Hello, Witajcie
I've been looking for a nice 10 dollar Black&Pearl 1928-1933 (?) Senior pen and noticed two things, that I couldn't find a reasonable answer by myself.
Namely:
1. Is there any particular period when said pens, named Imperial or De Luxe and Moderne --- Pearl and Ebony or Black and Pearl --- were featuring nibs imprinted Parker Duofold Deluxe? Would such a nib be considered a correct one in a streamlined Black and Pearl? Should this DeLuxe or De Luxe nib imprint be associated with the marketing name for those pens and therefore with Black and Pearl pens only? Where such nibs also used for "wide cap band", earlier Duofolds?
Also, can a serial number on a Duofold DeLuxe nib be associated with a certain year or a number of year? With Sheaffer practice of putting serial numbers on Lifetime nibs already in place in 1928 would 1928 or 1929 be a reasonable guess for Parker also?
2. Is there any particular date when Parker stopped imprinting its Duofold clips with the 1916 patent date? Is such a patent marked clip on, say, Streamlined Duofold, a normal, regular situation? Maybe it's different across the model ranges?
I only have access to some of the 1928-1933 catalogs and found only 2 or 3 adverts showing black and pearl, but never a DeLuxe nib nor a Pat. Sep. 5-16. clip imprint. Which proves nothing but also leaves me with no answer I could easily find and for the lack of 1929 catalog I can't even say when streamlined Black&Pearls appeared (and transitional models with "old-style" cap) ... 1929 I guess?
I also tried searching for any threads regarding Black and Pearl, DeLuxe or clip imprint here and at FPN but to no avail. But I do realize that, where such important info might appear has nothing to do with the thread topic or main content, so if the answers to my questions were covered somewhere already, and you might know where it is, please direct me ...
Thanks in advance for any info,
Regards,
Maciek
Edited by MacKozinsky, 15 September 2014 - 11:45 PM.