This very very high-cachet and frankly scarce (a great rarity in the Vac Universe, relatively speaking) Vac popped on on FPN. What could i do but buy it. I have spare appropriate early-style clip and correct Tassie for it.

This is a big one. Well a little one but "big" in how it counts (hmmmm....). More desirable to those who know than the "vacumatic cap-band" pens. Very clean trim and plastic.

regards

david

Would that pen be a 1932ish "short stubby"?

Todd

looking at the section, it looks like a stub, from what I can see of the imprint, it says "patented" which really doesn't tell me a whole lot, but my guess is an Oversize, stub? it's not a ripley's since I have to figure the bands are more seperated...

I don't remember ever seeing any vest pocket or stub OS's must be pretty rare though.

Is the picture actual size? haha...

Hi,

It is the "Stubby" variant, standard girth, rod stock indeed starting 1932-ish (late).

Key thing... it is neither Vacumatic nor Vacuum-Filler.

-d

Cool nib - Its gold and has an arrow

George

yeah, I kept thinking that, but in a million years, never figured an OS, stub....

too strange....

Very nice David! One question: did this variant take the normal clip or were they shorter than normal? I know that Parker typically sized the clip to the variant in earlier models, but I don't know on the Golden Arrow.

All the best,
John

Hi Rick,

Not OS. The stubbies are of standard girth

regards

d

It takes normal first generation feather clip, but such clips have numerous subtle evolutionary tweaks. This one should be the earliest form of 1st gen clip, with arrow-on-arrow clip head, slightly shorter length than later clips and short stack at top.

regards

d

cool pen, nice find. I'm glad for those collectors of the oddities, when they find something of such esoteric value. I can relate, on my own hunts.

I recently acquired a stubby Vac as well that is in near mint shape. Alas it is not a Golden Arrow, but a Vacuumfiller. Either way, superb writer and suprisingly easy to write with considering its size and my rather meaty hands.

Nice pen David, as usual.

Cheers,
Sean

yeah, that's strange, one of the pens I enjoy writing with most is a OS stub chilton I got, and my hands are not large, but big enough, for being a big guy.

(Potty Mouth). I have to have a Vacumatic now...

Takes proper standard clip, but early one which (due to era, not model to which it is fitted) is a smidge shorter than later clips.

d

who ya callin "potty mouth"

d