Parker Duofold Centennial Fountain Pen | Classic Big Red Vintage | Medium Solid Gold Nib | Black Ink and Convertor | Premium Gift Box

Beautiful gold/iridium nib. Beautiful colour, weight and texture and engraving. Not cheap, but you get what you pay for. I was going to give up buying fountain pens, but I'm glad I didn't. If I have a reservation - Parker inkflow always seems to be modest: I prefer the heavier flow of some Caran D'Ache and Yardoled models - but they are a bit thinner and don't fill my fist so well.

Beautiful pen and writes like a dream. Materials used are of the highest quality and is value for money.

As a fountain pen enthusiasts the Duofold has been a must have pen for a number of years. It very nice, light and comfortable to use. I would have preferred a broad nib but the medium is perfectly OK, especially when using cheaper paper at work. The nib is smooth with some feedback, a little bit like writing with a pencil. The photos show the pen as being red, it's not. It's a faux faded vintage burnt orange colour, a bit disappointed but I like orange almost as much as read so I kept it. My only advice would be to look out for price variations, it changes all the time. I watched as the pen went from sub £300 to over £460, after a few months if dropped back to under £300 so I snapped it up. The following day the price went back up. I'm very happy to own it and have it in my daily rotation.

Great craftsmanship and yes the price fluctuates (and you should watch out for this), but the quality of the pen doesn’t fluctuate.

Beautiful design, really smooth writing, comfortable grip and reassuringly solid design. The colour looks fantastic.

Received the fountain pen today with full excitement. However, I found the pen with dirt and the nib or cap already with ink marking! Huge disappointment to Amazon and Parker!! Used item!

The pen (big red) is plastic and surprisingly lightweight. It feels cheap, which is some achievement at this price point. The nib is fantastic though and the pen writes beautifully. Overall I feel I’m less satisfied than I should be. Comment after 6 months use. I'm really enjoying writing with the pen and the weight issue I was worried about initially isn't a problem. I've added as star.

Very pleased with this item. However be warned regarding the price as this seems to chop and change almost daily like flights. I unfortunately paid full price and noticed the following week I could have got a £100 discount! I then noticed that it had gone up again to almost full price and then appeared to drop considerably the following week.

ikinci duofold kalemim. kalem 100 yıl önceki tasarıma uygun olacak şekilde yeniden üretilmiş, gövde üstündeki kazıma yazılar çok güzel. ucunu anlatmaya gerek yok, mükemmel yazıyor.

I purchased this Parker Duofold Centennial Big Red with a medium nib after already owning the Chevron Blue in fine. Needless to say, I already like the Parker Duofold line, and the Big Red does not disappoint. I like that you have the option of using an ink cartridge or converter, although I intend to use the converter with this pen given the limitations on ink options with Parker's proprietary system, which does not accept standard international ink cartridges. When the Big Red arrived, I inked it up with Diamine 1864 Blue Black using the supplied cartridge converter. It was easy to fill and began writing well immediately. The writing experience is outstanding, as the nib glides smoothly on the paper, as you would expect with a gold nib. I would call this a wet nib in medium, as it lays down plenty of ink. The Big Red feels very light-weight for it's size, especially compared with the Chevron Blue model, which has a metal body. I think that will make the Big Red comfortable for long writing sessions, and I had three pages down in a Leuchtturm 1917 B5 notebook before I even realized it. Overall, I'm quite pleased with my purchase and feel I got great value for what I paid for the Big Red. I will note that the barrel and cap of the pen are closer to a burnt orange color than red to my eye, but I like the color. The Big Red is not as elegant looking as its Chevron Blue brother, but color combination and styling definitely delivers a vintage vibe.

Best of the best!

Comodísima y técnicamente perfecta y su magnífica estética de viejos tiempos, la convierte en una joya necesaria en cualquier colección. Especialmente en este rojo envejecido. Magnífica.

Superó mis expectativas. Luce muy bien y escribe suave y húmedo, el tamaño es perfecto, comparable con la Pelikan Souveran m800. El plumin bimetálico es hermoso. Algo cara para usar cartuchos.