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...today?  

 

Seriously, a friend asked me where are Parker fountain pens currently made?  I confessed that I had no clue, but knew where to find out.  So, Parker aficionados, where are current Parker pens manufactured?

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1 hour ago, Mr.Rene said:

Others are made in UK too...I do not know France yet...

UK plant closed so did the US one. no word on when the one in Canada closed, my guess?: about 30 seconds after the Can/US free trade agreement was signed...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Pen_Company

 

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Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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30 minutes ago, IThinkIHaveAProblem said:

UK plant closed so did the US one. no word on when the one in Canada closed, my guess?: about 30 seconds after the Can/US free trade agreement was signed...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Pen_Company

 

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The Wiki page says Parker is headquartered in Nantes (France).  One can assume that their primary production facilities are co-located there, and the Silverlifter (above) is correct.

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Mid range parkers are made in china. Parker IM, Urban, and maybe some others.

Duofold, 

Premier, 

Sonnet, 

Jotter,

are all made in France.

The pens made in India by Luxor do include jotters and sonnets but they are stamped "I" for country of manufacture.

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13 hours ago, IThinkIHaveAProblem said:

UK plant closed so did the US one. no word on when the one in Canada closed, my guess?: about 30 seconds after the Can/US free trade agreement was signed...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Pen_Company

 

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Parker used to have their factory at the corner of University Avenue and King Street in Toronto. They were closed well before the FTA or subsequent agreements. Likely the late 1950s...

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4 hours ago, Mike B said:

Parker used to have their factory at the corner of University Avenue and King Street in Toronto. They were closed well before the FTA or subsequent agreements. Likely the late 1950s...

sad.

And while apparently not due to FTA, likely due to the lack of tariffs on US made goods that caused the creation of the factory in the first place. 😕 

 

oh well, at least we still make baby car seats in Ontario... :P https://clekinc.ca (no relation, just a recent customer)

 

 

 

 

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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Tariffs are interesting things, and all too often are either imposed or lifted without a true appreciation of both long and short term consequences.

It would be nice to buy a Parker made in Canada, but it is also nice to be able to pick up one, made in France, for half the price!

And at present I have no need for baby seats…

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well, the good news is you CAN get a Parker made in Canada

the bad news is it'll HAVE to be vintage

 

wait... considering the apparently quality of new/current Parker production... maybe that's not actually a bad thing! :P 

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Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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Vintage is not a problem. The prices are!!!

 

But I do have a very nice Parker '51' in navy grey from the Toronto factory.

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3 minutes ago, Mike B said:

Vintage is not a problem. The prices are!!!

 

But I do have a very nice Parker '51' in navy grey from the Toronto factory.

Navy Grey is one of my "still have to get" colours. 

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I DO have a Navy Grey Demi Special though, and from what I've gathered from Richard Binder's website, the Demi Specials are relatively rare birds... and I'm lucky enough to have two. Navy Grey and Forrest Green (with matching pencil!) :D 

 

(last item at the bottom of the page:)

http://blog.richardspens.com/PenBlog/Sweepings_from_the_Studio/Entries/2012/5/11_Sometimes,_there_just_isnt_enough_space....html

 

 

oh, and yeah, the prices are a little extreme right now, doesn't help that the Canadian Peso is so worthless.

 

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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This is the one I have, next to a regular-sized '51' for comparison.

it is the only Parker pen I use posted.

 

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So- I assume the new Parker 51s are made in France too?

 

Erick

Using right now:

Visconti Voyager 30 "M" nib running Birmingham Streetcar

Jinhao 9019 "EF" nib running Birmingham Railroad Spike

Stipula Adagio "F" nib running Birmingham Violet Sea Snail

Pelikan M1000 "F" nib running Birmingham Sugar Kelp

 

 

 

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The one I have is. And just like the old 45s from France, it comes rather plainly packed. You get the pen and a single cartridge. No instructions and nothing special in the box (although the box itself is quite nice).

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6 minutes ago, Mike B said:

223.thumb.jpg.40c2024a482b7ca1ea75d72fd171545b.jpg

 

This is the one I have, next to a regular-sized '51' for comparison.

it is the only Parker pen I use posted.

 

That's a Dove Grey Demi Vacumatic :)

Navy grey is the greenish greyish colour used on the aero-metrics. (and some rare vacumatics)

I have two cedar blue, one dove grey and one cordovan brown 

I just need a black one to complete the set of all 4 colours they came in :)

I don't post. ever. (except a fisher space pen and a kaweco sport) But I can understand why you would on a Demi Vac.

 

 

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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