Elegant 1937 Parker Vacumatic Senior Burgundy Pearl Fountain Pen & Pencil Restored Scarce Check It Out [hPSb8p3L]

For your consideration, we are offering for sale this Restored 1937 Parker Senior Vacumatic Fountain Pen & Pencil in the Burgundy Pearl Celluloid. This is a very high cachet Parker Senior Fountain Pen (not to be confused with Senior Maxima or Vacuum-Filler Senior). Essentially a one-year model was produced in 1936 with a few stragglers in Q1 of 1937. It is a standard-girth pen with longer parts than the Standard, with greater streamlining at the ends, the hallmark finding is the wide middle cap band, the only three-band Vacumatic to sport such a finding.

The nib, feed, and breather tube have been ultrasonically cleaned. I replaced the old diaphragm with a new, properly sized one. I have cleaned, buffed, and polished the celluloid, gold-filled clip, and 3-ring cap band (narrow-wide-narrow). There are absolutely no chips, cracks, or repairs to this fountain pen with the cap always securing tightly to the barrel. The Burgundy Pearl color is simply beautiful with vibrant red coloring.  The top and bottom jewels are striped to match the cap, barrel, section, and blind cap of the fountain pen. The gold-filled clip and cap banding do display very minor wear but everything has been polished to a high shine. This Parker Vacumatic is a Senior that measures 5 1/4" capped and 6 1/8" posted. The Pencil measures 5" inches

The fountain pen barrel is clearly stamped with, "GEO. S. PARKER PARKER VACUMATIC MADE IN U.S.A. and the 17 date code for 1937 in the first quarter". The barrel transparency is fantastic, a person can easily see through the barrel, albeit with minor ambering. The blind cap securely fits. The pencil barrel is clearly stamped with, "GEO. S. PARKER PARKER MADE IN U.S.A. and the 36 date code for 1936 in the third quarter". The cap and barrel are free of any personalizations or monograms on the fountain pen and pencil. 

This Parker Vacumatic retains the correct "Lockdown" filling unit that was produced for 1st Generation Vacumatics and works flawlessly. I have tested the filling mechanism with water and fills as it should. The Vacumatic Filling System works great, typically in my tests with water about 12-15 presses to fill full. I have greased the filling unit so it operates smoothly.

This USA Parker Vacumatic nib has a 14K nib that has a medium point that measures .70mm when measured with digital calipers. When writing a sample with this NIB, it writes with a fine to broad stroke/line. In the writing sample provided, the stroke/line ranges from .56mm to .96mm with firm pressure when measuring with digital calipers. The Parker nib is dated 1936 in the 3rd quarter which would make it a nib proper for the 1 year Senior production. The nib writes with a smooth stroke. The writing sample was done with the actual pen in the images that are listed for sale. The writing sample was used by dipping the NIB in Parker Blue Ink.

I would consider this Parker Vacumatic Senior Fountain Pen and Pencil to be in Very Fine to Excellent Condition. Some of the gold-plated trim displays minor wear but the striped jewels, section, and clean imprints make up for the minor trim wear, in my opinion. That said, this fountain pen in the "Senior" size is very scarce and nearly impossible to acquire in today's market. I have owned more Vacumatic stamped Cap Banding Fountain Pens than I have owned Seniors (not to be confused with a Senior Maxima). It certainly is a very scarce Parker Vac in a hard-to-find color that would make a fine addition to one's Vac collection!