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  1. What makes this hobby interesting to me is variety. A pen for every mood. Rotation. Admiration of each pen’s qualities as a writer. Appreciation of design philosophies. Etc. There’s never been a clear favourite that stands out above all others. Until now. Possibly (the day is young). Two weeks ago, I received two vintage pens: an Esterbrook SJ with 9550 EF nib and this: a 1947 Parker Vacumatic Jr with flex nib. Both pens have been lovingly restored by RonZ. I fell for the Vacumatic Jr like a ton of bricks: -it improves my handwriting -it fits my hand like a glove, posted as well as unposted -it’s small enough to comfortably fit in a shirt pocket -the material feels lovely to the touch -it allows me to write in a variety of styles and makes me appear a better writer than I actually am in each of those styles -it holds plenty of ink (a necessity with a wet pen like this) -the feel of the nib on paper is heavenly: it’s not glassy smooth, it’s very tactile, think Sailor and you’ll get the idea. ^—Such a wonderful nib! At first glance the pen appears to be totally black, but it isn’t. In direct daylight or proper artificial light there is a pattern to be seen in the material. The lighter parts are translucent, so basically the barrel is translucent and I can see how much there is left inside the pen. Gotta love it. I’m not big on Parker. My only other Parker is a 51 from the fifties that I rarely use because the nib is a big, fat M-verging-on-B while I prefer EF (anybody have a nice EF lying around for a Parker 51?). But this little Vacumatic Jr... wow. Just wow.





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