The other option for a Parker fountain pen is to use a bottle of Parker Quink and your converter. You draw up the ink by screwing or pulling up the converter and wipe the nib clean with a lint free cloth.

Parker Quink cartridges come with a small ink reserve which allows you to continue writing just when you think you are stuck.

Parker Roller ball Refills

Parker roller ball refills have enough ink to write for around 1000 metres and come in 4 colors, black, blue, red and green. Quink roller ball refills are easily replaced by simply unscrewing the body of your Parker roller ball and inserting the new one.

Parker ball point refills

Parker ball point refills offer the choice of 3 colors including black, red and blue. Parker also supply a gel ink refill for a smoother writing performance and changing your refills are a simple matter of sliding out the old refill and replacing it with the new Parker ball point refill.

Parker multi-pen refill

The Parker multi-pen refill offers the possibility of turning your Parker pen into a fine lead pencil, highlighter, PDA stylus or a conventional ball point pen. Replacing the refill just involves pushing your new Parker pen refill in until you feel a click.

Parker Quink

Parker Quink has a fine reputation amongst pen lovers and has been sold since 1931 and was designed to dry quickly on paper, hence the name “Quink” being an amalgamation of “quick” and “ink”.

Regardless of which Parker refill you need you can rest assured that Parker pen refills, being an extension of the Parker pen itself, are top quality pen refills.

What exactly does Parker do to earn this high level of respect and customer loyalty? The answer is in several places and not necessarily where one would expect to find them.

One of the perks to a Parker is simply in the customizable nature of the pen. Parker makes sure that their customers’ preferences are met at every turn starting with the nib which includes stainless steel nibs to solid gold nibs.

For those who prefer a “softer touch” the solid gold nib is really the way to go. It’s pricier, but for those with an eye for detail will notice your pen right off and would no doubt not fail to take note of your pen. For those with a heavier hand it’s recommended you go with a stainless or gold plated nib. These write “harder” but are more utilitarian and provide a much more durable utensil.

Customizable shafts are another part of the Parker secret to success. While they currently offer 11 different styles of pen shaft, each one is decidedly Parker and goes a long ways towards showing that you are a member of an exclusive club- nearly a secret society. Parker fountain pen enthusiasts don’t advertise it on t-shirts, but they do recognize another user when they see the pen come out. New Parker owners are surprised to find themselves in “pen conversations” all the time.

Another, and probably one of the most important aspects of the Parker Sonnet fountain pen series is the opportunity for becoming an heirloom. These pens are built to last and like so many other heirlooms of the bygone eras, they have an intrinsic value to them that harkens back to the days of pocket watches and cameos.

The Parker Sonnet series carries on that type of style and tradition while utilizing the newest technology in mechanics and metallurgy. Parker Sonnet fountain pens do all of these things and provide a stable, dependable and elegant writing instrument.

Parker Fountain Pens

They have long been a top name in writing utensils making Parker fountain pens one of the most recognizable pens by people who use pens. That might sound like a silly statement until your lawyer pulls out a $.99 Bic and you wonder exactly how successful a lawyer you’ve hired.

Parker Fountain Pen

The Parker fountain pen holds a special place in the eyes of nearly everyone who owns one. They are more than a throwback to a bygone era; fountain pens are a luxury item that exudes elegance and a special form of aristocracy found in business and academia. A fountain pen screams class and success. And Parker fountain pens make a special statement about who you are and your ambitions and values.

Parker fountain pens are some of the best as regards quality, style and value. Parker manufactures some of the highest precision fountain pens on the market today. For the Parker pen company it’s more of an art than a production process. Parker offers a level of customization that is unheard of in the rest of the market. From nib to barrel, they offer several choices to customize your writing experience. Barrel finishes range from a nice chrome to a black lacquer with gold finish. For a gift this can’t be beat. Each order comes with five replacement cartridges and a gift box for storage.

