Office Furniture Information

Parker Pens at Office Shop Guide

Ballpoint pen – Ballpoint is a pen that has a disposable refill unit consisting of a metal tube containing a thick, greasy, slow–drying ink, with a tiny textured ball at the writing end.

Arrow clip – Clip design used by Parker from 1932 to 1938 and, with variations, from 1948 forward.

Base stamp – An imprint at the base of a nib, for example the star Parker used on some Vacumatic nibs to show a lifetime warranty.

Bullseye – Bullseye is having the appearance of a target with concentric rings, like the iris and pupil of an eye.  For example, the conical “jewel” on the blind cap of a Parker Speedline Vacumatic.

Chevron – A repetitive V shape used as a chasing pattern on early hard rubber pens and, more commonly, on Wahl metal pens.  In addition, a single V–shaped gold stripe on the palladium–plated nibs of some Parker striped Duofolds.

Diamond Medal – A “house brand” used for pens sold by Sears, Roebuck & Company. Diamond Medal pens were made for Sears by several different companies, including Parker and the National Pen Products Company.

Flighter – A style of pen introduced by Parker, with cap and matching barrel of brushed stainless steel to look like an airplane

Harlequin – A repeating pattern of diamonds, frequently in several colors as shown by the Conway Stewart Harlequin pen.  The term is sometimes applied to other repeating patterns, for example, the Parker 45 “Harlequin”.

Instant Ink – A plastic capsule containing an ink pellet introduced in 1959 and designed to permit refilling the Parker 61 when no liquid ink was available.

Jeweler’s band – Jeweler’s band is a cap band with numerous closely spaced parallel grooves around its circumference, with a blank rectangular area on one side for use as indicia.  The band shown on Parker striped Duofold.