Vacumatic Barrel Needed--Will not hold ink

[Farmboy]

This pen leaks and the barrel seems to be damaged...anyone have one?

36102

[Jon Szanto]

Aw, man, the Dremel and PBR again?

[FredRydr]

This pen....
I am not a Vacumatic collector, but I have two because of their nibs. One of them is exactly like this one (color, clip, triple bands, locking plunger), but I know nothing about it. What can you tell me about this pen (and mine)?

Fred

[Farmboy]

This pen....
I am not a Vacumatic collector, but I have two because of their nibs. One of them is exactly like this one (color, clip, triple bands, locking plunger), but I know nothing about it. What can you tell me about this pen (and mine)?

Fred
What is your date code? In case it is hard to see, this one is 45. Note the orientation on this code.

[Marsilius]

I have a nice dark brown/black 1946 in good shape with a lousy gold plated nib. But no tassie (is that what you call it?). I assume you are looking for something to match, as opposed to a new body for your nib though?

[FredRydr]

What is your date code? In case it is hard to see, this one is 45. Note the orientation on this code.
47. oriented horizontally.

What is this model called?

Alas, the blind cap on mine shows some tooth action.

36103

Full of Aurora black ink at the moment.

[Farmboy]

Fred,

Depends on length and diameter. Mine is a factory demonstrator, if I recall correctly it was a Standard size. the slot goes all the way through the section and there was likely never a nib. Pen came from a Janesville connection.

It seems that the date code mentioned is always the wrong direction.

Yours might be a bigger pen than mine.

Tony does a good job of narrowing down the options...http://parkercollector.com/vacumaticinfoshell.html

[FredRydr]

Tony does a good job of narrowing down the options...http://parkercollector.com/vacumaticinfoshell.html
THANK YOU! What a great resource for the Vac novice! Looks like mine is a standard, or maybe a senior, or maybe a slender or maybe not. <sigh!>

I'll measure it again tomorrow.

[penwash]

This pen leaks and the barrel seems to be damaged...anyone have one?

36102

But the barrel clarity is amazing on that one. It's almost as if I can look at the ink directly.

[Jon Szanto]

This pen leaks and the barrel seems to be damaged...anyone have one?

But the barrel clarity is amazing on that one. It's almost as if I can look at the ink directly.

You could almost reach in and touch it!

[FredRydr]

And here I thought it was the Parker prototype "Pour-o-Matic" filler, doing away with all those silly moving parts.

[Seattleite]

This pen leaks and the barrel seems to be damaged...anyone have one?

36102

But the barrel clarity is amazing on that one. It's almost as if I can look at the ink directly.

Cut away demonstrators do tend to avoid ink staining and off-gassing.

Bob

[Marsilius]

Edible strip away peppermint pen?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD0DDYnf-TA

[FredRydr]

Gorilla tape will fix it.

[Jon Szanto]

Cut away demonstrators do tend to avoid ink staining and off-gassing.

Hey, it's no fun if you don't play along!

[Seattleite]

Cut away demonstrators do tend to avoid ink staining and off-gassing.

Hey, it's no fun if you don't play along!

I thought that I was.

The humor, in my mind, started with Parker, back in 1935, when they cut a "viewing" window in a transparent pen! The irony for modern day collectors is that such "nonsensically" butchered pens remain eternally clear because they are forever unusable (other than as an artifact), while most functioning examples show the increasing effects of ink and sulfur compounds. I thought that I had alluded to that in my post.

That a Vac with a hole in the side doesn't hold ink... Not much I can add to that.

Bob

[penwash]

That a Vac with a hole in the side doesn't hold ink... Not much I can add to that.

Bob

Yes, it will hold ink.

You just have to stop moving it around. And by 'around' I meant at all.

:bounce:

[Cob]

I have a Vac; I have wasted hours on it - it is a Canadian lock down model with flexible arrow nib. It could go for a moderate sum

It is a golden stripey job like yours.

Cob

[Seattleite]

That a Vac with a hole in the side doesn't hold ink... Not much I can add to that.

Bob

Yes, it will hold ink.

You just have to stop moving it around. And by 'around' I meant at all.

:bounce:

So, to get it to work.... I have to move the paper around?

Bob

[Seattleite]

That a Vac with a hole in the side doesn't hold ink... Not much I can add to that.

Bob

Yes, it will hold ink.

You just have to stop moving it around. And by 'around' I meant at all.

:bounce:

So, to get it to work.... I have to move the paper around?

Bob

[penwash]

That a Vac with a hole in the side doesn't hold ink... Not much I can add to that.

Bob

Yes, it will hold ink.

You just have to stop moving it around. And by 'around' I meant at all.

:bounce:

So, to get it to work.... I have to move the paper around?

Bob

Sure, or the table.

[FredRydr]

Return it for a good one.

[Marsilius]

"She looked at the nickel, she looked at me,
She said, kind sir, it's as plain as can be,
There's a hole in the nickel and it goes right through,
Said I, there's a hole in the donut, too."

[Seattleite]

That a Vac with a hole in the side doesn't hold ink... Not much I can add to that.

Bob

Yes, it will hold ink.

You just have to stop moving it around. And by 'around' I meant at all.

:bounce:

So, to get it to work.... I have to move the paper around?

Bob

Sure, or the table.

Sunday morning crossword puzzles in the bathroom are going to be more stimulating then ever!

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