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[Mike Kirk]

Another difficult-to-find Jotter has been scarcely present. One surfaced again, today. I found a Jotter with the following features:

1. Made In UK imprint.
2. “I.|||” imprinted next to that. The capital letter "i" followed by a dot and three vertical lines. This indicates 1^st quarter, 2004.
3. Concave button with Parker’s Script “P” logo imprinted.

 

For this date code, the feature of most interest is the concave button with Script “P” imprint. As a point of reference, Parker used plain, domed buttons from 1954 through 1973 when it introduced the concave button with a Parker “Halo” logo imprinted in the button’s concavity. In the year 2000, Parker began using a domed button again but with the new Script “P” imprint. In 2010, Parker dropped the imprint and continued to use the domed button with no imprint.

 

The year 2004 marked the 50^th anniversary of the introduction of the Parker Jotter. To celebrate this, Parker released anniversary edition pens with NO arrow feathers on the clip in special colors. These pens had the number “50” imprinted on the domed button top. But, it appears Parker produced at least a few typical colored (barrels) pens (i.e. blue, red, black, metal) that year. Perhaps for the retailers to sell (i.e. Staples, Office Max, etc). To properly mark them, Parker continued using the new script “P” logo imprint on the button but brought back the concave button for one year (2004). 2005 is suspect but I will ignore this for clarity.

 

It appears that 2004 is the only year Parker used the Script “P” in a recessed (concave) button. The buttons thereafter sported the Script “P” on a domed button top until the imprint was dropped in 2010. Therefore, the Jotter I found today is…as I said….difficult-to-find.