RARE 1936 PARKER VACUMATIC RETICULATED WEB DOUBLE JEWEL FOUNTAIN PEN RESTORED

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For your consideration, we are offering for sale this very rare 1936 Parker Vacumatic Double Jewel Fountain Pen with the Reticulated Web Barrel. This fountain pen has been thoroughly taken apart, cleaned, put back together, and now is in wonderful writing condition. This is the Early 1st Generation Parker Vacumatic which is difficult to find especially the reticulated pattern in the barrel. 

I have ultrasonically cleaned the feed, section, & breather tube. Replaced the old diaphragm with a new, properly sized one. Hand polished the gold-filled feather clip, gold-filled two ring cap banding, and 14K nib. I have cleaned, buffed, and polished the cap, barrel, and blind cap to bring back the vibrancy and protect the celluloid of the fountain pen. 

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 barrel has great transparency, albeit with mild ambering. The cap has the Feather Gold Plated Clip with two ring cap bands displaying a wonderful bright gold-filled color. The gold-filled trim displays only very minor wear to the clip. The top and the bottom jewel are black and both have been polished to shine great again. The barrel is stamped clearly with an imprint that reads, "GEO S. PARKER PARKER VACUMATIC MADE IN USA with a 6 date code (for 1936) in the 4th quarter". The jeweled blind cap securely fits. There are no monograms or personalizations to either the cap or barrel. This Parker Vacumatic Fountain Pen is the larger Junior Model that has a wider diameter cap and barrel than the slender juniors from this era. It measures 4 7/8" in length capped and 5 3/4" posted. 

The Vacumatic Filling System works great, typically in my tests with water in about 10 to 12 presses and it will fill full. This Parker Vac 1st Generation Fountain Pen has the lockdown filling unit, typical on 1st generation Vacs. This filling unit has been greased and now operates smoothly and works as it was originally designed to.

This Parker Vacumatic Nib is a matching date code to the barrel with "46" for 1936 in the 4th quarter. The 14K U.S.A PARKER NIB has a medium point (iridium) that measures roughly .61mm when measured with digital calipers. The writing sample provided in the image has the nib writing with a fine stroke measuring .52mm and will "flex" to a broad stroke of 1.13mm with medium to firm writing pressure when measured with digital calipers. 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 is a very difficult Parker 1st Generation Vacumatic Fountain Pen and Collector variant to add to one's collection due to the reticulated web pattern in the barrel. I would grade this Parker Vac to be in Very Fine to Excellent Condition. This Parker Standard 1st Generation Double Jewel Vacumatic is collector grade and is ready to write with or just add to your writing arsenal collection.

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