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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    This is my Take, although this question sounds funny to me,

    The history tell us Parker is Famous for 120 years,
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNCaq_ici78

    And then the Sheaffer History says it is famous for it's timeless Iconic brand. ( This video talks better when viewing this )
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o75FbV71mw4.
    Not looking at any revenue they generated, but the foot-prints they left in innovation of creating tools to write in many more levels they were both famous.
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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    I stated a fact.

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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    Quote Originally Posted by Farmboy View Post
    I stated a fact.
    Don't hold your breath waiting for a gold star, though I, for one, appreciated your fact.
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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    In most cases I prefer silver over gold and I always prefer silver over gold filled.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Farmboy View Post
    In most cases I prefer silver over gold and I always prefer silver over gold filled.
    You chose... unwisely.
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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    Thank you all for answering. One more question, is Parker more famous than Cross too?

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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    Quote Originally Posted by Anonymous0332 View Post
    Thank you all for answering. One more question, is Parker more famous than Cross too?
    It might be good to introduce yourself in the new members section (also to ensure we are not talking with a Bot )

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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    Quote Originally Posted by penwash View Post

    Sheaffer lost a lot of mindshare to Schaeffer, Shaeffer, Schafer, and Shaffer.
    And continues to do so.
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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    Quote Originally Posted by Anonymous0332 View Post
    Thank you all for answering. One more question, is Parker more famous than Cross too?
    Yes
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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    Quote Originally Posted by Pterodactylus View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Anonymous0332 View Post
    Thank you all for answering. One more question, is Parker more famous than Cross too?
    It might be good to introduce yourself in the new members section (also to ensure we are not talking with a Bot )
    It'll be nice to be exposed taking the Anonymous mask off and showing yourself who you are ( introducing ) . No one here wants do ink throwing to your face. nor to your face , We don't waste ink we use it to good use.
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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    My hunch, same as my answer on FPN, is Parker. George S. Parker worked hard at making and keeping Parker a global pen company, with major design and factory spots in Wisconsin, USA, and Newhaven ("England"). Sheaffer nearly died when BiC owned it, and seems to exist today in a spot inside Cross HQ. If Farmboy is right that Parker's sales were at slightly less than $2.5 billion, then it is a sizable company.

    Or...was $2.5 billion a joking figure when the real number might be much less? Best I remember, maybe from Parker Penography, the company had about $450 million in the mid-1970's, when the Parker family sold the pen business to the Newhaven managers. Wherever I read that number, the writer said that the Parker family wanted to keep a temporary employment agency (Manpower?) as the pen business had been stagnating.

    Last time I looked at a Newell annual report, there was a feature on Parker selling up-scaled modern Duofolds in China, but no revenue numbers.

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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    I'm not a bot. I just want to know which pen brand would be the more iconic one for my mom to present as a gift to some high ranking officials.
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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    Quote Originally Posted by Anonymous0332 View Post
    I'm not a bot. I just want to know which pen brand would be the more iconic one for my mom to present as a gift to some high ranking officials.
    You could have stated that right at the beginning. And the answer would probably be Montblanc.
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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    I'm only comparing between these 3 affordable brands - Parker, Sheaffer and Cross. So Montblanc is out of the option.

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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    Quote Originally Posted by Anonymous0332 View Post
    I'm only comparing between these 3 affordable brands - Parker, Sheaffer and Cross. So Montblanc is out of the option.
    I see, understood. The information is coming out in little bits and pieces! I'm certain you can find something in the right price range for any line. Maybe it would make a difference it we knew what part of the world you are in? Anyway, Parker would be a safe choice, though take a look at Cross, who have some very nicely presented metal pens, which may appear a bit more elegant. Good luck!
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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    You should take into consideration what type of person to whom you intend to make this gift. Is the gift designed to tell a story about you or about the recipient?

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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    Quote Originally Posted by Anonymous0332 View Post
    I'm only comparing between these 3 affordable brands - Parker, Sheaffer and Cross. So Montblanc is out of the option.
    You can then use a " MontBlanc China " If you are running after a famous Name and at the same time an affordable pen.
    They also use the ink to write with. There are pens called Jinhoa. There are Ones called WINsung, and many more dragon pens.

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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    What is the most famous pen brand worldwide?

    Of those that make 'fine' pens, my first guess would be either Parker or Pilot. It isn't, of course, their 'fine' pens that they are best known for.

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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    Is or was? Sheaffer was always shaking up the pen world with innovative designs. Balance, Triumph nibs, plunger filler, cartridges/converter filled pens.... But today Sheaffer is a "has been" and has been since they were sold to Cross in 2015. The product is no where near as good as what it was when the Legacy and Connaisseurs were being made. Parker has the edge today, but not by much. The Duofold is still a decent pen, but the brand is sliding in quality, and has hit a new low with the latest pen to bear the name "51."

    My answer would be "neither." I'd buy a Pelikan.

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    Default Re: Which is the more famous pen brand, Parker or Sheaffer?

    I’d say Parker had the name. Something of its past glory remain. The average Sheaffer was probably a better pen, yet next to nothing remains of Sheaffer.

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