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#1 david i

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Posted 04 June 2011 - 02:58 PM

One of the charms of going to pen shows is to see rare old pens. The early Parker zone is not my strong suit, though over the years I've had the chance to handle and photograph many pens. At the Raleigh Pen Show June 2010 an old guard collector showed up for first time with a nice tray of early Parkers. I opted not to purchase this not inexpensive but quite rare Parker 26 (iirc the number correctly) jointless pen. One does not unscrew the section from barrel (thus somewhat jointless) to fill ink via eyedropper, instead removing the feed nib assembly directly. Still messy. Mottled Parker pens are well more scarce than black. I've never seen a jointless pen this hefty. The cap was a custom replacement, which was cited by seller. Still pulled major dollars. My books are not with me, though offhand I do not recall the big texts showing this pen. It went to a very long time collector who has owned many of the Great Pens (I've shot Aztecs and 420s that belonged to him).

This one has seemingly early markings. The 5.5 inche yellow Duofold Senior was placed in one image to give direct scale. My guess is the pen dates to about 1900.


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#2 Mike Kirk

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Posted 04 June 2011 - 04:59 PM

Stunning pen! Nice job on the re-pop cap, too.
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#3 fumble fingers

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Posted 04 June 2011 - 10:40 PM

Very interesting fountain pen. It's so vintage that I'm scratching my head about it. And it's in beautiful shape. How does the cap fit on it? Does it slip over the lower portion of the barrel? Does it only cover the nib? And if it goes onto the barrel, does it just jam on there? How the cap get on and stays on is not obvious to me.

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Posted 04 June 2011 - 10:54 PM

Very interesting fountain pen. It's so vintage that I'm scratching my head about it. And it's in beautiful shape. How does the cap fit on it? Does it slip over the lower portion of the barrel? Does it only cover the nib? And if it goes onto the barrel, does it just jam on there? How the cap get on and stays on is not obvious to me.




Hi,

Presumably similarly constructed to Waterman's cone cap (not to be confused with taper cap, which sees a pointed cap), these slip cap pens have an internal contour that approximates the barrel shape. it closes via friction with the barrel And, yeah, this is a bit less reliable a process than the screw cap, which likely had something to do with the eventual dominance of the threaded caps and barrels ;)

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#5 John Danza

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Posted 05 June 2011 - 07:16 AM

Fabulous pen David. The model number is actually 026, with the leading zero indicating that it's a Jointless. While the Jointless pens were available as late as 1910-1914 IIRC, this one is clearly very early because of the nib. I would place it between 1899 (the earliest the pens were available) and 1905, but I would lean towards 1900-1902.

The original cap would have helped date it, as the Jointless cap was advertised as unbreakable and was separately patented by Parker. When the patent was issued in 1900, the caps were imprinted with the patent date. Prior to the patent being issued, the caps had no imprint but the barrels were maked "patent applied for". I have a mottled model 018 with the pre-patent markings.

Below are some photos of another mottled model 018 in my collection. You'll see the barrel has the same markings as your original post, along with the cap with the proper markings.

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While we're talking large Jointless models, the largest in my collection is an 024. The photo below is the only on I have of it.

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The largest Jointless that Parker cataloged was an 028, the largest pen they made short of the Black Giant.

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