Parker Jotter Ballpoint Pen | Kensington Red | Medium Point Blue Ink

Brilliant item

It is good quality and good value.

Great pen

In terms of writing it writes nice but the pen itself is quite slippy

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.

Always a decent product

Usual parker standard.

I am very picky with pens, but this is an absolutely amazing pen. My favourite one by far. The physical structure is what is truly amazing. It has a good balance of weight, length, barrel diameter, and style. The weight is equally distributed throughout the body, which is good for me personally because it lessens cramping after a long writing session. As for the barrel diameter, unlike other pens I've had, which are either too skinny or too fat, this is just right. It's very comfortable in my hand, easy to handle and work with and it encourages me to use a light touch, though the pen doesn't really require much pressure for it to work anyway. The style is just beautiful, with great choice of colours too. The writing is smooth and even and it doesn't smudge either (unlike some ballpoint pens I've noticed do). I like the retractable aspect as well, since I tend to misplace pen caps so that's a plus for me.