Parker DQ
#2
Posted 05 February 2013 - 10:07 PM
Not the best photos, sorry. Chased HR, lady size. What surprised me was the DQ marking on the nib, but not sure I've seen a DQ up close before now.
Looks like a clean example of this late 1920's slender 2nd tier Parker. Are we sure the DQ is hard rubber, not plastic? I have a vague recollection of an encounter...
regards
d
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#4
Posted 06 February 2013 - 02:14 AM
Not the best photos, sorry. Chased HR, lady size. What surprised me was the DQ marking on the nib, but not sure I've seen a DQ up close before now.
Looks like a clean example of this late 1920's slender 2nd tier Parker. Are we sure the DQ is hard rubber, not plastic? I have a vague recollection of an encounter...
regards
d
There's a popular opinion that DQs were only available in plastic, but that is not the case. I've owned a couple of them that were most definitely hard rubber.
Now this nib imprint is interesting. The DQs I've seen have all had Lucky Curve 2 nibs and were definitely original. This is the first time I've seen a nib marked DQ. That's pretty cool and a new twist.
John Danza
"Positive attitude makes for good decisions, but bad decisions make for great stories."
#5
Posted 06 February 2013 - 04:28 AM
Thank you for the post and photos of the nib. Nice find!
Phil
Edited by philm, 06 February 2013 - 04:30 AM.
#7
Posted 06 February 2013 - 12:08 PM
Phil, yes Christmas tree feed which still has its Lucky Curve.
So...did the DQ become the Black and Gold which became the Raven?
Hi
Note that formally there migh be no "The Raven", though given the use of capital letters in ads, sometimes it is hard to tell words intended as descriptors rather than titles/models.
The DQ served a similar niche to what would be served by Parker's "Raven Black and Gold" pen (with 'raven' perhaps serving as a modifier to 'black').
regards
david
Email: isaacson@frontiernet.net
#8
Posted 06 February 2013 - 01:11 PM
So...did the DQ become the Black and Gold which became the Raven?
I don't believe that this is the case, althought clearly similar in the market they serve (an inexpensive black pen). IIRC, there were a couple of years in between the end of the DQ in the product line and the introduction of the Black and Gold.
John Danza
"Positive attitude makes for good decisions, but bad decisions make for great stories."
#9
Posted 06 February 2013 - 02:12 PM
So...did the DQ become the Black and Gold which became the Raven?
I don't believe that this is the case, althought clearly similar in the market they serve (an inexpensive black pen). IIRC, there were a couple of years in between the end of the DQ in the product line and the introduction of the Black and Gold.
Still not sure it is "the Black and Gold"
-d
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