Product Description
Type Vintage button filling fountain pen.
Product Name Royal Challenger, large model
Manufacturer and Year Parker, made in USA -- 1937 (the date code on the barrel and nib is a clear 17, indicating the first quarter of 1937).
Length 5-3/16", this is the larger of the two sizes (the other is called the Slender Size)
Filling System Button filler. We've restored it with a new sac and it's working well.
Color Red marble pattern with strips of a herringbone with black lines running down it. Gold plated trim with three thin cap bands and a sword clip. The blind cap and both jewels are black.
Nib MEDIUM gold Parker Pen nib.
Condition Excellent + condition with no cracks, chips, dents, or dings. This pen has unique coloring and patterns, and it is very lovely and shiny. There is light wear throughout but no major or deep scratching. The barrel has marks caused by the cap lip. The three slim cap bands have scratches and the top one has plating wear along its top edge. The clip has some dots of plating wear at the tip of the sword end. The two black jewels on either end of the pen look great. The imprints are clear.
