Re: Some help please - When was the first Parker ink cartridge made.
All my Sheaffer school pens write better than any of my Parker 45s. This was surprising.
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I think these are the first Parker ( Eversharp ) fountain pen refills made.
Any comments please
Re: Some help please - When was the first Parker ink cartridge made.
I remember "Tap-Tank" on the first cartridges I got for my new Parker 45, December, 1960. I must have had a US-made P-45, probably bought at the pen counter of The Hecht Company, a department store in Washington, DC. Cartridges and Quink must have been made in Wisconsin.
Re: Some help please - When was the first Parker ink cartridge made.
The price is definitely 1960s.
Re: Some help please - When was the first Parker ink cartridge made.
Many thanks to Welch and as always, pajaro.
I now am sure the first ' Parker ' ( Eversharp ) cartridges released for sale were in the third part of 1960.
Whilst the first Parker ink converters were developed before this date but they were never released for sale - Patent issues with Eversharp original.
Re: Some help please - When was the first Parker ink cartridge made.
This thread confirms what I suspected about my Parker 45. I thought it must have been produced around the same time that cartridges were introduced because of the inclusion of a demonstration cartridge unit along with a full cartridge.
Re: Some help please - When was the first Parker ink cartridge made.
Krazy Ivan,
I am please that you realised the significance of my post.
( Most would think it was of not important at all )
As you thought the P45 was released with the new cartridge – October – ish 1960.
I was trying to get my head around a different problem.
If Parker ( Janesville ) had a initial production run of P51 C/C ‘s in 1958 why did they not released them before 1961.
The answer is complex, but I now have it.
In short Parker was developing with ‘ borrowed ‘ Eversharp technology
What I did not realise is P51 C/C were released in 4 different versions at different intervals, 1961 / 1962 – 4 different branding of the same pens.
Cartridge only – no chalk marks. ( Pre Chalk Marks )
Cartridge only – Diamond chalk marks ( Earliest chalks marks )
Cartridge only – ‘CARTRIDGE’ chalk marks ( First standard chalk marks )
Full C/C , both cartridge and ink converter – ‘CONVERTIBLE’ chalk marks
The above is a result of a collaboration between 4 Parker collectors ( only one is here on this forum )
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Was sent these images today by other Parker collector.
They are net lifts.
Have asked jos for copies of Parkergrams of June 1960 & August 1960.( PM )
I think most Parker archive researchers missed something.
This pen was made long before the P45, it is just too primitive for 1958-60 Parker development.