Product Description
Type Vac filling vintage founatin pen
Product Name Parker Vacumatic Junior
Manufacturer and Year Parker USA - 1935 (The date code on the barrel is a clear 35). The nib has a date code of 45.
Length 4-13/16 inches. This is Junior size, the smallest of the Lockdown Vacumatic sizes.
Filling System Vacumatic lockdown plunger filling system has been restored here at Peyton Street Pens and is in excellent working condition. The bladder has been replaced and the pen has been tested.
Color Windowed Black is mostly black with gold filled trim. It's windowed because the barrel has a striped portion that restricts the visibility of the brown demonstrator portion of the pen. It's meant to only offer a demonstrator experience at some angles instead of all of them. The visibility is not photographed.
Nib FINE 14k nib with date code 45.
Condition Very nice condition with no cracks, chips, dents or dings. This is a small, dark pen with very good barrel transparency through the reddish/rootbeer stripes. The cap and barrel have light scratching. The gold band on the barrel end has small microscratches but it looks nice. The cap bands (double) have brassing and small scratches. The clip has brassing (especially on the arrow end) as well as some light plating wear. The clip ring has plating wear. The top jewel has a crackled surface. The barrel end jewel has some tiny scratch marks but it otherwise nice. The imprints are clear.