Update of 04-24-2000

LTW's corner

Many of you have written to me and I wanted to say thanks for caring enough to take the time to do so. Your compliments and kind words of encouragement on this project gives me an indication that my effort has been worthwhile.

Some of you have also suggested that I take this information and publish it into book form. If you would like to see this happen, please drop me an email. I am curious to find out how much you would be highest price you would be willing to pay: That will give me an idea what level of quality and finish would be possible.

For this update, I want to express my gratitude to Mr. Terry Bose. As a retired Parker salesperson handling the midwest Terry worked where the action was, as far as Parker 75s was concerned. In fact, he started his career just as the 75s were being introduced. As a result of his generosity, I have had the privilege to see the documents he accumulated over the 30+ years he worked at Parker. Much of the additional content I am sharing with you in this month's update comes from the access he granted me.

To those of you curious what new things will appear on this website, I am thinking of creating a section which will become an exchange forum for the buying, selling, and trading of Parker 75 pens, accessories, ephemera, etc. Do you think this would be a useful addition? Drop me email to tell me what you think.

Thanks for visiting!

 

Site Updates prior to 04-25-2000

 

Apr 24, 2000

Added Tiffany solid 14K gold crosshatch grid.
Correction made on comments about the last section used which changed
  the gripping areas into the shape of teardrops. I originally gave the
  impression this happened during the middle years of production. Actually
  it was more towards the end of the production years.
Added 1978 & 79 prices for the sterling crosshatch.
Added 14K nib guide brochure and updated nib size table.
Updated section on the Spanish Treasure Fleet including complete packaging,
  replica doubloon package with close-ups of the front and back of the coin itself,
  and added details for the authenticity certificate sheet.
Update section on the Presidential pen including complete packaging.
Interesting fact about special 75 FPs with titanium nibs which Nixon took with
  him on his historic trip to China.
Interesting fact about the Keepsake and the Vietnam Peace agreement.
Added new page about pens used to sign the Intermediate-range Nuclear
  Forces Treaty.

 

Mar 18, 2000

Added National Geography issues from May 1965 and Dec 1971.
Added newly found information about commercial launch of the crosshatch grid.
Added new information about sections, including a picture of a clear section.
Added new information about Grain d'Orge and the image detail of 30-micron
  engraving.
Added pricing information from 1977 Parker sales catalog for sterling
  crosshatch grid, Presidential, Flighter, Imperial, and RMS Queen Elizabeth.
Added close-up of Imperial.
Described the Parker Premier line which can take the same section as the 75.
Added newly-found etched 75 cap tassie.
Added detail of vermeil crosshatch grid cap band engraving.
I also state my opinion on how the unknown patterns came to existence.

 

Feb 17, 2000

Fix for the Netscape incompatibility problems caused by mixed back and forward slash characters in file paths. Netscape requires all paths contain only forward slashes. Also added this new update page, SP Cisele, Flighter, and speckled (brass) Lapis.

 

Feb 02. 2000

Initial public release of this website.