PA3820 Parker 17 Lady (Medium)

PA3820 Parker 17 Lady (Medium)

Date: c1960s

Size: Capped - 117mm; posted - 128mm.

The Parker 17 Lady was manufactured in England from the early to mid 1960s.  This one is a lovely glossy dark green example and is in very good condition with some very fine surface wear that I can only see through a loupe.  The cap has a conical-ended top button securing the rolled gold Parker arrow pocket clip.  There is also a narrow, rolled gold cap band.  Both clip and band are completely undamaged with no brassing.  Both barrel and cap are lovely and glossy with no noticeable scratches or other damage.  To the side of the barrel is a typically shallow and partially obscured imprint.  The 14 carat yellow gold hooded nib is undamaged and in a medium point.  Unscrewing the barrel exposes the aerometric filler.  This is very clean and the pliglass ink sac is still perfectly usable with just the usual internal ink staining.  

I have fully serviced this pen.  The nib feels very smooth and produces a good wet and medium width line.