PARKERJotter Ballpoint Pen | Bond Street Black with Chrome Trim | Medium Point Blue Ink

The beauty and reliability of Parker is fabulous. These pens and mechanical pencil are just superb. Well made, nice writers, nice to hold and perfect straight out of the box. Good price for 3 too. Highly recommended.

I’ve been writing with this type of Parker pen since I was taught how to write.. many decades ago. I very much like the style, the weight and the grip. Most importantly the durability is generally very good. The metal top end offers very good protection against chewing and general wear. The only historic weakness is the clip, that when I was a schoolboy used to break after a few weeks – these days I’m better able to control my tendencies. I struggle a bit more with two aspects of the modern Parker pens of this type; first, the push button on top is now rounded and polished. For sentimental and aesthetic reasons I prefer the old variant with the sunken rim and Parker logo printed on the button. Yet this more recent variant is probably more hygienic. Secondly, the new painted metal bottom part looks nice but I think the former little chrome band above the tip just gave the pen a more distinguished look. Also metal (aluminium I suppose) has replaced the former plastic bottom part, this enhances durability and prevents the body from scratches in theory. But the spare modern one I have already has paint damage near the tip. Either way, rather than a colour I always have the harder to find plain stainless steel lower body variant that looks a bit more stylish. I’ve always sworn to the finest blue tip.Professionally the most important reason to have this pen is that is looks decent and modestly chic but everyone knows its not outrageously expensive, like a Montblanc pen (while the functionality is similar). This is very important to me as I am in trusted relationship with significant clients and advisors and I can’t afford to come across as sensitive to luxury nor as careless about appearance. Also an expensive pen would be a waste as I tend to lose my Parker pen every other year at meetings or conferences.I was quite pleased to find my favourite Parker pen variant at Amazon, at less than half the price than the various city high-street stationary shops. So I bought 2 of them to be prepared for my next inevitable loss.And of course I highly recommend these pens.

I had a mont blanc for a year £400 ! And put a new refill in it. It always felt scratchy. Did the same with the Parker pen I found and another year on and it’s my favourite pen and not really expensive.

Perfect . Great quality

Very pleased with this pen. It was posted promptly, and sold at a lower price than high street shops.

Great condition, perfect size and write cleanly and clearly with no smudges.

Good

I love these pens - I have bought 2.