I believe Parker 'ink' pens are now made in France 8-(((
I don't know about their cartridges since I use a refillable (from an ink bottle!) insert-thing, but Quink is also French, according a quick glance under the bottle.
In message , Frank Erskine writes
Le sabotage
If, like most people nowadays, you are doing most of your writing via a keyboard, and adopt a pen only for cards and signatures, you will probably find your fountain pen, and even good old Rotring, need cleaning out every time you want to use them. You may find, as I have, that good old fashioned dip pens with a good selection of nibs, and a range of small bottles of coloured inks, are actually more convenient and fun to write with. They only need a wipe with a tissue between uses. A dip mapping pen is still excellent for fine lines too.
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I think I do more writing with an 'ink' pen, and real Cumberland 3H pencils... I try not to be like "most people".
I have to admit that I haven't used a 'dip' pen for a wee while. Or my Rotring - probably since college days...
Contact Parker's customer service. They might send you some free ink cartridges.
Try it: you will like it. Sadly, I used to use Rotring and similar pens all the time, as I never could find a biro that wrote fine enough and where the ink didn't stay tacky and leave blobs everywhere. As the fine writing problem is now mostly resolved via Excel and Word tables and diagrams, my Rotrings are always dried up solid when I would like to use them, and the little wires inside tend to break off in the cleaning. The dip mapping pen is a fair substitute. S
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