1st Gen Vacumatic 2nd Opionion

[Big Red Danny Boy]

Hey all, I just won a bid on a 1st gen vacumatic. I cant quite tell what size it is but I think its a standard. There are sadly no measurements and these images are all I have at the moment.

 

[PAKMAN]

Nice! Love the striped section and jewel! 

 

[Bo Bo Olson]

I believe there should be a small blue diamond on the clip. (Could be wrong only have one vac, and one 51.)

Well, my '38 Vac has one. (has a '36 Canadian BB factroy stub nib.) The pen is inked with Diamine Silver Fox

[Nethermark]

On 3/27/2024 at 1:48 AM, Big Red Danny Boy said:

Hey all, I just won a bid on a 1st gen vacumatic. I cant quite tell what size it is but I think its a standard. There are sadly no measurements and these images are all I have at the moment.

The pen looks great. However, without the exact measurements, it's hard to say which model it is. But you can see the possibilities here: https://parkerpens.net/vacumatic.html 

[Bo Bo Olson]

So many beautiful Vac's.....I'm glad i didn't know about a decade and a half ago.....especially living in Germany. The US mailing cost alone was/is $$$.

[inkstainedruth]

Nethermark beat me to the punch.  Tony Fischier's site is my go-to for all things Parker Pen.

@Big Red Danny Boy Is there a date code on the pen?  It should be near the imprint on the barrel.  There's an article on the site about how to read the date codes.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[jchch1950]

On 4/1/2024 at 5:26 PM, Bo Bo Olson said:

I believe there should be a small blue diamond on the clip. (Could be wrong only have one vac, and one 51.)

Well, my '38 Vac has one. (has a '36 Canadian BB factroy stub nib.) The pen is inked with Diamine Silver Fox

The first-generation Vacumatics didn't have the blue diamond on the clip. Also the Vacumatic on the photos have the first arrow clip in Parker's history.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Good to know....the blue diamond was like the white dot of Shaffer, was a life time repairmark...again, as far as I'd read.

 

Parker couldn't trademark the arrow in other pen makers had used it before.