|
User Reviews
Send this to a friend
|
| Parker Pens: Parker Pen Company, Parker 51, Duofold, Parker Sonnet, Parker Vector, Parker Vacumatic |
| |
 |
|
| |
Product Description |
|
Chapters: Parker Pen Company, Parker 51, Duofold, Parker Sonnet, Parker Vector, Parker Vacumatic. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Parker Pen Company is a manufacturer of pens, founded in 1888 by George Safford Parker in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. It is currently owned by Newell Rubbermaid. Parker Duofold, ca. 1928George S 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, before the development 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, United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Mexico, USA, Pakistan, India 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. The company bought retailer and catalog company Norm Thompson in 1973, and then sold it off in 1981. In 1976 Parker acquired Manpower just as the temporary staffing market was surging. In time Manpower provided more revenue than the pen business. A 1982 spinoff, Sintered Specialties, Inc., became SSI Technologies, a manufacturer of automot...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=751425
|
Product Details |
 No details are available for this product
|
Video Reviews |
 No video reviews found for this product.
|
Customer Reviews |
 No customer reviews were found for this product. |
Filed under Parker 51 Sales by Terry
Leave a Comment