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1945 Parker Vacumatic Major (Full / Standard Size) - Golden Pearl Celluloid - New Old Stock - Restored

Selling one of the gems from my personal collection today.

This Vacumatic has never been dipped & never been used. I know this because I took it apart completely and found no traces of ink anywhere. Plus the barrel is still perfectly clear as if it came out of the Parker factory yesterday.

This is 3rd generation vacumatic. It has a plastic button which was introduced during WW2 as aluminium (what the buttons on the 1st and 2nd gen vacumatics were made of) was being used for military aircraft.

The full size 3rd generation Vacumatic was called the Major and that's what this is.

The pen is 5 inches capped.

Vacumatics have a date code on the barrel and nib telling you what year it was made. Both and nib and barrel on this one are stamped 5 which means it was made in 1945.

The nib:
Nib is a firm & smooth F. I put the nib to paper without ink and it feels pleasant in every direction. I didn't provide a writing sample I'm leaving the decision on whether this pen will ever be inked to it's next owner. I checked it via a loupe and there's nothing wrong with the tines or the tipping so should be great.

Ink Recommendation:
If you do decide to ink it and want to keep the transparency intact I suggest sticking to vintage safe blues and blacks. Waterman Blue, Diamine Twilight, J Herbin Perle Noir, and Aurora Black should be fine and allow you to use the pen without staining the barrel or affecting the transparency. You can possibly get away with green ink too.

Restoration:
I gave it a new latex diaphragm 3 days ago so May 21st. Vacumatics are known to be hard to clean fully so I removed the shellac from the section and replaced it with silicone grease so you can unscrew it for easy cleaning (just remember to apply silicone grease on the threads occasionally when you screw it back on). That is if you plan to ink this pen.

[A1] condition. The pen is flawless & has 100% perfect transparency throughout the whole barrel. The only way it could get better was if it still had the original price sticker. It's likely the cleanest golden brown Vacmumatic you'll ever see.

The mechanical pencil works & comes with lead. The pencil is closer to [B-] condition due to a small circular mark near the top of the clip which I took a close up photo of. I think a drop of some liquid got there and had a mild reaction with the celluloid.

I've had this set for about 6 years and have come to the conclusion that I'm never going to ink it, so I'm passing it onto someone else. If you do decide to ink it, I suggest sticking to my ink recommendations and giving it a good cleaning (preferably by unscrewing the section) when it runs empty.

As it's practically a museum piece in this condition.

Listing this one at $350 as that is how much New Old Stock vacumatics tend to go for the rare times one pops up. I don't think I need to explain how uncommon it is to find one of these in unused condition. The mechanical pencil is pretty much a freebie.

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Price w/ US shipping: $350

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