Gs4 Security: Parker Sonnet

Friday 4 January 2013

Parker Sonnet

Parker introduced the Sonnet line in 1993 as the "writer's pen". The pen has many of the same visual characteristics and size as the landmark Parker 51, introduced in 1941. These include a slip on cap, a modernized, narrower and longer Parker Arrow clip with a cap top ring and plastic jewel, and a similar streamlined shape. Sonnets are all metal construction with a multitude of finishes, where the typical Parker 51 was a metal cap pen with a plastic barrel. Only a few Parker 51 models were all metal construction, including an all gold filled model and a solid 14 karat gold Presidential model.Pulling the cap off reveals a big difference from the 51. The Sonnet is an open nib pen, with both stainless steel and 14 karat gold nibs available in eight different nib types. If you remove the nib and feed unit out of the section, you will see a large and densely finned feed unit, which echoes the feed unit used in the 51. This feed contributes to the Sonnet being a wetter writer, as I have experienced with the Sonnets I have used.