Parker 180 Brushed Steel 14c Gold M/X Nib,  GT,   USA Vintage

1977—1985
If there's one Parker pen that could get nicked by some overzealous airport sercurity officer, it's probably the Parker "180". It's mean, it's lean, it's a writing machine. And it has a nib that could be used as a leathal weapon.
Parker had had trouble with demolished Parker "75" nibs beeing returned because customers, used to the rougher handling of ball pens, pressed too hard and damaged the nibs. The Parker "180" nib was designed to be rigid enough to withstand a certain amount of pressure.The Parker "180" had a rigid bar on top of the nib to prevent it from bending and the ink feed held the nib firm from the other direction. It wasn't as easy as it sounds. The name Parker "180" was filed by Parker as a trademark already in april 1974 but it wasn't launched until 1977. The Parker "180" fountain pen was also heavily advertised in 1977, together with the old ardenner Parker "75". Ads appeared in the New York and Philadelphia Magazine, View Northwest and the Washingtonian while "75" and Classic ball pens was advertised in Time, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated. Ball pens was clearly bringing home the bacon, and had been doing so since the mid 1960's, but the slim designs and cool nib of the Parker "180" was being noticed and it slowly began to sell surprisingly well. Many finishes were later made in the Parker factory in Meru, France, and especially the laque and patterened metal pens became very popular.

The pen was advertised as "One nib. One point. Two ways to write", since it wrote equally well on both sides (of course most Parker pens had had this feature since the 1920's, but who cared?) The name 180 was derived from "180 degrees" - since You could turn the pen a half turn to write with a thinner line. The nib grades offered was either XF/M or F/B. It was sold with a cartridge or converter. The Parker "180" sported a slim Parker "75" like clip with many feathers, a crossed hatch, rounded plastic gripping section and a "winged" tassie that was actually designed to "hook" in the cap when it was posted on the back, to prevent the pen body from scratches while writing.
In 1977 the 22K gold electroplated Imperial Fountain pen (a finish with converging lines) cost $40, while the matching Ball pen cost $20. The brushed stainless steel Flighter cost $30, and the matching cap actuated Ball pen was offered for $10.

In 1978 the Floating ball pen was introduced, but it was only referred to as the Imperial, and Flighter GT Floating ball pen and was not advertised as part of the Parker"180" line. These were factory fitted with black or Blue fine points which could be changed to a stylus or super soft tip at the counter.  A Parker "180" variant, the Ms Parker (designed by Pucci), was also offered as a Ball pen.

There are small traces created over the decades. It`s Vintage

The pen has only been tried and washed.

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