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Mixy/Parker "15"
1979-1981, 1980-2000
HISTORY
The Parker Mixy was introduced in the autumn of 1979 and was made by Parker in France. It was a cheap alternative pen aimed at the low-cost market—a so-called school pen or student pen. It featured a very nice straight clip with a rounded end and a black etched arrow with six stylised feathers. The first model was a Flighter with a steel body, cap, and nib. It was advertised on television as a space vessel. Soon, it was offered in three solid colours. It came as a fountain pen, ballpoint pen, and felt-tip.
Image: Kent Leichleiter
Parker Mixy, made in France. Note the the clip.
By the summer of 1980, it was also being manufactured in the US and UK, but these English versions came with a clip similar in design to that of the Parker "45", and the model was referred to as the Parker "15". The Flighter version was not advertised, nor was it offered as a ballpoint or felt-tip. It was priced at $7.50.
The French Mixy was phased out in 1981, and by June of 1982, the Parker "15" line was merged with the Jotter in the US, adding the colour light blue and a rollerball to the line. In the UK, it was still referred to as the Parker "15".
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Parker Mixy, made in France. Gold filled version.
By 1983, it was offered as a fountain pen/ballpoint duo, often in a box with two ink cartridges. There were two models: the Special CT and the GT. The Special CT had moulded plastic barrels and stainless steel caps and nibs. It featured chrome trim (CT) and came in the solid colours black, blue, and red. A Flighter (all-steel) CT model was also offered. The Flighter fountain pens had a nickel-plated connector, and the plastic CT fountain pens had a nickel-plated barrel band. Nib sizes offered were extra fine, fine, medium, and broad.
The GT was a model with a matte epoxy resin-coated stainless steel cap with 23k gold-plated trim (GT) and nib. The GT became very popular, as it had the look and feel of a much more expensive pen. The true Parker "15" ballpoints had the same square, flat top as the fountain pens and were cap-actuated (as opposed to the button-actuated Jotter ballpoints).
The
true Parker
15 ballpoints had the same square, flat top as the fountain pens and were cap-actuated (as opposed to the button-actuated Jotter ballpoints).
The Parker Mixy range:
Black
Dark Blue
Burgundy
Flighter
Parker "15" CT fountain pens: Flighter and red; ballpoints in blue and black, 1989. Note the flat tops on the ballpoints—Jotter ballpoints have buttons.
In
2000, Parker eventually decided to merge the line with the Jotter in the UK as well. The later Jotter "15"s were offered in a wide range of colours and designs, including demonstrator versions with clear plastic sections and bright colours like lime yellow, energy blue, cadet blue, burgundy, pink, white, and orange.
(Read more under Jotter.)
The "true" Parker Mixy range:
Black
Dark Blue
Light Blue
Burgundy
Flighter
