1937 PARKER BURGUNDY PEARL DOUBLE JEWEL VACUMATIC OVERSIZE FOUNTAIN PEN RESTORED

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For your consideration, we are offering for sale this gorgeous Restored 1937 OVERSIZED 1st Generation Parker Double Jewel Burgundy Pearl Celluloid Fountain Pen. This fountain pen has been thoroughly taken apart, cleaned and put back together and now is in wonderful writing condition. The Largest pen from the 1st Generation, the Oversize has maximum dimensions similar to the later Senior Maxima, but its chunkier contour renders it of larger look and feel. The gripping section is larger than is found in the Senior Maxima.

I have ultrasonically cleaned the NIB, feed, section, breather tube, and barrel. Replaced the old diaphragm with a new, properly sized one. Hand polished the Feather Gold Plated Split Arrow Clip, 3-Ring Cap Banding, 14K PARKER U.S.A. Nib, and bottom tassel. Cleaned, Buffed, Polished and Waxed the barrel, cap, and blind to bring back the vibrancy of fountain pen and to protect the celluloid. This Parker Vacumatic is an Oversize model which measures 5 3/8" capped and 6 1/4" posted.

This fountain pen cap and barrel are in magnificent condition with no chips, cracks or repairs with the cap always securing tightly to the barrel. The cap has the Feather Split Arrow Gold Filled Clip with no brassing. The 3-Ring Cap Banding displaying no brassing and has a nice gold filled color. The top jewel is striped and the bottom jewel is black with both being polished to a high shine. The barrel is clearly stamped with, "Geo. S. Parker PARKER Vacumatic Made in U.S.A. with date 7 (for 1937) in the second quarter ". The transparency on the barrel is excellent being nearly water clear.

The filling unit on this Parker is known as a "lockdown" filler. It is the proper filling unit for Parker 1st Generation Fountain Pens that were produced from 1933 to 1937. I have tested the filling mechanism with water and fills as it should. The Lockdown Vacumatic Filling System works great, typically in my tests with water about 9 to 11 presses to fill full. I have greased the filling unit, so it operates smoothly.

The 14K Parker U.S.A. NIB provides a smooth, wet writing experience. The two-tone platinum plating has nearly all worn away, it might retail roughly 5% of the plate. The actual 14K Parker NIB has a medium point measuring roughly .67mm when measured with digital calipers. When writing a sample with this NIB, it writes with a fine to a medium stroke/line. In the writing sample provided, the fine line measures at .48mm and the medium line measures at .73mm under normal pressure when measured with digital calipers. The writing sample was done with the actual pen in the images that are listed for sale. The writing sample was used by dipping the NIB in Parker Quink Blue Ink.

Any specks of white in the images are from the cotton that I used to clean the barrel and cap.

This is one of those vintage Parker Vacumatic Fountain Pens you don't always get a chance to secure in your collection in the Burgundy Pearl Celluloid and 1st Generation Oversize. I would consider this Parker to be in Very Fine to Excellent Condition and it is the Big Boy of Vacumatics. It is restored and is ready to write with its nice-smooth Nib or just add it to your writing arsenal collection.

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