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I just bought this 1985 vintage UK-made Parker Jotter ballpoint. I bought it on a whim just because I happen to really like its color. But the minute I arrived home, I noticed that the clip has an unusual feature that so far I haven't seen on any other pen: the clip arrow has no feather up top!

 

Anyone has a pen like this? Has any one seen one before?

 

Really intrigued as to why it is missing such a feature.

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It looks like the clip wasn't stamped, used and not caught by quality control.

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It looks like the clip wasn't stamped, used and not caught by quality control.

That seems to be the case. I once heard from a former Parker employee that sometimes the stamping machines wore off and some pens had faint or non-existent stampings as a result.

 

Anyway, gotta tell you it looks a tiny bit more similar to the original 50's Jotter, so not bad at all.

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I like the barrel color too.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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Turns out, this pen wasn't made in 1985 as I originally assumed. It was manufactured in 2005 and is part of a limited edition batch celebrating the Jotter's 50th anniversary, hence the featherless clip.

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Yeah, that's the sole reason I went for this pen. Do you own any Jotter bp's?

Just modern Jotters.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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I agree, I bought several of the limited edition anniversary jotters and none had feathers on the clips

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Marketing. Reinventing the wheel.

 

Agrred. But they keep all of us falling for it! :lticaptd:

 

I agree, I bought several of the limited edition anniversary jotters and none had feathers on the clips

Do you happen to know what colors were available? I've been unable to track another one for sale, so far.

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Here are two that I picked up a few years back.

 

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Top ---The brass sleeve pulls down past the barrel. It does not come off.

 

Bottom --- An experimental clip?

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Here are two that I picked up a few years back.

 

Zhzfvac.jpg

 

TgOrc5c.jpg

 

Top ---The brass sleeve pulls down past the barrel. It does not come off.

 

Bottom --- An experimental clip?

Gorgeous pens! If am not mistaken, the clip on the bottom one is just like the very first edition Jotters that came about in the mid 50's. But the metal tip on the barrel came later.

 

As for the top one, never seen one like it. Looks pretty nice. Could it be a place to put personalization over it, like the Sheaffers of that era?

 

Awesome finds!

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Does the clicker has the Parker logo on top?

No, dome top '58-'70 style. Cap does have the Parker imprint on the it.

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Agrred. But they keep all of us falling for it! :lticaptd:

 

Do you happen to know what colors were available? I've been unable to track another one for sale, so far.

Metallic grey barrel,metallic blue, and sterling silver overlay on black

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