120 Years of Parker 

Used a Parker Jotter in my university days, and a two-tone remains with me for business use today. It will be pass onto to the next generation without doubt.

Right now, I have a Parker Jotter which is made in France. Though Parker pens are no longer produced in the U.S.A., at least the quality still remains the same (most users and collectors would disagree, that's understandable). For me, I don't mind using a France-made Jotter; its ink writes so smoothly I don't need to press the pen too hard on the paper surface. Parker Jotters are quite costly here in the Philippines, but they're worth buying nevertheless.😊

My continued love affair with fountain pens began with watching my dad write and fill out crosswords using his Parker 45. I have owned far more pens than he, including a wide range of Parkers. Sad when any brand dies. This one inspired so many among us.

They forgot to include his first partner William Palmer, who invested $1000 and helped establish the company. At first he was a silent partner, but then quit his job as an insurance salesman and joined the company. He retired in 1929.

Thanks for sharing this very unique historical material, so brilliantly assembled. Greetings from a Parker admirer, writing from the sunny Brazil!

My mother worked at Parker pen in Janesville during the early 1950’s.

Magnifica marca de bolígrafos y plumas estilográficas. 👍

Very interesting! I often wonder if there are living descendents of the brilliant George Safford Parker? If there are then no doubt they must be very proud of their ancestor.

Very well done chronology - I'm thankful to own some of Parker's earliest innovations, which never fail to deliver; thank you for posting this, Andrew :)

Our Maggie ❤ thanks for uploading.

Thanks so much for uploading this, i learned a lot! Loved the owl :D

i have many parkers usa and uk 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

Its so sad that Parkers are not made in the USA. I miss the old Duofolds and 51s. The new ones made in France and China cannot match the originals.

ecelente marca e historia del fundador

PARKER & Ray Ban where Made in USA at one time, now none of them bear their country of origin...

i wonder if the people singing have4 seen this recently reminded me of my middle school concert ;) i wonder if the evidence is still out there

Tacher: Winston Churchill used a Parker. Not Conway Stewart.

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1978 to 2018

Interesting

Okay, but the 51 isn't the best fountain pen ever made. It's an amazing and somewhat affordable pen, but each pen has its own use. I wouldn't use a 51 for flourish or for signing. I'd use it for note-taking and with copy paper. But a Pelikan 400NN with an oblique nib is my go-to pen for nearly everything. And a MB149 for when I'm feeling myself. I'd like to try out a Pineider someday.

USA should leverage buyout parker back to USA.

newell rubermaid no valora eso como que no valoran la marca o la raiz de la marca se ve cerrando en janesville wisconsin usa y new haven uk hoy en dia nada que ver son mas inacesibles y sus repuestos carisimos

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I was enjoying that right up to the moment that Thatcher appeared!

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Yes Margaret tacher visit parker pen uk parker is american and british pen

Dad get off my recommended

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Jotter

gorbachok el comunista usaba parker capitalista jejejeje viva el capitalismo