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318) Manufacturer: Parker

Year of production: 1933-41

Country of Origin: USA

Model: Standard Size Vacumatic

Filling System: Lock Down Filler

Color: Burgundy

Material: Celluloid

Clarity: The best I've sen on a vac to date. 9/10

Nib Material & Line Width: Very smooth 14K Medium Semi Flex Parker Arrow nib. Flexes to a Broad plus with ease. It's about a 5.5/10 on the wetness scale

Trim Material: 14K GF

Trim Condition: The 3 thin cap bands are speckled with tiny pits and has some light brassing

Imprint Condition: 4/10. It's weak on the left, the last 1/2 of Vacumatic to the date code are 100% gone.

Engravings/Personalization: N/A

Capped Length: With the correct jewel it's 5 1/16"

Posted Length: 6"

Outer Diameter Cap: 9/16"

OD Barrel: 1/2"

Working Condition: 100% ready to go.

Overall Grade: 6/10

Issues: There are 2 issues of note with this beauty. First the blind cap jewel & tassie are obviously incorrect. When I got this one in last year both were missing. I tried to track down new ones but no joy there, so i used the tassie ring from a DJ 51 & a "generic" jewel I had in my parts bin. Yeah they aren't correct but they look better than nothing there at all.

Second, there are 2 cap lip cracks that have been chemically welded & are very stable

Comments: I've had this in my regular rotation for over a year now & it's performed flawlessly. It's been filled with nothing but vintage Skrip Royal Blue to maintain the barrel clarity. The barrel has some light/moderate general overall wear. Overall this is a very nice pen.

Other Notes: The nib is a replacement & is dated 4Q 8. The nib it came with was damaged beyond all hope & was dated 3 Q 35. I can only assume it was the original & this is a fairly early Burgundy Vac.

The Lock Down filler is in excellent condition, free from rust or pitting & has a butter smooth action.

It kills me to have to let this one go but after the tire slashing this morning I don't have much choice.

Price: $225.00