New Parker Jotter Models 2016

[Drone]

The Jotter in my photo on the left side, has no clip at all, I think it might have left the factory like that, as the metal that would hold the clip on has not been 'formed' over. Don't know if that's unusual.

 

Parker made clipless "Lady" Jotters in various finishes and colors. See a picture with a couple of them in Post #8 here:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/12769-parker-tiaras-and-saccharine-dispenser/?do=findComment&comment=117526

[Mike 59]

Hi, I think this Jotter is just an ordinary one that missed out on it's clip.

The metal is there which would have been rolled over the clip, but I can only guess that it missed out on that stage of production.

I can't see how the clip could have fallen off!

Edited June 9, 2017 by Mike 59

[mitto]

I have seen the clip on Jotter falling off more than once.

[rowdy]

Usually the clip falls off on the pre-1983 Jotters. In 1983 they re-vamped the Jotter (plastic thick threads), and goofy shaped point protector. Post 1983 Jotters have the clip spot welded onto the pen. I believe prior they were push fit.

 

Best

 

Rowdy

[Flounder]

Yep, the only old-style metal threads Jotter I tried had a clip that slid straight off.

[Mike 59]

Hi, From all the above comments, it appears that my (1980s) Jotter did have a clip which has fallen off at a some point.

So it has lost 2 parts, the clip and a trim part that would have been above the clip to hold it on.

I do have a cap with clip from another broken Jotter, so I will swap the clip over, possibly fix it on with a thin layer of epoxy.

This is the only Jotter I've owned where this has happened.

[Flounder]

Not to derail the thread too much, but on the subject of clips, I can't think of any parker with a spring mounted clip?

[hood]

The Parker 100 has a spring loaded clip, and I believe the Profile did too although I've never had one to say definitively.

[hood]

Oh and the Parker 105.

[Flounder]

Thanks Hood, for expanding my Parker nerdery into new territory!

 

I'd never even heard of the 105 and am now reading up on it (strange looking beast!). I wonder if that clip was similar to certain Sheaffers, where the spring action was really the cap itself flexing at the H shaped cutout around which the clip tabs were bent, rather than employing a separate spring?

[hood]

It does look like the kind of clip that's attached like that, but these are pretty solidly made and there is definitely rotation happening when you pull the clip up, which hopefully shows in these pictures.

 

 

 

If nothing else, you might pick out the slight tide mark rising away from the cap in the second shot - must remember to lift the clip next time I'm cleaning this one!