The Parker 50 Falcon was introduced in 1978 and production ended in 1982 after a relatively short production run, always a good sign for collectors. As Parker date coded pens from 1979 and this pen carries no date code it must have been made in 1978, one of the first Falcons to leave the nest!
The pen, is in immaculate condition and shows no usage or even handling marks. The unique Falcon display box, which has a slight crack in the top of the perspex lid, is constructed so it can be stood upright and used for, well, display.
The pen is constructed in brushed stainless steel with Gold trim. The familiar Parker 'Arrow' clip has a different look, the feathers are not individually defined. I find this quite odd for a pen called a 'Falcon'!
A cartridge/converter filler, 2 new cartridges are included, it is a slim and elegant pen that looks much like other slim Parkers until the cap is removed to reveal the revolutionary and unique 'unitary' nib section. Only one other pen had this, the ill fated and now super rare T1. The T1 was constructed in Titanium, a metal which proved too expensive and difficult to efficiently be coerced into the complex shapes required by the design. The Falcon is essentially an updated T1 made in a more realistic material.
A Parker slide ink converter, for use with bottled ink, is fitted and two new cartridges are included so the pen is ready to write in either configuration.
In addition to the short production run and relative rarity of the original Parker 50 Falcon, the pen's future as a very collectable item is further enhanced by its unique and very striking design. A new old stock pen comes along very rarely.