Cleaning Your Fountain Pen

It’s important that you care for your fountain pen by cleaning it at least monthly but this will depend on use. Taking it apart and flushing it with water is probably one of the best things you can do to insure that your nib will remain plug free. It is recommended that you use two parts water to one part house hold ammonia when cleaning your pens. While this is a good idea, make sure your pen is not made form aluminum. Ammonia and aluminum do not mix well, or maybe a little too well. Ammonia dissolves aluminum.

An alternative is diluted bleach or just plain hot water- just use a lot of it. A simple ear syringe can be used to get a deep down clean. Another and cleaner option is to have your pen distributor or local pen shop clean it for you on a regular basis. Either way you decide, make sure that you maintain your fountain pen cleaning schedule and your pen will never fail you. Happy writing and if you’re thinking about a Parker fountain pen, you’re definitely looking at a lifelong companion who will never borrow $3 for coffee.

Parker 51 fountain pen

The Parker 51 fountain pen is one of the most successful fountain pens of all time and it followed the development of Quink(the quick drying ink) which removed the need for blotting paper.
Parker pens have had some illustrious roles in history such as the signing of the armistice after the second world war.

Some of the most famous Parker fountain pens have been the Parker 51, the Parker Duofold, the Vacumatic, the Jotter, the Classic, the Vector, the Sonnet and the Parker 100.

Parker Premier

The Parker Premier is one of the newest Parker fountain pens on the market and it is finished with 23 karat gold plate trim and has a solid gold nib. It is finished with many layers of lacquer and is manually assembled and inspected.
The Parker Premier is a stunning pen which comes in 4 sizes and the famous Parker arrow is decorated with 18 karat-750 pure gold.
It is available in deep black lacquer with silver trims, deep black lacquer with gold trims, tartan chiselling with deep black lacquer and graduated chiselling with silver trims.

Parker Sonnet

The Parker Sonnet comes in four different finishes..cisele sterling silver, chiselled chocolate, chiselled carbon and chiselled gold lustre. The nib is a solid gold nib (some of the models have rhodium highlights) and there are 8 sizes to choose from.
It features an extra wide cap band and the cisele is based on a design from an English snuff box from the 17th century.
The trim is made of 23 karat gold plated material and the nib is 18 karat gold.

Parker Duofold Fountain Pens

“Duo” was a word which was common in marketing circles of the time and the modern equivalent would be “mega”. It sought to connote the excellence of the Duofold over it’s market competitors and was a big pen in many ways(price wise and size wise at 5.5 inches for the original Senior Duofold)

The Duofold was made from a shiny hard rubber which was followed in 1926 when Parker introduced the Duofold made with an “unbreakable Permanite” which was a type of plastic made by DuPont for Parker.

In the 1930s Parker changed the design of the Duofold slightly by replacing the by now familiar flat top style with tapered ends and Duofolds remained in production until the 1960s.

In 1988 Parker made the Duofold Centennial series of pens and the Duofold International thereafter.

The Duofold fountain pen catapulted Parker into market leadership and most of this success was attributable to the bold two tone color scheme that Parker offered it’s Duofold buyers as up to this point most fountain pens were offered in fairly staid colors such as black. The Duofold had a large button ink filling mechanism which started off in the early days being finished with hard red rubber and black rubber ends.

Until the introduction of the Permanite referred to above the pen was only available in red and black but the use of the Permanite allowed Parker to broaden the range of colors and some of these later became much sought after; colors such as the Lapis Lazuli Blue and Mandarin Yellow. (Parker did introduce a jade green pen prior to this but called them “Jade pens” and had none of the characteristic features of the Duofold.

Black lined pearl was introduced in 1928 and in 1929 Parker pushed the envelope and introduced the more streamlined pens with tapered ends and offered them in an extended range of colors such as green and pearl, green and black and burgundy.

Duofolds were succeeded by the Vacumatic. Duofolds are reliable, workmanlike pens and the models particularly sought after are the duofolds with flexible, italic or broad spearhead feeds and duofold imprinted nibs.