Parker Fountain Pen

Parker Fountain Pen

Sometime in 1879 salesman Lewis Waterman lost a sale and founded an empire. The improved fountain pen he pioneered made fortunes made for him and many others before succumbing to another innovation- the ball point pen- in the 1940s. Today, the Waterman fountain pen is again in demand, this tiem with a growing number of collectors.Prior to the development of portable fountain pens, people carried quill-type pens and traveling inkwells. Around 2875 someone- who, we are not certain- thought up the idea of a self-inking portable pen. Most of these very early pens were unsatisfactory, blotting, leaking badly or otherwise short lived. Fewpens produced prior to about 1890 have survived. If you find one, you have a valuable collector's item.Around 1879, Lewis Waterman, a 45-year-old insurance salesman, had an appointment with a very important prospect for a substantial insurance policy. On the way to the meeting, he decided to buy one of the new fountain pens that had come onto the market. His prospect agreed to take the policy, but when Waterman handed him the pen, all it would do was blot, and so with no signature, no policy.

Parker Fountain Pen

 Parker Fountain Pen

 Parker Fountain Pen

 Parker Fountain Pen

 Parker Fountain Pen

 Parker Fountain Pen

 Parker Fountain Pen

 Parker Fountain Pen

 Parker Fountain Pen