"PARKER" pen is the best
By varun_gandhi
@varun_gandhi (1593)
India
34 responses
@khushboo1984 (1257)
• India
3 Nov 06
I too like Parker pens. But, then they are very costly. I cannot afford to write with a parker pen daily. I use a parker pen only during some special occasion or when I want to give a gift to some. I predfer Parker's ink pen to the ballpoint pen.
@philipwu51 (684)
• China
3 Nov 06
I rarely use pen these days, all words are typed by using my computer, but I remember that parker is a great brand for pen, it's expensive, I think people using it to show their status.
@snipermike25 (453)
• Philippines
3 Nov 06
i Agree Isnt like Other Ballpen, Parker Ballpen is a branded Ballpen. i not as ordinary ballpen we see in streets thats easily to broke and the ink. The ink of Parker Ballpen is nice and you used more longer than other ballpen
@bapi_da (760)
• India
2 Nov 06
The Parker Pen Company, founded in 1891 by George Stafford Parker in Janesville, Wisconsin, is best known for making pens that are among the most prestigious and collectible in the world.George Parker, the founder, had previously been a sales agent for the John Holland Gold Pen Company. He received his first fountain pen related patent in 1889. In 1894 Parker received a patent on his "Lucky Curve" feed, which was claimed to draw excess ink back into the pen body when the pen was not in use. The Lucky Curve feed was used in various forms until 1928.
From the 1920s to the 1960s, up until the ascendance of the ballpoint pen, Parker was either number one or number two in worldwide writing instrument sales. In 1931 Parker created Quink "quick drying ink" which eliminated the need for blotting and led to the development of the most widely used model of fountain pen in history (over $400 million worth of sales in its 30 year history) the Parker 51. Manufacturing facilities were set up over the years in Canada, England, Denmark, France, Mexico, and Argentina. Parker pens were frequently selected (often as favorite pens of the signers) to sign important documents such as the World War II armistices, and commemorative editions were sometimes offered.
In 1976 Parker acquired Manpower just as the temporary staffing market was surging. In time Manpower provided more revenue than the pen business.
A management buyout in 1987 moved the company headquarters to Newhaven, East Sussex, England which was the original location of the Valentine Pen Company previously acquired by Parker. In 1993 Parker was acquired by the Gillette Company, which already owned the PaperMate brand, one of the best-selling disposable ballpoints. Gillette sold the writing instruments division in 2000 to Newell Rubbermaid, whose own Stationery Division, Sanford, became the largest in the world owning such brand names as Rotring, Sharpie, Reynolds as well as Parker, PaperMate, Waterman and Liquid Paper.Key models in the company's history include: Jointless (1899), Jack Knife Safety (1909), Duofold (1921), Vacumatic (1932), 51 (1941), Jotter (1954), 61 (1956), 75 (1964), Duofold International (1987), and Sonnet (1993).