Parker Jotter
Mar 18, 2021 10:04:35 #
Mar 18, 2021 10:16:57 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Came as a set or purchase separately. Somewhere in my pen collection I have a Parker 21 fountain pen and my wife bought me a Parker 51 sterling silver fountain pen. I used only green ink it it. Do you remember who else used only green ink?
They came as a set.
As far as I know you can still buy them down here.
I have 3 Jotter ball points though.
I bought the first one in 2005... I cant remember if it was the "set"
or if the 2005 pen was bought alone.
All three have had French fine point refills which work great.
I misplaced the pens a couple of times and bought replacements,
only to find all the missing pens later... winding up with a constellation
of 4 units... including the mechanical pencil in the photo.
Mar 18, 2021 10:18:49 #
Mar 18, 2021 11:07:12 #
yssirk123 wrote:
Mine, also. I have had one or another since high school and that goes back to the late 1950s. When in HS, one of my dumbass classmates thought it would be a good idea to get hold of the pen and throw it around the room to his sh*thead buddies. They finally broke it. It had a plastic barrel. The one I have now is the stainless steel model, like the one in the photo. My favorite pen - Nice!
BTW, I have never been to any of my HS reunions.
Mar 18, 2021 11:07:20 #
Longshadow wrote:
I could never understand the "T-Ball" jotter...
(I still have my Parker 61 and a stainless Jotter.)
(I still have my Parker 61 and a stainless Jotter.)
I think it has to do with the ball being made of titanium.
Mar 18, 2021 12:55:32 #
Robertven wrote:
I think it has to do with the ball being made of titanium.
That would be a good reason...
Never knew/thought of that.
Mar 18, 2021 13:50:59 #
Leo_B
Loc: Houston suburb
In the 1990's we owned an office products store and had a small inner shop called The Pen Place. Parker was my favorite line. We also sold Pelikan, Waterman, Shaeffer, Rotring, Cross and also had Mont Blanc for the ignorant lawyers and snobs.
Mar 18, 2021 14:45:45 #
Abo wrote:
Parker "Jotters"... ball point and mechanical pencil.
Wow, thanks for the memories. I had a set, but used my Parker 21 fountain pen most of the time. It carried me through my college days.
Mar 18, 2021 17:34:26 #
davyboy
Loc: Anoka Mn.
Abo wrote:
Parker "Jotters"... ball point and mechanical pencil.
I still use a dark blue one from 20 years ago! No other pen can match it!
Mar 18, 2021 17:36:01 #
SteveFranz
Loc: Durham, NC
Longshadow wrote:
I could never understand the "T-Ball" jotter...
(I still have my Parker 61 and a stainless Jotter.)
(I still have my Parker 61 and a stainless Jotter.)
Dredging up a very old memory, the T ball jotter refers to the ball in the ball pen ink cartridge. It was textured so it would (presumably) do a better job of getting ink on the paper. Less chance of skipping.
Mar 18, 2021 18:06:19 #
I used ones like these for decades. A truly great set although they were a bit difficult to hold on to.
Mar 18, 2021 18:19:27 #
I remember the pens being called "T-Ball Jotters". I still have a few that work!
Mar 18, 2021 18:20:30 #
Abo wrote:
Parker "Jotters"... ball point and mechanical pencil.
I don't use pens like this anymore - they are slippery and hard to hold on a hot humid day. I go for the ones with rubber-like grips.
Mar 18, 2021 21:07:08 #
pacman
Loc: Toowoomba, Qld, Australia.
Same with Commonwealth Bank of Australia auditors up until at least the mid-70's. Not sure of procedures in these modern times.
Mar 18, 2021 21:11:49 #
pacman
Loc: Toowoomba, Qld, Australia.
twosummers wrote:
When I was a local authority auditor we used green ink - the only ones allowed to use that colour
Same as Commonwealth Bank of Australia auditors up until at least the mid-70's.
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