What Does The I.m. Of A Parker I.m. Mean?

[glindauer]

My wife has a Parker I.M. Fountain pen, and she asked me what the I.M. stood for. After searching here, googling online, and looking at ParkerPens.net (I thought sure I'd find the answer there), I was stuck.

 

I'm a man, so I was loathe to ask.

 

But now, here I am! So... what does I.M. mean?

 

Greg

[algabatz]

My wife has a Parker I.M. Fountain pen, and she asked me what the I.M. stood for. After searching here, googling online, and looking at ParkerPens.net (I thought sure I'd find the answer there), I was stuck.

 

I'm a man, so I was loathe to ask.

 

But now, here I am! So... what does I.M. mean?

 

Greg

 

I remember hearing

 

 

Individual Multifunction

 

but I can't find it on paper anywhere...

/Tony

[Joane]

Is it possibly Italic Medium? What type of nib does it have?

[glindauer]

Is it possibly Italic Medium? What type of nib does it have?

 

It has a medium nib. It actually writes smoothly, with no skipping-- a nice pen for the price.

 

I.M. is the model name.

[Joane]

Is it possibly Italic Medium? What type of nib does it have?

 

It has a medium nib. It actually writes smoothly, with no skipping-- a nice pen for the price.

 

I.M. is the model name.

I see. Where are the letters I.M. written and what do they look like?

[Hangglidernerd]

when your trying to find the answer and can't.

It stands for....

Infinitely Maddening

[Limenweim]

Mine's made in UK, so it's not Indochinese Made for sure. I was thinking along the lines of "I am", an expression of who you are, since the pen name is "Profile" after all. (Full name is Parker IM Profile)

[Ernst Bitterman]

Based on my own experience with it-- "It's Moderatelygood". I had understood that either IM or Profile might be used depending on what market one lived in.

[Bearcat]

International Model

[richardandtracy]

Inspiration Missing.

 

Regards,

 

Richard

[glindauer]

(Full name is Parker IM Profile)

 

Interesting. When I access the Parker website from the U.S. it doesn't mention the Profile name at all. I wonder if one sees a different page from the U.K. or internationally.

[glindauer]

International Model

 

Sounds believable-- is that really what it stands for? I think I'm going to have to write a letter to Parker Pen and ask!

[Fuddlestack]

Imelda Marcos

[kuno]

How about It's Meaningless? I think I got it

[corniche]

Greetings all,

 

You'll be pleased to know that I.M. stands for "Instant Modern." Check out their print catalog- it's alluded to there.

 

BTW, any IM owners out there want to tell me what they think of theirs? I'm toying with the idea of buying one, (either an IM or a 45).

 

All the best,

 

Sean

Edited December 5, 2010 by S. P. Colfer

[Ernst Bitterman]

Greetings all,

 

You'll be pleased to know that I.M. stands for "Instant Modern." Check out their print catalog- it's alluded to there.

 

BTW, any IM owners out there want to tell me what they think of theirs? I'm toying with the idea of buying one, (either an IM or a 45).

 

That's almost as silly as my guess earlier in the thread. Mine is of the previous body pattern, and it's not bad-- I'd rate it as somewhat better than a poor, late example of 45 and very similar in performance to a 25. Nothing to stir the heart, but reliable and smooth.

[corniche]

Greetings all,

 

You'll be pleased to know that I.M. stands for "Instant Modern." Check out their print catalog- it's alluded to there.

 

BTW, any IM owners out there want to tell me what they think of theirs? I'm toying with the idea of buying one, (either an IM or a 45).

 

That's almost as silly as my guess earlier in the thread. Mine is of the previous body pattern, and it's not bad-- I'd rate it as somewhat better than a poor, late example of 45 and very similar in performance to a 25. Nothing to stir the heart, but reliable and smooth.

 

 

Hello Ernst,

 

Thank you for the info- its been a big help.

 

All the best,

 

Sean

[diplomat]

Greetings all,

 

You'll be pleased to know that I.M. stands for "Instant Modern." Check out their print catalog- it's alluded to there.

 

BTW, any IM owners out there want to tell me what they think of theirs? I'm toying with the idea of buying one, (either an IM or a 45).

 

That's almost as silly as my guess earlier in the thread. Mine is of the previous body pattern, and it's not bad-- I'd rate it as somewhat better than a poor, late example of 45 and very similar in performance to a 25. Nothing to stir the heart, but reliable and smooth.

 

 

Hello Ernst,

 

Thank you for the info- its been a big help.

 

All the best,

 

Sean

 

The IM shares the nib/collector unit with the Vector and the Jotter. Not the highest standard in the world in my opinion. Out of five of these pens, only a couple wrote well. The others were skippers and hard starters.

 

Cheers,

[lws]

Greetings all,

 

You'll be pleased to know that I.M. stands for "Instant Modern." Check out their print catalog- it's alluded to there.

 

BTW, any IM owners out there want to tell me what they think of theirs? I'm toying with the idea of buying one, (either an IM or a 45).

 

All the best,

 

Sean

 

My impression was "mediocre". The Flighter version I handled was very heavy; the barrel is a huge hunk of machined brass which I wouldn't want to write with for long. The business end is just a Vector nib, so the writing quality wasn't spectacular either.

 

I'd give it a miss. Grab a S/S Frontier instead.

 

- Lewis.

Edited December 11, 2010 by lws

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