Parker 180

[Left FPN]

Interesting pen

[ParkerNutter]

The 180 Flighter writes really nice and has some flex in the nib. It's too thin for it to be a pen I like to use every day, but still fun to write with.

 

That one you linked, a THUYA LAQUE, is version that I haven't seen in person before

 

Current bid price is cheap, but I imagine it will sell for >$50 by the time the auction ends.

[puss in pens]

Personally I love these pens, just so stylish, not sure I'd want to take it through airport security though

 

I have two of them a stainless steel flighter and a gold filled, fine to xf ,one which I'll be putting up for sale in the next few weeks.

 

Puss :meow:

[Ernst Bitterman]

I'm generally dead against REALLY THIN(!!) pens, but the 180 gets around my shielding. I think that's because Parker had the sense not to make it over-heavy. The main thing wrong with mine is that it's not a flighter.

[terminal]

we need to cross reference this thread with the "thin pen" thread, but anyways, I too have been eyeing this pen. It's got so much style

[adamon]

Here you will find some examples of Parker 180 pens - in Laque colours, in gold, in argent, flighters..., all slim with the triangle nibs. And it's not the end of the searching...

[alexander_k]

I've tried writing with an 180 for many years but to no avail. I do have a preference of thicker pens (although I'm quite comfortable with a Parker Falcon or a Pilot Murex) but somehow the 180 didn't fit my hand. It is possible that it had also to do with the nib, which I found too hard, unresponsive and a bit alien (didn't feel like a fountain pen nib).