Is my Parker Classic fake?

February 6, 2021

Hi,

I have just bought 2 Parker Classic pens off Amazon due to how hard it is to find them sold in the U.K. high street shops. I’m a bit concerned that I’ve been sent fake ones, please can someone very knowledgeable verify the legitimacy?

The engraving is really faint on one of pens, almost not visible to the naked eye. Also, I noticed that the last R is bigger than the rest off the text on both pens and doesn’t look straight. I have also read from other forums that Parker pens have a crown engraving on the top which mine doesn’t. Moreover, I heard some pens have a date code next to the ‘France’ engraving, I do not have this. I’m not sure whether to put this down to it being a fake or it being a very old pen as it’s not longer being sold.

I will try to add as many pictures as possible.

Please can someone inform me on this, it will be very much appreciated. Thank you

February 6, 2021

Taking into account clip design (attached with a ring) it looks like a Jotter but not Classic...

What are exact inscriptions on the barrel?

And could please, provide good photos of the top of the button?

February 6, 2021

This thread should be useful for you, too:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/274139-is-my-parker-jotter-fake/

February 7, 2021

On 2/6/2021 at 3:01 PM, TheRedBeard said:

Taking into account clip design (attached with a ring) it looks like a Jotter but not Classic...

What are exact inscriptions on the barrel?

And could please, provide good photos of the top of the button?

That’s interesting as it said Parker Classic on the actual listing rather than Parker jotter.

Sorry, I have tried to capture the inscriptions but they were very very faint! There barrel has the Parker symbol engraving along with the Parker name. On the back, it only has the “France” engraving but no date code.

Also, there is no engraving at all on the Parker top button, it is just plain silver