Uncommon Parker Vacumatic Candy Stripe

[terim]

This is the first "Candy Stripe" we've had. Our photos are a little greenish, but we're sure this is the brown one. They were made in England from some of the hatched stock used for the Valentine and Victory pens.

 

http://www.peytonstreet.com/pens/parker/vac_candy_9.jpg

http://www.peytonstreet.com/pens/parker/vac_candy_1.jpg

 

http://www.peytonstreet.com/pens/parker/vac_candy_5.jpg

http://www.peytonstreet.com/pens/parker/vac_candy_6.jpg

http://www.peytonstreet.com/pens/parker/vac_candy_7.jpg

 

Some of the features and details on this pen are rather unique, so we thought you might enjoy seeing some photos.

 

TERI

[FarmBoy]

Likely made by Valentine. Show it to Dayne.

 

Todd

[mitto]

Beautiful pen. When exactly was the Valentine taken over by Parker?

[penmanila]

congrats on finding this truly rare vac. i found mine some years ago, obscured in a lot of odds and ends being sold out of ireland on ebay. but it was nothing like the pen i knew it to be, and brought it back to.

 

here it was, in parts:

 

 

thankfully most of it was there, and i was able to find the model-correct parts, and put it all back together (note that the section and blind caps are, unusually, ebonite):

 

 

one rather common flaw these recent finds show is the shrinking of the cap just below where the clip screws on. it's in my pen and in the OP's above. other than that, it's quite eyecatching as vacs go. i imagine an example in good shape would fetch a pretty penny.

[mitto]

The color of yours is more beautiful than OP's pen. Is the clip genuine to the pen?

[penmanila]

thanks. the clip came with the pen, and i've seen that "split-feather" clip as well on other candystripes, so there were two versions. from what i've also read (mainly from david i. on the fountainpenboard), the OPs brown candystripe is even harder to find than my red one.

 

there's a nice pic of candystripes here:

 

http://fountainpenboard.com/forum/index.php?/topic/432-what-did-i-miss/

Edited June 23, 2017 by penmanila

[Penchantment]

Was this by any chance an eBay UK find, Teri? I glanced at one that ended there in early May for an unbelievably low price. Thought about throwing in a bid, but I wasn't aware at the time how scarce/valuable they were. It had a similar spot of transparency at the top of the cap, which also gave me pause (seemingly common on these). Is the celluloid beginning to crystallize there, you think?

Edited June 24, 2017 by Estragon

[terim]

Was this by any chance an eBay UK find, Teri? I glanced at one that ended there in early May for an unbelievably low price. Thought about throwing in a bid, but I wasn't aware at the time how scarce/valuable they were. It had a similar spot of transparency at the top of the cap, which also gave me pause (seemingly common on these). Is the celluloid beginning to crystallize there, you think?

 

Nope, this one was found in the wild in Northern California by our inestimable Nivardo. There's a marked border between the transparent top and the hatched remainder of the cap, so it's a distinct material like they did on Waterman 100 year pens. Which is not to say it doesn't have the potential to crystallize as we know Watermans do. The other colors don't seem to have this semi-transparent piece.

[Penchantment]

Interesting – I do see the clear line of separation between the transparent and opaque parts (which also seems to be where the inner cap ends?). An extraordinary find. Still kicking myself for letting that other one get away. Rare birds, these!

[inkstainedruth]

I thought I was pretty much done with Vacs -- had all the colors I wanted, with the exception of maybe getting a larger size Azure Blue Pearl (mine's a Sub-Debutante size). But now yinz have all gone and started showing off pen porn again, specifically of the Candy Stripe variety. So not fair....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Brian-McQueen]

Is this one coming up for sale?

[terim]

Is this one coming up for sale?

Nivardo hasn't decided, but I'm sure he'll bring it to the San Francisco show.

[Brian-McQueen]

I won't be able to make the SF show. If he decides to let it go, would you contact me? If you haven't seen my posts in the past, I love my Vacumatics, and this would be a great addition.

[terim]

I won't be able to make the SF show. If he decides to let it go, would you contact me? If you haven't seen my posts in the past, I love my Vacumatics, and this would be a great addition.

Absolutely!

[penmanila]

here's a blast from the past, for those of you (like me) interested in truly rare vacumatics:

 

http://thepenguinpen.blogspot.com/2008/07/chicago-and-pens.html

[Brian-McQueen]

here's a blast from the past, for those of you (like me) interested in truly rare vacumatics:

 

http://thepenguinpen.blogspot.com/2008/07/chicago-and-pens.html

 

I saved every picture from that article several years ago. Amazing stuff!