Parker Wood pen from the 1980s (8 September 2024)

I have always wanted to find the German made limited edition Parker Wood pen. In 1980 Parker in Germany produced a large (143 mm) wood limited edition pen with a huge stylised clip. There were eight different wood finishes offered and they were sold in numbered boxes made from the same wood as the pens. There were meant to be made 2 000 numbered pens of each wood, but there seems to have been objections from Parker in the US and production was haltered, so no-one really knows how many pens were shipped. Also some were clearly shipped without the number on the pens, or in the boxes.

The cap had a very large gold coloured, wooden clip in the shape of an arrow that protruded from the top of the cap. 

Perhaps one of the strangest designs of a Parker pen, some finishes are considered very rare. This jumbo pen reminds me of the early Parker Giant. 

As a fountain pen collector, I really like the fountain pen design as it really aimed to break away from the norm like the early Parker Days with its Eyedropper fountain pen, its Parker Giant fountain pen, its Duofold, its Vacumatic, its Parker 51, 61, 75 where designs have really evolved and create its own identities. I think it was a mistakes to stop the launch of these Parker Wood pen!

According to David, most of these pens have been found without boxes and some without numbers. The pen that I have found is indeed without box and without number too. There are much mysetry revolve around these Wood pen which made it highly collectable.

They were made in the following woods:

Grenadill, Ebony, Angelin, Cocobolo, Redwood, Guajac, Palissander, and Briar. 

Reference : https://parkerpens.net/limitededition.html

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