The photos above are of the actual pen we are offering for sale here
Canadian Parker Vacumatic Blue Diamond in azure pearl, measuring 134 mm capped which means it is probably a 'Long Major'. This is fitted with its original 14k gold two tone Canadian nib with the platinum mask
Writing with no pressure on the nib, it produces a line width of around 0.4mm which is a fine. With very slight pressure, this line increases to around 0.6mm which is a medium width. So it's possible reasonable to describe this nib as semi-flex or at least having some degree of flexibility but applying these terms is subjective
Both the nib and the barrel imprint carry the date imprint of 6 for 1946 with the barrel having two dashes and the nib three dashes for different quarters of 1946. Canada by this time was usually using dashes rather than the earlier dots for marking quarters
In terms of condition, this has been carefully looked after and is in excellent overall condition. Barrel imprints are crisp and easy to read as can be seen from the photos. There is reasonably good barrel transparency. As can be seen in the close up photo of the cap lip, there is a shallow indentation or bump on one side of the cap band which isn't visible on the inside of the cap
Condition B/1f (Ref 12943)
See our Condition Grading Scale
We have fully serviced this pen which includes disassembling the pen, ultrasonically cleaning all the parts and fitting a new diaphragm. We then reassemble the pen, check ink flow and the smoothness of the nib. We also check and adjust the tightness and positioning of the clip.
The pen fills from an ink bottle and does not take cartridges
This pen comes with our normal 12 month warranty. We keep a detailed record of each customer's purchases so if you need to call us, we will have all the information here to answer any query
