The Parker Pen Company was an American-British manufacturer of luxury pens, founded in 1888 by George Safford Parker in Janesville, Wisconsin. Parker received a patent on his "Lucky Curve" fountain pen feed in 1894. The company's first successful pen was the 1899 Parker Jointless. The Lucky Curve feed was used in various forms until 1928. Like other products of the World War II generation, the Parker "51" was associated with the North American Mustang P-51. The company's headquarters moved to England in 1986. As of 2011, headquarters were again moved to France. Check out Parker's brief history here.
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