Help dating a mechanical pencil?

[leicanthrope]

No, not that kind of dating.

I'm sure there's someone out there that's a whiz with the history of Parker mechanical pencils.





...if so, I'm hoping for a date or a model name on this one.

Thanks,
--Chris

[DerMann]

You might want to try The Fountain Pen Network for a more definitive answer.

Just a random stab in the dark, but the streamlined look would indicate that it was produce as part of a Duofold set made sometime after 1929 into the late 1930s. I'd guess that it's part of a Duofold Junior set. The three bands indicate that it was probably a part of a slightly more expensive Duofold Junior Deluxe set. That colour/pattern isn't common at all. Usually you see them in black, orange red or a jade pattern. Of course, it may also mean that it was part of a Parkette set, which was the lower end of the Parker line, but it was offered in a magnificent amount of colours and patterns.

Mechanical pencils weren't really sold on their own, but in compliment to fountain pens. You could buy a Dufold Senior for $7.50 in 1929, and for $9 with the matching pencil.

Can't really tell you too much more.

[leicanthrope]

Certainly a lot more than I had to go on before. Thank you!

[Subvet642]

Your pen may well have been a companion to a pen very much like this one: A 1938 Parker Vac filled Duofold.

[John in Covina]

Depression era mid 30's, it has the brighter color of that time like a Parkette.

On the body of the pen may be a faint imprint or two, check with a magnifyer.