1942 Parker Vacumatic Pen & Pencil Set $150 US
Please read carefully below regarding the state of this pen and pencil!
Hello there. Welcome to Inkquiring Minds. My name is Doug, and I'm back with another fountain pen resurrection Sunday video.
I’m torn today about which pens to revive from the dead and bring back to life. With so many options, it’s hard to choose. A friend of mine from the Calgary Pen Club, Peter, returned from a few months in Brazil and brought back a bunch of vintage pens for me to look at.
I’ve been saving a pen and pencil set I’ve been eager to restore. Unfortunately, those plans are on hold today. I’m restoring this beautiful 1942 Parker Vacumatic pen and pencil set in azure blue pearl. It’s Junior’s double cap band, and while it lacks a blue diamond clip, it’s a gorgeous matching set in excellent condition. Let’s take a closer look at both the pen and pencil to determine what they need to return to their former glory and resume their writing duties.
THOUGHTS
So, here’s the pen and pencil, all polished up and looking beautiful. Although this vacuum pump will never leave, I think I’ve turned the tide. I’ve transformed it into a fantastic eyropper pen. You can unscrew the barrel, fill it with 1.8 ml of ink (more than usual), and you’ll have a glorious nib that writes with a lot of flexibility and a smooth, wet feel. It’s a beautiful pen. I’m disappointed I couldn’t remove the vacuum pump, but I hope the person who did that stopped repairing pens and can’t cause any more damage to these gorgeous vintage pens. Get out! This should have been easy. Just remove the pump, replace the diaphragm, and it would last another 80 years.
But it’s still beautiful. I’ve polished out all the bite marks. The pen looks like it’s in showroom condition. It takes a lot of ink now as an eyropper. All the gold is beautifully polished. The only other disappointment is that even though I polished out all the corrosion on the pencil tip, the mechanism stopped working. I’m both disappointed and heartened. It has a lovely nib and shouldn’t go unused for anyone who doesn’t mind filling their pen like an eyedropper.
This is the second Vacumatic third-generation Parker Vacumatic I’ve had with the pump sealed in the barrel, and I’m really peeved because they were both beautiful pens. I converted the other one into an eyropper by sealing the blind cap because the pump was missing. I wrote with it for a while, and it was a lovely writer. The only thing I missed about having the Vacumatic in there was the convenience of a dry start. After letting the pen sit for a few days, you simply remove the blind cap and give the pump a gentle push. This allows you to flood the feed with ink and resume writing immediately. This is one of the pen’s great features. It’s not taking up any ink, but it’s still moving, which helps prime the feed for a smooth writing experience.
I’m selling this pen and pencil set for what I paid for it, which was $150 US. If you’re interested in a beautiful ornamental pencil and a functional eyedropper Vacumatic with a super flexible gold nib, please email me at inkcryingminds@gmail.com with your name and address. I’ll send you a shipping quote and instructions for paying via PayPal.
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