488. Got Ink? Parker QUINK , Various Ads 1935-1965

An indispensable office and school staple for students and workers in the 1930s is Parker QUINK INK. Back in those days, before the advent of ballpoint pens, fountain pens were used for office and classroom writings.

Unlike disposable ballpens, fountain pens were a sort of a status symbol, not only to be used and refilled with ink, but also to show them off, as fancy ones that had silver and gold fittings, trimmed with mother-of-pearl, and precious gems like diamonds and sapphires! But the ink remained the same favored  Parker QUINK INK.

QUINK INK is a coined term from  'quick' and 'ink' developed by the Parker Pen Company in 1931 and continues to be produced today. Chemist Galen Sayler is credited for its development creation, and  Quink was launched  on 17 March 1931—and its superior qualities—continuous flow, non-cloggging, smooth writing, quick-drying—drove its commercial success worldwide.

A myth grew out of QUINK INK’s origin in that it was a U.P. Filipino chemical engineer  Francisco A. Quisumbing who invented the world-famous ink. After receiving his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1921, he returned to the Philippines to teach Industrial Chemistry at his alma mater, U.P. (1922-1934).In 1923, he founded the Quisumbing Ink Products, that was not connected with Parker, in any way.

Though the popularity of fountain pens gradually dipped during the second half of the 20th century, Parker QUINK INK bottles and refills continue to be available today to a whole market legion traditional fountain pen users worldwide.

SOURCE

Quink Ink, Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quink