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I got to thinking about this while I was placing my Parker Jotter pen in my sleeve pocket on my uniform shirt. The Jotter has been around since 1954, and it’s still my favorite pen. I can buy a four-pack on Amazon for $21.58 with any color and style of refill I want for minimal cost.
I have a few very nice, expensive pens Mrs Tex bought for me, but I always grab the Parker pen. It’s like some of those animals that are basically prehistoric but function so well that no evolution is needed (I’m thinking of alligators and snakes).
I’d also nominate the model 1911 handgun for a place in the same category, although there are a lot of them with changes from the original design, some minor and some major. What else fits in this category? (And I get it put up a 1911 pic).
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Possibly a mousetrap?
Seems like the more they change, the more they stay the same.
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Ma Duce .50 cal machine gun.
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Pushrod V8? I struggled with the post title - maybe it should have been “Evolution Not Required”.
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I call it "timeless design". Especially where a product can stand on its own over the long term in a market susceptible to fashions and trends and such.
Examples include:
The Volkswagen Beetle.
Levi's jeans.
Converse high tops.
The top three electric guitar models (Fender Stratocaster, Fender Telecaster, Gibson Les Paul) were introduced in the early 50's and haven't changed substantially since. (...And they plug into vacuum tube amps, which also haven't changed substantially.)
The Hammond Organ (1935 to 1975, simulations after that).
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