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1947 Sub-Debutante With Two Jewels?

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I just purchased a Vacumatic Sub Debutante yesterday. It appears to have been made in Q1 1947 and has the plastic filling plunger.

 

The one thing that appears to be "off" about the pen is that the blind cap is not rounded as I would expect but is jeweled so that it looks more like a second generation Parker rather than third generation. I thought this might mean that it was made in Canada, but the imprint clearly states "Made in USA".

 

Can anyone shed some insight regarding this pen? Did jeweled blind caps come back after World War II?

 

Thank you in advance!

 

Regards,

 

KLT

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A picture would help, but my guess would be that a mismatched blind cap has found its way onto your pen.

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You sure it's not a 1937 date code with a later replacement filler unit?

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I just checked on one of my double jeweled sub-debs and it has a date code of .2. with a plastic post war filler and a star clip.

 

How did a star clip wind up on a 1942 pen?

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jdllizard, if your pen has a date code of 1942 and is double jeweled, then it is probably a replacement barrel. DJ vacs were last produced in 1941.

I figured either the barrel, or possibly the clip, were replacements. I was just pointing out how odd parts can find their way into a pen.

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