Originally Posted by
welch
I was given a Parker 45 for Christmas, 1960, when I was in 7th grade. It came with a metal squeeze converter like the converter labeled "1969 - 77" above. It also used cartridges. I filled the converter every morning with Sheaffer Washable Black or Blue-Black, and carried a couple of Parker cartridges just in case.
Sheaffer had offered a cartridge-only school pen for a couple of years -- we used them in 4th grade. Parker, as far as I know, offered the first successful cartridge - converter fountain pen.
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