PA3815 Parker Slimfold Fountain Pen and Ballpoint Set, boxed. (Soft Extra Fine)

PA3815 Parker Slimfold Fountain Pen and Ballpoint Set, boxed. (Soft Extra Fine)

Date: c1960s
Size: Capped - 126mm ; posted - 147mm.

This Slimfold set in glossy black and is in very good condition.  The only damage I can see on either piece is some fine surface wear to both pieces and a little discolouration to the plating at the point of the ballpen.  This is not readily apparent, though.  Barrels and caps are still nice and glossy.  There are no cracks, splits or chips in either pen.  This is the early model Slimfold with the rolled gold cap bands decorated with the "deco" pattern.    

Fountain Pen

The arrow clip and cap lip band are both free from brassing.  The imprint on the barrel is complete but typically shallow and quite hard to read without magnification.  The nib is a lovely shiny 14 carat yellow gold Parker No. 5 in and extra fine point.  Opening the pen up, the aerometric filler is shiny and undamaged.  The original pliglass ink sac is still in lovely condition with absolutely no internal staining and not even any evidence that it has actually seen ink!

Ballpoint

The cap and barrel are again nice and glossy.    Still evident on the barrel is the original imprint, which is clear and complete.  The retracting mechanism works faultlessly by pressing down on the top of the cap.  This is an earlier model ballpoint with the metal barrel threads.  It is fitted with a modern Parker refill that still works well.  

Box

The box is more modern than the pens inside, and it has certainly seen better days.  However, it has protected its charges very well and I will sell them together.

I have fully serviced this set.  During testing, the pen wrote beautifully.  The nib is very smooth and writes with a wet and consistent extra fine width line.   It is a soft nib and will provide for a little understated line width variation as you write.   The ballpoint works perfectly.