Product Description
Type Fountain pen
Product Name Parker Vacumatic Major
Manufacturer and Year Parker, made in USA -- 1946, the barrel imprint is a 6 with two dots for 1946. The nib is marked with a 7 and two dots.
Length 5-1/16.
Filling System Vacumatic plunger filling system has been restored here at Peyton Street Pens and is working well. This has the late plastic plunger system.
Color Laminated Black body and cap with gold plated trim. It has alternating black bands and semi-transparent amber bands. The cap has a black cap jewel and a chevron patterned cap band just over 1/8" wide. It has a blue diamond clip.
Nib FINE gold Parker USA nib, verging on the extra fine. The nib has a date code of 7 with two dots. (Note that the sticker on the cap says "M" but this is definitely not medium, so the caps might have gotten mixed up at some point in the last 80 years, or perhaps the "M" didn't stand for medium.)
Condition Excellent + condition with no cracks, chips, dents, or dings. This is a dark, shiny pen with nice barrel transparency in the amber bands. The barrel has marks caused by the cap lip and light scratching. The cap has light scratching, and there are still stickers attached near the clip. The clip has some plating wear along the sides and around the open end. The blue diamond looks great. The cap band has brassing along both upper and lower edges, and the chevron pattern looks nice. The top black jewel is lovely. The imprints are clear.
There are 2 of the original paper stickers on the cap.
