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At «Parker Pen Company» there is a royal permission to exclusive deliveries of handles and ink for the British royal court yard. Members of royal families and heads practically all countries of the world as quality Parker is approved by time use handles Parker, uniqueness and perfection of design do not call doubts.

George Parker's ancestors - spouses William and Mary - in 1636ãîäó have left Dover (a county Kent, England) and have poisoned in New Light - they have settled in New England. More than two hundred years later George Parker's parents in the best traditions of trailblazers in a van have gone from New England on the Average West.

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George Sefford Parker was born in SHalsberge (Wisconsin) on November, 1st, 1863.

In 1880 Parker has started to work at Cable school Velentajna in Dzhejnsville.

To receive an increase to the low salary, George Parker became the "agent" selling perevye the handles, - in the basic pupils and workers of the company «The John Holland Fountain Pen Company». Like many handles of that time, these perevye handles suffered often from technical lacks. Their number concerned: vytekanie ink from the case and a feather, and also insufficient giving of ink to a feather.

Taking to heart each complaint, he considered itself obliged to take the poor-quality handle to pieces, to find out, how it operates, and to try to eliminate a lack. Gradually it could get necessary for repair of handles the tool. But, law has come to light: the more perevyh handles he sold, the bolshee them it repaired quantity. So could not proceed further, and, eventually, George Parker has decided, that it needs to eradicate malfunctions perevyh handles, instead of to eliminate them.

He has understood, that itself already in a status to design more reliable handle. Therefore, having armed with the knowledge and following philosophy «Make something better, and people will buy it» - less than in a year starts to be engaged in business in sphere of manufacture of handles - in 1888 has been created «The Parker Pen Company». The company purpose is creation of an "ideal" pen.

And in 1889 George Parker has received the first patent.

1892 - George Parker and the local expert in insurance U.F.Palmer become partners and register PARKER PEN COMPANY in Dzhejnsville. Palmer has convinced Parker to sell to it half of its share in the patent and the company for 1000 dollars.

On November, 23rd, 1893 George Parker who then was 30 years old, married Martha M.Klements. At them was two son and the daughter - Russell, Kenneth and Virginia.

In 1894 Parker had been invented the bent tube-capillary keeping ink in the handle and preventing their drying. And in 1899 the pen »has been created« besstykovaja. In it there were no the carving joints, all vital details of a pen have been concluded in not folding sleeve, and it has been at all deprived such lack, as course of ink.

In 1905 handle "Giant" personifying the higher symbol of prestige perevyh of handles enters into a fashion. Answer PARKER to the handle-dinosaur was «BLACK GIANT». It was the huge handle supplied sdvizhnym with a cap and smooth bezustupnym by section. It refuelled a pipette and had usual carving connection of the case. She has lived a long life and was very popular up to removal from manufacture in 1921

In days of the First World War when the set of firms was ruined, Parker has stood, thanks to that has witty adapted to new conditions. New handle Trench had the special container for ink granules. Having diluted granules water, the soldier could write the letter home directly in an entrenchment … In 1916 pen Jack Knife - the direct predecessor of handle Parker Duofold most known till this moment has been let out.

Since then many nice pages in history are entered by handle Parker. Dzhakomo Puccini has written handle Parker the well-known opera "Bohemia". Sir Arthur Konan-Dojl, the author of the well-known histories with Bejker-strit, wrote somehow to lord Moulsuortu, a member of board of directors «Parker Pen Company», that in handle Parker Duofold he, at last, has met a related soul.

In 1918 annual turn PARKER PEN COMPANY has exceeded for the first time 1 million dollars.

In 1921 «Parker Pen Company» has let out on the market the largest and brightest achievement - PARKER DUOFOLD (or as it later have nicknamed - BIG RED). This effective handle, with its bright orange strong case, symbolised everything, that meant «roaring the twentieth». It was big, impudent and rather shchegolskoj. It was not only the most attractive handle in the market, but with its price in 7 dollars it was very expensive - much more expensively the average handle offered in the market at that time. It has not frightened buyers, and as a result handle PARKER DUOFOLD has appeared one of the most running handles of 20th years, and the concept «BIG RED» became almost a synonym perevyh handles of that generation. «Parker Pen Company» it has been so assured of production that gave on PARKER DUOFOLD a 25-year-old guarantee.

After workings out and research of 1200 various formulas in 1931 ink «QUINK» has been let out. And in two years handle PARKER VACUMATIC which has become by one more engineering break has been let out. It was distinguished by the refuelling mechanism which kept ink twice more in comparison with PARKER DUOFOLD, unique for time. This handle was the leader of the market of 30th years. It considered George Parker's as masterpiece, the achievement crowning its long career of the leading world manufacturer of handles.

In the same 1933 best New York artist Joseph Platt has received the order for working out of the most recognised trademark of handles PARKER - an effective clip-arrow. Since then the clip-arrow became a part of corporate logo PARKER and a sign of the superiority of its writing means all over the world.

But the end successful 1933 becomes fatal - Russell Parker, son George, was ill and has soon died. It is said that anything for George Parker's all life has not shaken it so deeply, as death of own son. It has strongly changed and became the sad person. Same year he has retired at the age of 70 years.

George Parker has died in the morning on Monday on July, 19th, 1937 in hospital Billings in Chicago.

In the world today there are some companies making the handles. But, perhaps, most known of them - company Parker numbering more of hundred years. Trade mark Parker does not require representation. Handle Parker has left the trace on set of legendary international documents. For example, it had been signed Act of unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan in the Second World War, the Contract on the end of war in Vietnam, and also the Contract on nuclear disarmament between the USSR and the USA which have concluded M.Gorbachev and R.Reagan in 1987. Not without reason Parker name the handle-peacemaker.

Reliability Parker in operation proves to be true a lifelong guarantee. In 1926 of handle Parker as proof of durability threw from edge of the Great canyon and from the plane flying at height of 3000 foots (1000 metres). These effective tricks were a remarkable advertising campaign of new heavy-duty plastic. As a result of its introduction «Parker Pen Company» also began to give to the products a lifelong guarantee.

Thanks to successful use of new ideas in technology and production, company PARKER throughout more than hundred years remained the world leader and is it now. Today handles and accessories PARKER are on sale more, than in 120 countries and actually are handles with which write in all languages. Now handles Parker are made at four various factories in England, France, India and China. Besides, there are separate specialised manufactures of ink and cores.

For maintenance of as much as possible high-grade functioning of handles Parker uses only the best materials and hi-tech processes of their manufacturing. Parker owns patents for two unique materials for furnish. 14Ê Dimonite G - the strong gilt furnish of colour of champagne, from pure gold and nitride of the titan. Furnish Dimonite Z - a flickering covering from weapon metal.

Now Parker Pen Company the enterprise English: it has united with other giant - company The Gillette Company. Handles Parker having undergone more than 100-year-old revolution today - reliable production on which it is possible to rely in any situation. Handles Parker it is pleasant to write, they conveniently settle down in a hand and live the whole eternity. These are handles of excellent design which are well looked, and job with them gives pleasure.