Product Description
Type Fountain pen with integrated nib and ballpoint pen
Product Name Parker model 50 aka Falcon
Manufacturer and Year Parker, the ballpoint pen is made in the UK, and the fountain pen is made in the USA -- 1978-82 (The ballpoint pen has a date code UL which indicates 1981 but the fountain pen doesn't have one).
Length The ballpoint pen is just over 5" and the fountain pen is just under 5-3/16".
Filling System The fountain pen takes Parker-style cartridges and converters. A Parker squeeze converter is installed. The ballpoint pen takes Parker-style ballpoint refills. A working black Parker ballpoint refill is installed. The ballpoint is activated by a clicker mechanism.
Color Brushed steel with gold trim "Flighter" format.
Nib BROAD. Steel integrated nib, very smooth. It's unlabeled but it looks like a broad and has lots of round tipping material.
Condition Excellent + condition. The fountain pen has some handwear and a scratch in the dish tassie and light scratching in the finish to the right of the clip. There are a few pitting marks on the section above the gold band and beneath the nib. The ballpoint pen has small chips missing from the black outlined cap tassie and a shiny mark of finish wear beneath the clip tip. All of the imprints are clear.
