Help With Identifying A Parker Pen?!

[enlvalencia]

Hello, all!

My dad found what appears to be a gold Parker fountain pen at the bottom of a drawer somewhere. We're not sure what it is, but it looks like it's never been used before. He doesn't recall ever buying it (he has always used Sheaffer pens), so we think it might have been a gift...

I've attached some photos below. If anyone can help me figure out what this thing is, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks very much in advance for your help!

[joss]

Hello, I think that this is a Parker "180", originating from the end of the 1970s - early 1980s.

 

You may check these two excellent sources for more information on this pen:

http://parkerpens.net/parker180.html

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=ref/profiles/180.htm

 

Hope this helps

[enlvalencia]

Thank you for the information! It does look similar as far as the body, but the nib looks different?

I'm pretty new to the world of FPs and I'm not sure if that makes a difference?

[daffie]

Hello,

 

This is not a Parker 180, but a Parker Classic. Those two models are lookalikes, but I think the 180 was more expensive.

 

Regards,

daffie

[joss]

Thank you for the information! It does look similar as far as the body, but the nib looks different?

I'm pretty new to the world of FPs and I'm not sure if that makes a difference?

 

You are absolutely right: a closer look at the cap suggests that your pen is not the 180 but the Parker "Classic", a pen that followed the design of the 180 with some differences.

Check the fountain pens on this page (introduction year 1986),

http://parkerpens.net/classic.html

[enlvalencia]

That DOES look like this pen!!! Thank you so much for your help!

 

What a lovely coincidence that this model was introduced the year I was born, too.

[Matlock]

That DOES look like this pen!!! Thank you so much for your help!

 

What a lovely coincidence that this model was introduced the year I was born, too.

Yours is date coded IA so is 1992