Thanks,Todd. I'll check it out.


John

lsmith42
February 28th, 2014, 07:49 AM
http://www.parkerpens.net/dq.html

No knowledge of the other trim. Canadian, maybe?

Can't understand it... So it must be Canadian. If this were a universal rule, it would explain so much!

Jon Szanto
February 28th, 2014, 10:15 AM
http://www.parkerpens.net/dq.html

No knowledge of the other trim. Canadian, maybe?

Can't understand it... So it must be Canadian. If this were a universal rule, it would explain so much!

Why you, I oughta... But seriously, I may have had it mixed up, and that it was Canadian Sheaffers, but there is something to the idea that a line of pens had a sub-branch of manufacture in Canada that showed a high number of reverse trim / silver trim models.

I think. Honestly, a question this deep probably deserves to be asked over at FPB.

pengeezer
February 28th, 2014, 04:53 PM
Had to visit FPB to find some info on it(though not as much as I would have liked.).
Just so happens that our own danzeman had a couple of ads for the DQ(from 1924)
that showed that the DQ had a white gold band put on it,so that's proof that they
existed. What I'm not sure of was/is this: Is it actually gold,or is it nickel?


John

Farmboy
March 1st, 2014, 08:29 AM
The ad is proof Parker advertised such a pen. Your pen is proof they exist.

pengeezer
March 2nd, 2014, 07:17 PM
The ad is proof Parker advertised such a pen. Your pen is proof they exist.

Thanks,Todd........I still wonder,though,was Parker's white gold nickel or a form of gold?


John

SteveE
March 4th, 2014, 01:31 PM
In jeweler's terminology, I think white gold is actually gold. . . or is it platinum? Definitely not nickel.

Mags
March 5th, 2014, 04:29 AM
What is white gold? Gold, silver, nickel, palladium, zinc....in various quantities.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/05/basuga5y.jpg

pengeezer
March 5th, 2014, 10:20 PM
Thanks,Mags. Maybe I'm wrong,but white gold isn't something that is normally seen
as furniture on American fountain pens. It's usually yellow gold.


John

Mags
March 6th, 2014, 03:43 PM
No idea Sumgaikid about the frequency of use for white gold but as you posed the question about it's make up a little further up in the thread and I was not sure what was in white gold I started to look around. Now I know a wee bit more thanks to your question.

pengeezer
March 7th, 2014, 07:01 AM
Here's the thing--I have heard the WG description used for modern Pelikan overlays as
recent as a few years ago as well as lesser known European overlays from back in the
30's. It's color is similar to that of nickel,so it's understandable that nickel would be the
1st thing in someone's mind. As a composite,it's also understandable that it would be
chosen for a Duofold made for a lower level of the model.


John