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Was sent this photography by another Parker collector.
Described as a Parker XXI - Argentina production pen
It obviously is not a P21.
I thought I knew all the pens made in South America – P45 61 51 Classic etc
New one on me.
Any comments would be appreciated, particularly from any Vector pen collectors here.
It looks to me like a Vector rollerball with some sort of a replacement grip. Isn't it more likely to be a rollerball than a ballpoint as it has a removable cap?
Chrissy,
Many thanks for your reply.
Whilst I have never collected any Parker Vector, I know what they look like.
( I had not idea just how may fans there are of these pens until recently speaking to other collectors, they never attracted me )
I have no idea what it is.
Experience has told me, looking at the tip of the feed that is a ballpoint.
Perhaps I am wrong.
Have no record of South American production of fibre tip or rollerball production ( post 1979 )
Parker ballpoints don't usually have removable caps. Some rollerball tips look exactly like ballpoint tips.
My money is still on a frankenpen.
Chrissy,
Many thanks for your reply.
3 years ago I would have thought the same.
Was offered this ballpoint and researched it, have no intention to be clever.
In the mid 1980's Vector changed the design of ballpoints, P88 too.
( The provenance of this pen is not in doubt, nor it is a prototype, it is just rare. )
Still would like comments from any Vectors collectors PLEASE.