1946 PARKER VACUMATIC Black Major-Fountain Pen NOT RESTORED OR SERVICED

Description: THIS LISTING IS FOR A NON RESTORED AND NOT SERVICED 1946 BLACK VACUMATIC MAJOR WHICH IS BEING SOLD FOR PARTS OR RESTORATION ONLY . NO GUARANTY OR WARRANTY SOLD AS IS NO REFUNDS OR RETURNS. PEN IS NOT WORKING: IT NEEDS A NEW DIAPHRAGM, I HAVE CLEANED OUT THE INSIDE OF THE BARREL OF ALL THE OLD DIAPHRAGM MATERIAL AND OLD DRIED INK. THE CLARITY IS EXCELLENT, SEE PICTURE #11 1946 Vacumatic Black Major Fountain Pen with Gold Trim. I did a tip dipped writing sample (Please see picture #12). The pen is not filling or working. There are no cracks, bite marks, splits, or monograms. The fountain pen is in very good cosmetic condition and IS NOT WORKING There is a chevron bank (Jewelers Band) on the cap. The nib is a 1944 14K Proper Parker Arrow USA Stiff Medium Nib. The date code on the nib is 4(With 2 dots), nib manufactured 2nd Quarter 1944. Thank you for looking and your interest in my products. 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 - Black CAP - Split Parker Feather Blue Diamond Clip FILLING SYSTEM - Vacumatic YEAR OF MANUFACTURER - 1946 - Barrel date code is 6 (three dots), 1st Quarter 1946 NIB MATERIAL - 1944 14K , NIB STROKE - Medium, Proper Parker Arrow Medium U.S.A. NIB, DATE CODE is 4 (two dots) so 2nd Quarter 1944 (See Picture #12)

Price: 69.99 USD

Location: Marrero, Louisiana

End Time: 2024-12-06T20:12:14.000Z

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