A different kind of Parker

MrBojangles · 10-02-2025, 03:07 PM

Also manufactured by the Chas. Parker company, Meriden, Connecticut.

Model 700 coffee grinder, patented March 9, 1897.

Dean Romig · 10-02-2025, 03:42 PM

A VERY NICE example!!

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MrBojangles · 10-02-2025, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig

A VERY NICE example!!

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Are you familiar with these? What do you know?

PATENTED in 1897, but when precisely manufactured?

Yes, this is a nice example with original paint. Many I’ve seen over the years have been spray painted either red or black.

Dean Romig · 10-02-2025, 07:03 PM

I’m only familiar with them by the fact that I owned a restored 700. Bought it three years ago and sold it in June this year.
There are others on this forum who know a LOT more about Parker coffee grinders than I do.
Hopefully they’ll pipe in.

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6pt-Sika · 10-03-2025, 04:38 AM

I was talking to a friend last week around 7 or 8 am one morning and he was using a Parker grinder to grind his morning coffee and as you might expect he’s on here as well .

Bill Murphy · 10-03-2025, 08:47 AM

Original scoop, very uncommon. My first Parker grinder was a 700. Fifty years later, I still have it. I also have an XXL 900, but it is covered in surface rust. I refuse to restore it.

MrBojangles · 10-03-2025, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Original scoop, very uncommon. My first Parker grinder was a 700. Fifty years later, I still have it. I also have an XXL 900, but it is covered in surface rust. I refuse to restore it.

I wouldn’t restore it, original is best.

Many I googled about on line seemed to have a wooden drawer. I like the scoop better.

Value anyone?

Bill Murphy · 10-04-2025, 09:01 AM

The tin scoop on the pictured grinder is original.

MrBojangles · 10-04-2025, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

The tin scoop on the pictured grinder is original.

It appears to be to me as well. I was wondering if some were manufactured with a scoop and others with the wooden drawer or if the wooden drawer was a later fabrication if the scoop was lost?

What is the value or what would YOU pay for this if offered for sale? I’ll later reveal what it cost me. This one is about the nicest one I’ve ever seen!

Mike of the Mountain · 10-04-2025, 11:15 AM

We have 3 or 4 of the smaller grinders but we have not yet purchased on of those larger grinders. I really like them and the paint schemes. Had a line on one in May but someone beat me to it by a few hours.

Ian, if you have The Parker Story you can find more info on them.