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This fixed listing is for a serviced, completely restored 194? Parker Vacumatic Golden Brown Pearl Major Fountain Pen with gold trim. The imprint is very good and readable except the date code is wore off and the date code is unreadable with the rest of the barrel imprint very readable. However, I would say by the style of the vacumatic fountain pen I would say manufactured between 1942 to 1948. I did a fill writing sample then flushed and ultrosonically cleaned again (Please see picture #12). I have thoroughly tested the pen with distilled water and it is properly filling as it should and as it was manufactured to fill. There are no cracks, bite marks, splits, or monograms. The fountain pen is in excellent working condition and very good cosmetic condition. There is a chevron band (Jewelers Band) on the cap. The clarity is excellent, (Please see picture #11) The nib is a 14K Proper Parker Arrow USA Stiff fine point. The date code of the nib is unreadable but I would say manufactured in the mid 1940's.. This is an extremely smooth writer with an excellent fine line.
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Following is some date coding information concerning Parker Fountain Pens. My source is Parker Pens Penography, DATE CODES - DATING A PEN
IN MID 1934 PARKER BEGAN MARKING MOST PENS AND PENCILS WITH A DATE CODE, BOTH THE BARREL AND THE NIBS WERE MARKED. HOWEVER, LACKING A DATE CODE DOES NOT MEAN A PRE-1935 MADE PEN, SINCE MANY IMPRINTS HAVE BEEN WORN OFF WITH USE. THE FIRST DATE CODES WERE TWO DIGITS WHERE FIRST DIGIT DENOTING QUARTER OF PRODUCTION, 2ND DIGIT DENOTING THE PRODUCTION YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE: IF NIB DATE CODE OF 36 MEANS PRODUCED 3RD QUARTER OF 1936.
In the second quarter of 1938 this system was however changed to save production time, and a new date code, using a system of dots was adopted. The stamp initially had three dots and for each quarter one dot was filed down leaving none for the fourth quarter. Since production was overlapping, examples exist with either the imprint 28 or 8 with two dots for the second quarter of 1938. Also, since this coding system extended over a decade, a pen marked .8., could have been produced the second quarter of 1938 or second quarter of 1948.
MANUFACTURER - Parker
MODEL - Vacumatic Major
LENGTH - 5 1/8 inches
COLOR - Golden Brown Pearl
CAP - Gold Split Arrow Parker feather clip with chevron (Jewelers) band
FILLING SYSTEM - Vacumatic
YEAR OF MANUFACTURER - 194?- Barrel date code is wore off but the rest of the imprint is very good. I would say by the style of the vacumatic fountain pen manufactured between 1942 and 1948.
NIB MATERIAL - 14K Gold, NIB STROKE - Fine, Proper Parker Arrow Stiff USA . The date code of the nib is unreadable but I would say manufactured in the mid 1940's (See Picture #12).
