Product Description
Type Vac filling vintage fountain pen
Product Name Parker Vacumatic Major
Manufacturer and Year Parker USA -- 1946 (The date code on the barrel is a clear 6 with three dots, and the nib is also dated 1946.)
Length 5-3/16", this is the standard size.
Filling System Vacumatic 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. It has the late-era plastic plunger.
Color Brown striated body and cap with gold plated trim. It has alternating brown pearl bands and semi-transparent amber bands. The cap has a black cap jewel and a chevron patterned cap band just over 1/8". It has a blue diamond clip.
Nib FINE 14k nib is a smooth writer. Excellent tipping material.
Condition Superior condition. There are only light microscratches on the cap and barrel. Virtually no plating wear on the trim. The barrel imprint is easily read and the barrel transparency is good.
