1880 Rubber Butt

[Bill Murphy]

I didn't make any comment about hard rubber butt. The terminology that was used in early Parker orders was "rubber butt".

[Dean Romig]

No, I understand that you made no such comment - I was wondering when and why the term "hard" came about, but I probably answered my own question in my last post.






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[Fishtail]

It's not too difficult for me to see why they would call it a hard rubber butt when there was a no 'soft' rubber butt. There were plenty of other things in the world that were soft rubber and their use of 'hard' rubber was probably just a more definite term.

For example, lots of people say they want a cold beer - why, when no one asks for a hot beer?

[Bill Murphy]

"Hard rubber butt" probably came about whenever we find it in the order book records.