Product Description
Type Fountain pen
Product Name Parker 51 Vacumatic, Full Size
Manufacturer and Year Parker, made in U.S.A. -- 1944 (The date code is a clear 4 with two dots).
Length Full size, 5-9/16"
Filling System Vacumatic (piston/plunger) filling system. We've fully restored it in house with a new diaphragm, and it's working very well.
Color Cedar blue body with a lustraloy cap and a blue diamond arrow clip. Pearlescent cap jewel.
Nib MEDIUM-FINE gold nib, good tipping material, very smooth.
Condition Excellent + condition with no cracks, chips, dents, or dings. This is a dark blue pen with a shiny lustraloy cap and in a lovely classical design. The barrel has marks caused by the cap lip (also on the section) and mainly light scratching with a few small areas of moderate scratching. The cap is smooth and silky. It has moderate microscratching. The clip has plating wear along the edges of the arrow end and light microscratching. The blue diamond is perfect. There was some grime on the clutch ring (see photo), but it cleaned off after we did the photos. The imprints are clear.