This is one of Parker's
current low-end pens. Not Reflex
low end, but certainly affordable-- according to the advertising
nonsense on their own website, it's "Every detail... is carefully
considered to reject superfluous detail in favour of comfort,
practicality and intelligent style" making it "the ideal writing tool
for life spent on the go." I will agree and contest this
statement all in one breath-- have a look at this picture, which shows the well-conceived if
slightly ugly end that is brilliant for posting the cap on, but
also the cap jewel which looks rather like the headlight of a 1950s Buick; any reference whatever to a car of
that era lets the air of out an appeal to practicality. Also, any
pen with a clip that appears to have been made specifically to look
like a planarian cannot entirely claim to utterly utilitarian lines.
Having made some fun of it, I will now say that it's about right for
the market level it sits at. Reasonably sturdy, reasonably smooth
to write with, the only serious objection to it is that it's sold
without a converter, throwing the buyer upon the mercy of cartridges.
It's a little less of a high school grad gift than the Sheaffer Javelin, but somewhat more
likely to see regular use, I suspect.
Specifications: Fine steel
point. Cartridge filler. Spring-loaded clip. 13.5 cm
long capped, 15.8cm
posted.
Condition: Very nearly new.
Repairs: None.
Location: My collection.
For sale?: No.
It's a gift from my parents ("What can we buy you when we're on
vacation?" How about a pen?), and they're still being made.
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