Help Identify This Vacumatic?

[TSherbs]

Can I have some help identifying this Vacumatic that I purchased? The prior owner was not exactly sure, and I am a newbie to Vacumatics. It is a great pen, and I plan to hold on to it. I just am curious about what it actually might be (year, model, etc) if someone could help. I have read the identifying literature on several internet sites, but it gets so confusing with all the variables and nomenclature. Any assistance would be appreciated.

 

The only info not in the photos is that there is a "0" (zero) stamped on the pen barrel after the word "Vacumatic" and it appears to have a tail in the shape of an editor's caret in the five-o'clock position on the zero.

 

Pictures below.

 

And thanks.

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x231/larkin31/Parker%20Vacumatic/capped_zpsfbk5a74g.jpg

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x231/larkin31/Parker%20Vacumatic/uncapped_zpsreecxqjw.jpg

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x231/larkin31/Parker%20Vacumatic/section_nib_zpstcogpk6g.jpg

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x231/larkin31/Parker%20Vacumatic/cap_clip_zpsmynhpk31.jpg

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x231/larkin31/Parker%20Vacumatic/capband_zpsxhbsrhvy.jpg

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x231/larkin31/Parker%20Vacumatic/blindcap_zpschkuvsrf.jpg

 

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x231/larkin31/Parker%20Vacumatic/pump_button_zpshikt8nk6.jpg

 

 

[Ursus]

That's my favourite colour and my favourite cap band. It looks like a double jeweled Vacumatic Major from 1940 but please correct me if I'm wrong. Does it have any flex?

Edited April 6, 2016 by Ursus

[TSherbs]

That's my favourite colour and my favourite cap band. It looks like a double jeweled Vacumatic Major from 1940 but please correct me if I'm wrong. Does it have any flex?

no flex

[Ursus]

Well, even without flex (which is rare) it probably writes like a dream...

[mitto]

Lovely color ! I have one in the same color but with single jewel, plastic plunger from 1942.

 

Is it restored?

[TSherbs]

Well, even without flex (which is rare) it probably writes like a dream...

Does the "0" (zero) likely designate 1940?

 

And is this the size of a "Major"?

[Ursus]

 

Does the "0" (zero) likely designate 1940?

 

And is this the size of a "Major"?

 

The 0 would be 1940, yes - and I believe that this version of the plunger confirms this - and what a lovely plunger that is!

 

I can't remember the exact sizes of all the different versions (and the size differences were not that big anyway), but it's a Major cap band.

Edited April 11, 2016 by Ursus

[TSherbs]

 

The 0 would be 1940, yes - and I believe that this version of the plunger confirms this - and what a lovely plunger that is!

 

I can't remember the exact sizes of all the different versions (and the size differences were not that big anyway), but it's a Major cap band.

Thank you, Ursus.

[Brian-McQueen]

Definitely a 1940 Major. Great pen!

[TSherbs]

Definitely a 1940 Major. Great pen!

Thanks !