THIS PEN HAS BEEN SOLD! Hello there. Welcome to Inkcquiring Minds. I am Doug, back with another Pen Resurrection Sunday video. Today, two pens await restoration on the slab, while one remains active and writing. These represent the three generations of the Parker Vacumatic. Parker developed the Vacumatic filling system and pen in 1932, releasing the lockdown filler from 1933 to 1937. Between 1937 and 1938, they shifted to the Speed Line filler, shown here as a second-generati
THIS PEN HAS BEEN SOLD! Hello there. Welcome to Inkquiring Minds. My name is Doug, returning with another Pen Resurrection Sunday video. I had planned to restore a 1937 first-generation Parker Vacumatic in silver pearl this week—a beautiful pen—but I set it aside until next week. Instead, I am restoring a 1936 Sheaffer Balance. I moved this model forward because Sheaffer recently released a new version called the Balance 3. In 1929, Sheaffer transformed the industry with a st
THIS PEN HAS BEEN SOLD! Hello there, and welcome to Inkquiring Minds. My name is Doug, and I'm back with another Pen Resurrection Sunday video. Today on the slab, ready for resurrection to the land of the living and writing, is a Sheaffer Balance 875 from roughly 1936 to 1942 (these weren't dated precisely). It comes in a gorgeous golden brown striped celluloid and features a two-toned 14-karat gold Lifetime nib. This fountain pen is part of a matching pen and pencil set, bot
