Parker Vector Rollerball

[IvoryParker]

What I love about the Parker vector rollerball pen:

 

Being a child of the 1990s the vector rollerball was a hallmark of my adolescence. My teachers and principal used one. These days the Vector rollerball is not frequently seen.

 

Lately I found myself using this pen almost exclusively and I must say that it has really grown on me. Fair enough sometimes you may get a dud refill but the majority of the refills do write quite well. The medium tip lays down a rich dark line. Writing is smooth as silk.

 

The pen is lightweight but needs to be treated with impeccable care to avoid beaking the pen. After a while the pen cap does show signs of becoming loose.

 

A brief search online reflects a plethora of different designs, colors and finishes to suit many preferences. I notice that the Luxor pen company manufactures this pen en masse under the Parker license in India where it appears to have soared in popularity.

 

Surely something is to be said about the Vector being produced since 1986?

[1nkulus]

It is a VFM RB. I prefer the stainless steel version. It is quite robust and does suffer from the cap issue, eventually.

 

Luxor has license agreement with Parker, Waterman and Pilot and is family owned firm.

[JotterAddict62]

I'm not a fan of this model of the Parker Pen inventory. Have a few that I obtained at local auctions that came in the lot

of Parkers that I did want. Now I just trying to sell them at a local area flea market for $2 each. I am a fan of the Jotter

as this was the first good ball point that I had in the early 70's. If you did not have a Jotter you were not cool.

 

Ken

[jmnav]

Surely something is to be said about the Vector being produced since 1986?

 

I remember myself using a Parker Arrow rollerball (Vector's ancestor) some two/three years earlier ("stolen" from my father) and it was the strongest contender against fountain pens in my seek for the "ultimate writing tool". Maybe if the refills weren't so expensive for my early-teens economy back then, I wouldn't be using fountain pens now. Later I used some (fountain pen) Vectors at the Uni. Basically the same but looking "cheaper" than the Arrow the preceded them.