Parker have a long, rich heritage of creating impressive writing instruments and the Duofold range is at the heart of this. With its incredibly detailed production process, including 130 components and 100 quality control tests.
This limited edition was released in 1995 and it features three sold gold cap rings. Using the legendary Mandarin coloured resin for its barrel and cap… the colour that was chosen by George Parker for the original Mandarin Duofold after his Far Eastern travels. It has the lucky curve ribbon imprint on the barrel, where the limitation number can also be found.
There is conflicting information it seems that Parker Duofold was introduced to the market in 1921 using the remains in stock of red hard rubber by a Parker worker. Even if Parker Duofold immediately found a great success, it did not start life easy because the material used tended to crumble and this had a big impact on the company’s warranty costs. The leap in quality of Parker Duofold is instead attributable to 1926 when the first celluloid Duofolds were placed on the market. Initially the color was always red, but later colors came later.
Duofold is currently one of the most appreciated and distinctive models of the Parker production house.
