Parker Jotters: Anomaly or Knockoff?

This post features two unknown, unmarked Parker Jotter suspects.

 

They are near identical to the 1973+ Jotters with three distinct differences:

 

1. The buttons are concaved (dished) but do not have the expected halo logo that the post 1973 buttons had.

 

2. There are absolutely no imprints/engravings that identify them as Parkers. No markings whatsoever.

 

3. The thread insert in the cap are plastic (as are 1983+ Jotters) but the thread pitch is somewhere in between the fine threads of the 60's and the coarse threads of the 1983+ Jotters.

 

They function equally as well as the marked Jotters. Difference #3 gives me the most question about origin of these pens. These are the pens closest I've ever seen to the authentic Jotters without proof of experimentation by Parker.

 

Yours to discuss.....

 

Mike Kirk

Edited by Mike Kirk, 06 May 2016 - 07:36 PM.

The suspects are dark blue and dark grey in color.

I'd vote for a knockoff. The barrels are threaded to nearly the end and the arrowhead on the end of the clip is more straight-sided than rounded.

I'd vote for a knockoff. The barrels are threaded to nearly the end and the arrowhead on the end of the clip is more straight-sided than rounded.

I tend to think so. I've only seen a couple of other knockoffs but these two are the most faithful to the original design. Good knockoffs.