Serious? Could it be anymore Cliche?
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I don't know how long GE's been using the name, but Papermate's been making Profile pens for decades. I have some Profile pens from the seventies, and here's an ad for Profile pens from 1964. Do you by any chance know how long GE's been using the name on appliances? It's possible Papermate isn't being as cliche as you think.
Well!
I'll be darned - I thought this was just a cheap pen name they came up with. Mine are quite different to that photo though!
Whether or not Papermate came up with with the Profile line, I don't know. But I do know the font of GE's Profile on its appliances and website looks strikingly similar - so I figured it was a "blatant copy." Now, I don't know!
I'll be darned - I thought this was just a cheap pen name they came up with. Mine are quite different to that photo though!
Whether or not Papermate came up with with the Profile line, I don't know. But I do know the font of GE's Profile on its appliances and website looks strikingly similar - so I figured it was a "blatant copy." Now, I don't know!
You're right about the new line up of pens. They're very different from the older products. To my knowledge Papermate never marketed a truly high end pen. That wasn't really their thing, though they did have some nice ones at one time that could be considered dress pens like those in the picture below. Not so much anymore. Now their entire line up is very casual, with many of their pens being at or near the level of disposable Bic pens. Thank heavens I can still get refills for my old ones since I'd rather not have to stop using them.
I remember when BIC introduced the 5 cent stick pens. My parents always used Sheaffer fountain pens and nice Parker ball points. Now Sheaffer is owned by BIC! Horrors. I liked the small exposed nibs of the Parker fountain pens. The custom at the time was that you never let anyone else use your fountain pen because the gold nib, over time, was worn into the angle at which you held the pen. I found out from a collector of pens that the copper salts in most ink was what hardened the bladder over time. He said the Mont Blanc inks were the safest to use. Does anyone remember emerald green and peacock blue inks? In 5th grade we learned to write with a fountain pen. That was roughly the same time when manufacturers came out with the cartridges of ink for fountain pens. Mother's Sheaffer white dot had a section at the top of the barrel that unscrewed to become part of the pump that moved up and down to draw ink up into the pen. Does anyone remember the bottles of ink with the little well for filling the pens?
Somewhere I have a bottle of Sheaffer Skrip with the well, it's handy when refilling one of my Sheaffer snorkel pens. I think the ink in the bottle is actually Quink that I put in years ago though.
Wasn't Quink the Parker ink?
arbilab
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I used a Sheaffer snorkel in 7th grade. Can't say exactly when it gave way to ballpoint.
firedome
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In Towson MD...
in 3rd grade we got our Schaeffer cartridge ink-pens, remember it well. No ink wells on our desks, though we did have some desks like that in 1st or 2nd grade (1955-6). loved that ink pen, and have hated ball points ever since.
in 3rd grade we got our Schaeffer cartridge ink-pens, remember it well. No ink wells on our desks, though we did have some desks like that in 1st or 2nd grade (1955-6). loved that ink pen, and have hated ball points ever since.
danemodsandy
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My Favorite Pens....
....Are my Parker 45 fountain pen, my Parker Jotter ball-point and the matching Parker mechanical pencil.
They are the stainless finish with black barrels. They were purchased some years ago to rectify a situation that occurred in high school - I received the same set as a present, and took it to school. It was stolen within a couple of days.
What was hard about it was that I had wanted the set for so long and was so happy to have it.
So, years later, I replaced it.
....Are my Parker 45 fountain pen, my Parker Jotter ball-point and the matching Parker mechanical pencil.
They are the stainless finish with black barrels. They were purchased some years ago to rectify a situation that occurred in high school - I received the same set as a present, and took it to school. It was stolen within a couple of days.
What was hard about it was that I had wanted the set for so long and was so happy to have it.
So, years later, I replaced it.
PaperMate pens
PaperMate had many great models of pens over the years, they used car names for some, like Mark II, Ninety Eight (which was actually the price too) Capri, Holiday, maybe others. I had three that got lost over the years, when I took them to work. The last one I bought was a chrome plated one for $5 at a flea market. It was made in Mexico. It has a Power Point jumbo filler in it, writes pretty well, but has to be pumped occasionally. You can write upside down with it too.
Parker and PaperMate were made by Sanford for a while, now Parker is made in England! Good though, and for years they were made in Janesville, Wisconsin. One of my prizes is daddy's old Parker Jotter with the flat clip, still looks pretty good for some 55 years. He left a neat grey and chrome PaperMate Capri behind too. Mom was cleaning out an elderly friends dresser, and found three Lady Capris which I have now. Here's a Holiday with a box, I don't use it because I'll wear the printing off the barrel.
PaperMate had many great models of pens over the years, they used car names for some, like Mark II, Ninety Eight (which was actually the price too) Capri, Holiday, maybe others. I had three that got lost over the years, when I took them to work. The last one I bought was a chrome plated one for $5 at a flea market. It was made in Mexico. It has a Power Point jumbo filler in it, writes pretty well, but has to be pumped occasionally. You can write upside down with it too.
Parker and PaperMate were made by Sanford for a while, now Parker is made in England! Good though, and for years they were made in Janesville, Wisconsin. One of my prizes is daddy's old Parker Jotter with the flat clip, still looks pretty good for some 55 years. He left a neat grey and chrome PaperMate Capri behind too. Mom was cleaning out an elderly friends dresser, and found three Lady Capris which I have now. Here's a Holiday with a box, I don't use it because I'll wear the printing off the barrel.
in 3rd grade we got our Schaeffer cartridge ink-pens, rememb
Same here, 3rd grade when learning to write in cursive, but in Vienna, VA, back in the late 1950s. Must have been a regional thing?
I've always loved cartridge ink pens, ever since. I stopped carrying them when one leaked on an airplane flight. Now I use the gel type that have the same look.
Same here, 3rd grade when learning to write in cursive, but in Vienna, VA, back in the late 1950s. Must have been a regional thing?
I've always loved cartridge ink pens, ever since. I stopped carrying them when one leaked on an airplane flight. Now I use the gel type that have the same look.
I can't remember what grade it was we started writing with a pen but I do remember we started with an ink bottle and "quill" type plastic pen you had to dip into the ink. About half way through the year we were allowed to start using either a fountain or cartridge pen but ball points weren't allowed for some reason till a couple of years later for who knows why.
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Me too
I too started with a dipping pen then moved to an Osmoroid fountain pen. They were an inexpensive brand ideal for the schoolboy. I remember the maintainance man at junior school filling the ink wells on our desks.
Then Biro's were introduced and everything went south, though at prep school we were not allowed to use a Biro, probably considered too cheap. Oh how times change!!
Now I still use a Waterman fountain pen for the good stuff, and lots and lots of gel type pens for everyday.
I too started with a dipping pen then moved to an Osmoroid fountain pen. They were an inexpensive brand ideal for the schoolboy. I remember the maintainance man at junior school filling the ink wells on our desks.
Then Biro's were introduced and everything went south, though at prep school we were not allowed to use a Biro, probably considered too cheap. Oh how times change!!
Now I still use a Waterman fountain pen for the good stuff, and lots and lots of gel type pens for everyday.
