What Model Is This Parker?

[steven r]

hi, i have this Parker fountain pen but I dont know what model it is, is the nib gold? and will it take a converter if i purchase one,? the diameter of the hole for a cartridge is 7mm and i only have ink bottles so would prefer a converter, the pen is matte black and is 122mm long, the "gold" nib simply says Parker, the date code is 11y which from google search is 1996, i am new to Parker fountain pens and my apologies for all the questions, this is my first and my second (Slimfold) is on its way, thank you

[JRH]

Parker 15/Jotter later model, 1980's se link below:

http://parkerpens.net/parker15.html

[steven r]

Parker 15/Jotter later model, 1980's se link below:

http://parkerpens.net/parker15.html

sorry for my late reply JRH, i have been away on holiday, i have checked the link you have supplied but still can not find anything like it, i have searched images and web for 15/ jotter but nothing even similar, can you supply anymore info or links, ie. is it rare?, does it have a gold nib? i recently bought a Parker slimfold, Parker 75 fountain pen and ballpoint and all the info is available for these but not this black one, regards, Steve

[jar]

sorry for my late reply JRH, i have been away on holiday, i have checked the link you have supplied but still can not find anything like it, i have searched images and web for 15/ jotter but nothing even similar, can you supply anymore info or links, ie. is it rare?, does it have a gold nib? i recently bought a Parker slimfold, Parker 75 fountain pen and ballpoint and all the info is available for these but not this black one, regards, Steve

 

It's not rare and has a steel nib. In the UK it was always known as the Parker 15 but in the US it was part of the Jotter line. It was a really nice entry level school pen.

[usk15]

That is a Parker 15 matt black, made in France.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Fountain-Pen-Parker-15-matte-black-gt-Pluma-Parker-15-negra-gt-Nueva-/271144502466

[steven r]

 

It's not rare and has a steel nib. In the UK it was always known as the Parker 15 but in the US it was part of the Jotter line. It was a really nice entry level school pen.

thanks jar for the clarification on the nib, it was the fact that i cannot find much info or pictures that got me to post this topic, maybe all the school kids broke them and it is rare now (wishful thinking) do you think it will take a converter as it feels slim?

 

That is a Parker 15 matt black, made in France.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Fountain-Pen-Parker-15-matte-black-gt-Pluma-Parker-15-negra-gt-Nueva-/271144502466

thanks USK15, 3 replies from experienced members all pointing to Parker 15, this has Made in UK 11Y on the lid so as stated in jar,s response it was obviously made in France, USA and UK, as well as other countries, so not rare at all just lack of info on them, thanks again

[jar]

thanks jar for the clarification on the nib, it was the fact that i cannot find much info or pictures that got me to post this topic, maybe all the school kids broke them and it is rare now (wishful thinking) do you think it will take a converter as it feels slim?

 

thanks USK15, 3 replies from experienced members all pointing to Parker 15, this has Made in UK 11Y on the lid so as stated in jar,s response it was obviously made in France, USA and UK, as well as other countries, so not rare at all just lack of info on them, thanks again

 

IIRC it took the standard Parker Aerometric squeeze converter but may also take the newer Parker piston type converters.

[Captivelight]

Also have a look here for some information on the Parker 15: http://pencollect.co.uk/parker15.htm

[Jerome Tarshis]

I bought one in 1985 and used it for some little time thereafter. It took an ordinary Parker converter of the 1980s.

 

Have no fear. Parker's converters have been reassuringly backward-compatible. Anything they sell today will fit a Parker 45, a model introduced in 1960. And of course today's converters fit today's pens, with the possible exception of the Mini Duofold, which takes short (mini) Parker cartridges and may not take a Parker converter at all. Monteverde may offer something that works, though.

 

Where things needed a little precision was using a Parker converter in an Aurora FP. For such narrow pens as the Magellano and the 1990s so-called 88 small fountain pen, the current Deluxe Parker converter would fit but the previous version of the twist-piston converter would be too thick. (Aurora makes a special converter that fits its thinnest pens.)

 

It was a serviceable pen in its price class. And fairly good-looking, too.

[steven r]

Also have a look here for some information on the Parker 15: http://pencollect.co.uk/parker15.htm

thanks for that link Captvielight, very

 

I bought one in 1985 and used it for some little time thereafter. It took an ordinary Parker converter of the 1980s.

 

Have no fear. Parker's converters have been reassuringly backward-compatible. Anything they sell today will fit a Parker 45, a model introduced in 1960. And of course today's converters fit today's pens, with the possible exception of the Mini Duofold, which takes short (mini) Parker cartridges and may not take a Parker converter at all. Monteverde may offer something that works, though.

 

Where things needed a little precision was using a Parker converter in an Aurora FP. For such narrow pens as the Magellano and the 1990s so-called 88 small fountain pen, the current Deluxe Parker converter would fit but the previous version of the twist-piston converter would be too thick. (Aurora makes a special converter that fits its thinnest pens.)

 

It was a serviceable pen in its price class. And fairly good-looking, too.

lots of info there, i thought i would get somewhere with FPN members, thank you

useful!

[mitto]

That is a Parker 15 matt black, made in France.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Fountain-Pen-Parker-15-matte-black-gt-Pluma-Parker-15-negra-gt-Nueva-/271144502466

Parker 15 matte black GT was also produced in the UK. Here is mine " made in UK". Sorry for the night time bad guality picture.