'autograph' On The Barrel Of A Parker Vacumatic (Year Late 1930's Or Early 1940's)

[FauzAhmad]

Good day everyone!

I picked up this Parker Vacumatic some time ago. It has some sort of engraving on its barrel. It appears to be someone autograph. I do not know if it is done by the person after buying it or if this is was a special order. Any idea what it could be?

[surprise123]

Chalk it up (rub some chalk over it) so everyone can see the finer details, maybe a fanboy can decipher whose pen that was.

[FauzAhmad]

Here's the chalked up version!

[bass1193]

R Hoone?

[BaronWulfraed]

Best guess is [illegible] Moore

 

Didn't see any match under Google Images for "signature moore", also tried "moone" but that was flooded with Pokemon covers.

[corgicoupe]

I acquired a Vacumatic that also had a signature on the barrel. It must have been an option.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Back in the Day, engraved names on a fountain pen was a mark of Class.

Factory or good jewelers did them matter of course.

When one graduated from HS or Collage, got married, survived 25 years of marriage or retired after a lifetime with the same company.....one got a fancy pen with your name on it.

 

Helped keep the pen collectors of the day at bay.........

Had I been more than a worker's kid, I could have had any of my pens engraved....would still have them instead of having to buy a new one ever school year until 10th grade when expensive cartridges and the Bic drove me away from fountain pens...........pre-converter and no one ...pre-net...was spreading the word, cartridge could be filled with needle syringe....which may have been illegal to own then.

 

Besides which with great luck one could get ten BP re-fills for only 10 cents....a whole year's worth of ink...........left money to buy Spidy #1, which I folded up and put in my back pocket and swapped a week or two later.

[surprise123]

Seconded. Many of these pens would cost hundreds in today's money... they were the icons of the day. If you got one personalized, that was a status symbol of just how successful you were.