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[adamon]

UK Lady Duofold is only one model with hooded nib in whole UK Duofold family. What is interesting, the french version was made with open nib!
This pen you can find very easy on ebay. It was the smallest pen in the family, produced in Newhaven from 1958 till 1964, when the successor P17 Lady was introduced (also with hooded nib).
I have all 4 colours. Very nice, but for me too small.
Regards

[adamon]

Hi Adam,

It is a montage, but one that well shows the power of the photo technique I worked out more than ten years ago. The Duofold Maxima represents two separate shots done nearly four years ago. The Super Max was shot yesterday. All pens shot in my light bucket are done with same lighting and at fixed scale allowing any of the 6000+ pens shot to be mixed and matched after the fact, maintaining relative scale and lighting.

The SuperMax (top pen) indeed is a bit shorter than the Duofold Maxima (the bottom pen), but is fat.

regards

david

Hi David,
I've asked, because from the earlier photos I've measured the little bit shorter lenght.
If I take the proportion from the AF Supermax only, it looks more or less typical.
From the other side the measures taken from Woody's photos are showing the additional 1 - 1,5 mm in diameter.
I have some AF pens and Maxima Duofolds, but all are typical.
The best comparison would be SuperMax with standard AF, of course, but if I well understand - it's not so easy.

As I said - interesting thing.

Regards
Adam

[david i]

Hi David,
I've asked, because from the earlier photos I've measured the little bit shorter lenght.
If I take the proportion from the AF Supermax only, it looks more or less typical.
From the other side the measures taken from Woody's photos are showing the additional 1 - 1,5 mm in diameter.
I have some AF pens and Maxima Duofolds, but all are typical.
The best comparison would be SuperMax with standard AF, of course, but if I well understand - it's not so easy.

As I said - interesting thing.

Regards
Adam

Across the cap lip it seems to be 14mm, with the max cap diameter probably a bit larger. I have... many... Aero Duofolds lying about, just no conventional Maximas. I do believe it to be more plump than a Maxima Duofold. Sometime next few days can shoot next to some of the Aeros.

regards

d

[Hugh]

Perhaps a photo next to an AF Duofold would be more appropriate David, the above photo lifted from Tony's site does give an indication of the variations that occur. Is your "Super Max" different from the pen 6th from the top? I'm just not (yet) convinced this is a "new" variation.....bloody close to it thought!!.....

Regards
Hugh

[adamon]

Perhaps a photo next to an AF Duofold would be more appropriate David, the above photo lifted from Tony's site does give an indication of the variations that occur. Is your "Super Max" different from the pen 6th from the top? I'm just not (yet) convinced this is a "new" variation.....bloody close to it thought!!.....

Regards
Hugh

Hi Hugh,
As I well understand this photo, we have here (from the top): Slimfold, 4 Juniors (or Victory Mk.V), standard Duofold, Demi (probably, or maybe also standard Duofold) and 3 NS. This olive green NS in the middle is from Olsen.
Duofold seems to be a little bit thicker, but it's only optical ilusion (is shorter than NS) in reality diameters are the same (or very similar).

Regards
Adam

[adamon]

Across the cap lip it seems to be 14mm, with the max cap diameter probably a bit larger. I have... many... Aero Duofolds lying about, just no conventional Maximas. I do believe it to be more plump than a Maxima Duofold. Sometime next few days can shoot next to some of the Aeros.

regards

d

Hi,
Will we continue this topic?
Regards
Adam

[david i]

Hi,
Will we continue this topic?
Regards
Adam

Hi Adam,

Partly, I'd forgotten. Partly, real life and other pens distracted me. Ironically, I played today with "Supermax" and with a lucky find buried in one of my pen cases... the one fully marked Duofold Maxima that I had not sold. The supermax cap is bigger. It covers the threads of Maxima and spins. The Maxima cap will not fit onto the threads of Supermax barrel. Too tight.

Thoughts?

david

[Hugh]

Okay David , I'm now convinced!!! Hope Irene doesn't cause too much trouble....we've had a run in Aust. this year of weather events.

Regards
Hugh

[david i]

Okay David , I'm now convinced!!! Hope Irene doesn't cause too much trouble....we've had a run in Aust. this year of weather events.

Regards
Hugh

Snapshot. Heading clockwise

Foreground. Maxima barrel with loose "supermax" cap on it, going past threads and spinning/wobbling.

Backgroud. "Supermax" barrel with Maxima cap... too tight to even cover the threads.

regards

david

[FmrLEO_GJ]

Hello again

I found this Parker Duofold in the wilds of NW Tasmania, Australia this morning, and am hoping I can confirm what it is - A Maxima?
If I am not correct, I would appreciate any other information to identify it for me.



It is HUGE in comparison to my Parker Duofold Streamline of the same style and colour, but it is 'on steroids' by comparison.
I am about to see if it will flush and write like the Parker 'Lady' I purchased earlier in the week. It seems to be in operating condition, and given the imprint on the barrel being all but worn away, this looks like it was a much loved writer. To the extent of the missing jewel being replaced by a screw to keep the pocket clip on.

If anyone has a jewel for this monster, please contact me. As much as the screw is quirky, I'd prefer to have a jewel of the appropriate colour and nature.

[added just now - my time in Tasmania, Australia] Well, I just inked the enormous Parker I found today. I flushed it earlier, and have just let it alone for a while. Filled beautiful – and bountifully – and it writes like a dream.

I have been told I have nice hand-writing ever since I was a child, and have only ever toyed with pens with broad nibs. I felt chills up my spine as I wrote with this beauty, and really think it compliments my handwriting.

Might have now become a ‘broad stub’ nib junkie. Is that a BAD thing; or does everyone that writes with one feel that way the first time?

Respectfully

Hello again to the Board.

I have emailed some people directly, left requests on Boards and forums, and now here. Here goes...

Since finding this pen, and using it at Uni this year, the screw gave out and I lost both it and the clip. Does ANYBODY have, or know of where I might get a jewel and clip for this pen PLEASE?


Respectfully, and hopeful

[adamon]

Hi,
Let me come back to this topic.
Based on the informations from David (thanks David!) I've looked for the Super-Max...
... and now... I have two...

Here two standard Danish AF, two Super-Max (black and dark blue) and Maxima (aerometric)

AF pens (standard and oversized)


and the nibs (both have NGI sign)


The Super-Max is 3 mm longer than standard AF (135 vs 132 mm), cap dimension is 1,5 mm bigger (15,3 vs 13,8), barrel dimension is 1 mm bigger (13,5 vs 12,5) - real oversized.

By the way - is Super-Max the proper name or rather AF Senior (I found this name at parkercollector site)?

NS and AF Duofolds

Edited by adamon, 23 February 2012 - 09:32 PM.

[david i]

I remain impressed by that collection.

Congrats on the super-Maxes!

-d