Product Description
Type Fountain pen
Product Name Parker 51 Vacumatic, Full Size. The "stacked coins" cap is a little uncommon.
Manufacturer and Year Parker, made in USA -- 1946 (The date code is 6 with one dot).
Length Full size, 5-7/16"
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 lustraloy cap with a coin cap band. It has a gold filled blue diamond clip and a pearlescent cap jewel.
Nib FINE gold nib.
Condition Excellent condition with no cracks, chips, dents, or dings. This is a shiny pen in a pleasant color combination and with a uniquely designed cap band. The section has heavy scratching caused from capping. The barrel has moderate scratching that includes a lot of microscratching that has the effect of slightly dulling the surface. The cap has light to moderate scratching. There are some light shiny marks to the left of the top of the clip. The clip has plating wear along the bottom edge of the arrow end. Other than that is looks excellent. The blue diamond is fully intact. The clip band has some small dots of plating wear. The pearlescent cap jewel has microscratches. The imprints including the date code are clear.