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amcclell
·It is indeed a vacuumatic. I have a couple of these. These were made from solid blocks of layered celluloid in the 1940's to early 1950's. They are from the golden age of fountain pens and were highly regarded. If you look at the barrel through a magnifying glass, the year of manufacture is usually etched.
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amcclell
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Engee
·you can still get rubber diaphragms for these if you wanted to get it working. The nib is solid gold and they are lovely to write with. Here is the barrel on one of mine magnified. The 53 means it was made in 1953.
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SpeedyPhill
·the wrting pens stuff currently in my top drawer...
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Engee
·The 53 means it was made in 1953.
EDIT: A little more reading from this website http://www.richardspens.com/ref/profiles/vac.htm tells me mine is, I think, dated to the fourth quarter of 1944 (single 4 with no dots), a Blue Diamond Clip with wartime / postwar filler, Golden Pearl colour. It's hard to measure but I think it must be a "Major", maybe a "Debutante" as it has a plain black cap, but I think it's bigger than a Debutante.
Presumably it's a replacement nib.
Here are some close up pictures. Pretty sure it needs a deep clean.
I hope this doesn't send me into a whole new world of obsession. Watches is enough.
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sxl2004
·Pens are not an obsession but a necessity.
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gaarddog
·Montblancs from the fifties, 149,146,144 and 142.
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wilderbeast
·I don’t collect fountain pens, but I appreciate and use them. For over a decade my trusted combination has been a Cross Apogee Chrome and Visconti Emerald Green Ink. My current go-to work watch, the C-case Connie, along for the ride:
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gaarddog
·Montblanc 122 PL and 124 PL, push button fillers, they are from from the thirties.
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schoolboy
·What a cool thread guys ! I’ll post mine up in a bit, though it’s nothing fancy.
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Spruce
··Sunburst dial fanA re-post of some of my 51s and 61s
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Marsimaxam
·Two icons... Cross and Montblanc
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rob#1
·As the year goes on I find myself using my fountain pen more and more, it’s just such an enjoyable experience 😁.
I’m even bidding on this vintage Svenskt Tenn inkwell at the moment, not that I really need it. I might just decant my Quink into it as it looks cooler than the bottle.
I’m even bidding on this vintage Svenskt Tenn inkwell at the moment, not that I really need it. I might just decant my Quink into it as it looks cooler than the bottle.
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DManzaluni
·I see it’s a Parker fountain pen, but which model;
The N on the nib meant it was produced for sale through Parker of England who had their factory in Newhaven at the old Valentine Pen factory.
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