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EGdaTarHeel NOS (New Old Stock)

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I dont buy many new pens especially vintage pens. But I couldnt pass this up....needs a bit of love. Need to find a restorer who can help...

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The cap will be a real challenge.

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Agreed. But worth the risk as these don't come around often. I'm interested in hearing from the board which restorers would be the best for this challenge.

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If it was mine I'd send it to The Write Pen (Danny Fudge)

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How about some pictures of the damaged pieces.

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Not a repair that everyone does. Fewer in the group that do advanced celluloid repair. Fewer still would take this on.

 

Would like to see some close up pictures.

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woof! that's a rare one. might be a job for the likes of ron zorn. it's a "candystripe" vacumatic, not that easy to find, and when found typically shows shrinkage or caramelization right under the clip ring. this one's broken in that part and will probably need to be solvent-welded (if possible--ron would know).

 

i was lucky to find one on ebay (ireland) some years ago, but it needed a lot of work which i did myself (thankfully no cracks, just missing parts). interestingly, this variant had an ebonite section and blind cap.

 

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I had been wondering if the pen in question was a one of the candy stripes. I don't think I've ever actually seen one in the wild, so the photo of it was intriguing....

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Canadian or British Vacumatic?

If British it would be confirmation that Valentine's did produce batches of pens for Parker's long before the take over.

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EGdaTarHeel NOS (New Old Stock)

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So the pen arrived late yesterday. Pictures to follow but its in tough shape. I am corresponding with a couple of well known restorers as at best we will need to graft a piece on the cap. More to come.

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keep us posted. that's its weak spot, just below the clip ring. mine has a bit of shrinkage, but i've seen others totally caramelized or crumbled.

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Work has been in the way of getting back on here. After consulting with 4 experts, the candy stripe cap is a write off. Too much celluloid rot on this one to try to fix. Will be sending off to clean the barrel which is in great shape and taking the hardware off which is pristine.

 

So I won another auction. Posting one pic...this one is in much better condition and came from the daughter of the original owner who found the pen in an old cigar box...

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