Help. Not Sure About The Model Of This Vacumatic

[angelov95]

It's about 13 cm long. Blue azure (?)

I would say it is a junior, But not sure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks in advance!

[Ron Z]

You can't tell from the length of the barrel, section and blind cap. They're identical in Majors and Jrs.

 

The band says its a Vac Major - single band with a chevron pattern instead of the two thin bands of a Jr. It should have a blue diamond clip, but maybe that got changed out. I'd know better if I could see the size of the feed and the end of the section. Major is larger than the Jr. I don't remember the width of the shoulders of a Jr VS Major at the moment.

[angelov95]

You can't tell from the length of the barrel, section and blind cap. They're identical in Majors and Jrs.

 

The band says its a Vac Major - single band with a chevron pattern instead of the two thin bands of a Jr. It should have a blue diamond clip, but maybe that got changed out. I'd know better if I could see the size of the feed and the end of the section. Major is larger than the Jr. I don't remember the width of the shoulders of a Jr VS Major at the moment.

 

The barrel has a diameter of 0.9 - 1 cm, diameter of the feed is 0.5 cm, and the diameter of the section is 0.5 on the part that screws into the barrel.

 

 

 

 

[ThomasB]

IMO, its a Major...I have had several of these Canadian Vacs over the years that have the cap band of major, the nib and feed of a major, but the clip of what would normally appear on the junior...Maybe a later model? What does the date code say?

[penmanila]

it's very likely a late canadian major--maybe 1952 or thereabouts--going by the "chunky" section (with the squared end). as thomas suggests, check the date code (a number like 52 or 53) on he barrel.

[angelov95]

Only number I see on the barrel is an 8, between 2 dots (like this .8.) next to the "Made in"

 

Made in .8.
U.S.A

 

The nib has a 53 below CANADA.

[penmanila]

I could be wrong, but I'd interpret that to mean a leftover barrel from 1948 fitted with a 1953 nib and section. Your section is definitely late Canadian.

[angelov95]

I could be wrong, but I'd interpret that to mean a leftover barrel from 1948 fitted with a 1953 nib and section. Your section is definitely late Canadian.

So could be the clip? From other vac.

Edited April 20, 2016 by angelov95

[Ron Z]

...or Canadian. With apologies to our northern neighbors, when I see something weird on a Parker or a Sheaffer and the word "Canada" somewhere on it, you just shrug and move on. Lots of weird parts combinations appeared on Canadian pens.

[angelov95]

...or Canadian. With apologies to our northern neighbors, when I see something weird on a Parker or a Sheaffer and the word "Canada" somewhere on it, you just shrug and move on. Lots of weird parts combinations appeared on Canadian pens.

So it does not have as much value as a "pure" one I guess.

It's still beautiful to me at least.

[PenBuyer1796]

So it does not have as much value as a "pure" one I guess.

It's still beautiful to me at least.

 

Not necessarily. Canadian Parker's sometimes have unusual characteristics, which can make them more desirable to collectors and hence a higher asking price. Other, like this, are worth about the same as the American variant as there are no substantial differences.

[angelov95]

Could it be a little bit flexy, or are all vac nibs the same? This one seems a bit flexy.

[penmanila]

flexible vac nibs are uncommon, but your best bet to find one would have been in a canadian vac

[Ron Z]

So it does not have as much value as a "pure" one I guess.

It's still beautiful to me at least.

 

I wouldn't say that. It's just different because the Canadian pens often are, and as such may very well be "correct." I don't think influences the price at all