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    Default Parker Duofold Vacumatic ?

    Hi all

    Just stumbled across this odd one on the BayofEvil

    https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F153051530035

    A Duofold with a Aerometric filler?

    Barrel is supposed to be stamped Vacumatic but without a blind cap

    Nib looks like a Vacumatic nib

    Filler is Aerometric

    Anyone got any info on this oddity.

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    Default Re: Parker Duofold Vacumatic ?

    Probably just a listing error. I bought one of these from the UK that arrived a couple of days ago. Identical in every respect apart from the nib - the one in this listing appears to be a replacement. GBP 99 is also rather expensive for this model IMHO. Mine doesn't say "vacumatic" anywhere on it, because it isn't!

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    Default Re: Parker Duofold Vacumatic ?

    Yep grossly overpriced for a standard Aerometric, under £30 would be more like it, obviously my first thought was it's had a nib swap, it was just the statement about the barrel being stamped Vacumatic had me wondering.

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    Default Re: Parker Duofold Vacumatic ?

    Unfortunately it doesn't show the reported barrel imprint. It doesn't look like the barrel of any Vac I've ever seen - no blind cap. It's just an Aerometric with a replacement nib.
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    Default Re: Parker Duofold Vacumatic ?

    That nib is about 25 years older than the pen body.

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    Default Re: Parker Duofold Vacumatic ?

    I spotted that this morning mainly because of the nib. I remember thinking it was a nice nib on a Duofold
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    Default Re: Parker Duofold Vacumatic ?

    As others have already mentioned.

    It is a 1953 Duofold Aerometric produced at Newhaven.

    There is no imprint on the barrel at all ( confirmed )

    Of course, the nib is a replacement from an earlier pen.
    Last edited by proteus; March 15th, 2019 at 12:42 PM.

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    Default Re: Parker Duofold Vacumatic ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Deb View Post
    Unfortunately it doesn't show the reported barrel imprint. It doesn't look like the barrel of any Vac I've ever seen - no blind cap. It's just an Aerometric with a replacement nib.
    The barrel isn't the imprint but the nib does say "Vacumatic" since it is from one.

    I think it looks like "Frank's" pen.

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    Default Re: Parker Duofold Vacumatic ?

    I see the seller has now corrected the listing, removing the Vacumatic Barrel Imprint.

    Still thinks the very common pen is worth £99 though, when its more like £30 and that's on a good day.

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