I learn something every day here:
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The $25.00 Kaigelu 316 pens are an homage to the $800ish Parker Duofold not a knockoff and in many respects are considered as good or better than the original.
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When I was a kid fifty years the Parker DuoFold was sort of the Duisenberg of American pens and I’ve always wanted one.
I just shelled out $25 for a blue replica of one.
I remember reading how hard it was and how long it took to fashion the barrel and the nib on the Parker Duofold.
I’m contributing to the exploitation of Communist slave laborers, but for $25 to satisfy a childhood dream, my conscience gets lighter, you know?.
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