So I stumbled across this on ebay
Looks like a normal vac save the possible mis matched blind cap....but then
Any explanations guys?
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So I stumbled across this on ebay
Looks like a normal vac save the possible mis matched blind cap....but then
Any explanations guys?
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Looks like it might be a slide action convertor, so perhaps they sought "authenticity" by hacking a Parker one? After all, they have taken the trouble to put it in a Parker box too...
In the words of Paul Simon, you can call me Al.
Jon Szanto (December 14th, 2020)
Some Indian companies made pens like this, especially a company called Wilson. It could have been an eye dropper originally, the owner was just lucky in finding a section that fitted and then bodged a converter to fit the much older section.
The cost of the paracetomols in living with this lash up will exceed the value of the pen
amk (December 15th, 2020), bebox (December 15th, 2020), Chemtiger (December 17th, 2020), da vinci (December 15th, 2020), Stands on Feet (December 15th, 2020)
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and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
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Are we sure it is a Parker?
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The pic below is a Seagull FP, Seagull and Wilson were fountain pen companies in India and used plastics that were similar in appearance to those used in Parker Vacumatics.
This pen has a squeeze bar filler, I have also seen them as eye droppers. I think the OP shows a pen that is probably made, at least cap and barrel by Wilson or Seagull.
The pens were badly made when new, they are unlikely to have improved with age.
The 'vacumatic' brickwork material was also popular in Italy, coupled with a syringe filler system in the Punto Rosso pen that I have.
Chemtiger (December 17th, 2020), penmainiac (December 15th, 2020)
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penmainiac (December 15th, 2020), welch (December 15th, 2020)
The Indian crafters are clever. I have a P51 that has a brass piece crafted by someone in India that allows the P51 Aerometric to be converted into a C/C pen. It works. Coincedentially, I am using the same converter type in that P51. Ron Zorn says the ink will ruin the brass fitting. Well, you lose the Collector in making this conversion. I did it just to see what it was about.
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