1943 PARKER VACUMATIC EMERALD PEARL SINGLE JEWEL MAJOR FOUNTAIN PEN RESTORED

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For your consideration, we are offering for sale this Fantastic Restored 1943 Parker Emerald Pearl Celluloid Major Fountain Pen. This fountain pen has been thoroughly taken apart, cleaned, put back together, and now is in wonderful writing condition.

I have ultrasonically cleaned the feed, section, breather tube, and barrel. I have replaced the old diaphragm with a new, properly sized one. I hand-polished the gold-filled Blue Diamond Clip, gold-filled Chevron cap banding, and 14K Vacumatic nib. I cleaned, buffed, and polished the barrel, cap, and blind cap to bring back the vibrancy and protect the celluloid of the fountain pen. This Parker Vacumatic is in the major size that measures 5 1/8" in length capped and 6" posted. 

This fountain pen cap and barrel are in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs with the cap always securing tightly to the barrel. The cap has the Blue Diamond gold-filled clip in excellent condition with no gold fill loss. The cap banding is in very good condition with just the slightest wear on the bottom edge just below the clip area, otherwise, everything else is clean. The top jewel is black and has been polished to bring back a gorgeous shine. The barrel is stamped with, "Geo. S. Parker Vacumatic Made in U.S.A. PAT with a date code 3 (for 1943) in the 3rd quarter". The transparency of the barrel is very good as one can see through the barrel but has mild to medium ambering. The blind cap securely fits. There are no monograms or personalizations to either the cap or barrel.

This 3rd Generation Parker Vacumatic has the correct plastic filling unit typical of this production. I have greased the filling unit so it operates smoothly. The Vacumatic Filling System works very well, in my tests with water about 9-12 presses to fill full.

Here is where this Emerald Parker Vacumatic stands out - the nib is a 14K ultra-smooth writer. The actual writing portion (iridium) of the 14K Parker NIB has a medium point measuring roughly .67mm when measured with digital calipers. When creating a writing sample, the NIB writes with a fine to broad stroke line variation. In the writing sample provided, the fine line measures roughly .56mm and the broad stroke line measures 1.01mm when measured with digital calipers under medium to firm pressure. The 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. 

This vintage Parker Vac Fountain Pen displays a beautiful emerald pearl color and writes ultra-smoothly. I grade this Parker Vac in Very Fine to Excellent Condition. It is ready to write with or you just add it to your writing arsenal collection.

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