1944 Parker Vacumatic Major Golden Pearl *SOLD* ($220 US)
- Douglas J. Rathbun
- May 3
- 3 min read
THIS PEN HAS BEEN SOLD!
Hello there. Welcome to Inkquiring Minds. My name is Doug, and I'm back with another pen Resurrection Sunday video.
And yes, all the pens you see before you are Parkers. But don't despair if you're a Schaffer lover because I've got three beautiful Sheaffer pens coming up RSN. That's real soon now.
This is the pen I’ve been eagerly waiting for. The most satisfying pen resurrections for me are those that are practically beyond repair, like doornail corpses. Reaching showroom condition again is a real triumph, not a Schaefer Triumph, but a Parker Triumph. This one has a broken clip and a tarnished nib with a slight bend. The pump filler is seized, and the barrel shows significant wear, including cap wear. The cap band is incredibly dirty and dingy. This is what it should look like, and barring any disasters, that’s what it’ll look like when I’m done. For the clip, I’ll use a donor pen. This one has already lost its top finial jewel, nib, and section. The blind cap and barrel are in poor condition because they no longer fit together. So, this is my donor pen. I’ll remove the clip from this pen and attach it to this one, using the jewel and section from the donor. This will create a complete Parker Vacuumatic Major with the blue diamond clip. The blue diamond is missing, but I’ll replace it using a donor pen. “A living pen,” said Dr. Frankenstein, “alive in the name of God. Now I know what it feels like to be God.” I’ll restore this pen to hopefully brand-new working condition, transforming this dingy, dead fountain pen into a showroom-quality pen.
THOUGHTS
So, what are my thoughts on this resurrection?
As I mentioned earlier, these are the most satisfying restorations I do. I find pens that look old, dead, and beyond dead, and they come back to showroom condition. It looks brand new, especially that cap band. I was actually considering swapping cap bands because this one was too worn, but it’s not too far gone at all. Now it has a new clip with a blue diamond, a straightened-out 14-karat gold nib, and the wonderful transparency of a stacked celluloid barrel. Other than the cap band, this one didn’t present many problems. It takes 1.5 ml of ink and writes like a champ with the adjusted nib. It only needed a bit of smoothing.
It has a touch of bounce and feedback, and it’s an extra fine to a fine line. With a bit of bounce, it reaches about 0.9 mm. I’m very pleased with this one.
Let’s hope the junior Golden Pearl polishes up as nicely as this one did. I’m sure it will. In the meantime, I’m selling this fountain pen. If you’re interested, I’m selling it for $220 US plus shipping. Just email me at inkquiringminds@gmail.com with your name and address, and I’ll get you a shipping quote. I
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And that's all she wrote.
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