Silver Blue Parker Vacuum Filler?

[VacNut]

I have several Parker Silver Vacuum Fillers, but the color on this silver-blue pen is unfamiliar to me. The blue is an even color through out from cap to blind cap. The cap is a light transparent blue when I shine a light through it, but not like a Ripley blue. The imprint is typical Parker vacuum filler. I have placed it next to a silver vacuum filler, a silver vac, and an emerald vac for comparison. I can see ink dyeing the barrel, but the cap and end cap? I will try to take better photos.

[VacNut]

Is anyone familiar with this pen?

[VacNut]

11 hours ago, VacNut said:

Is anyone familiar with this pen?

I really need to set up a good photo area. 

the pen next to a silver vacuum filler

 

replacement nib.

 

 

the green/blue tint of the cap

 

 

blind cap is also tinted.

 

Did the pen start out grey, but has aged over time?

[inkstainedruth]

Are you talking about the pen on the left or the pen on the right?  (I couldn't tell from the initial photo which pen of the four you meant).  Because the pen on the left looks like Silver Pearl, and the pen on the right looks like Emerald Pearl but discolored from age or off-gassing (which apparently can happen with vintage celluloid).

I'd admit that when I read the thread subject line, I was expecting to see a Blue Laidtone Duofold from your description....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[VacNut]

2 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Are you talking about the pen on the left or the pen on the right?  (I couldn't tell from the initial photo which pen of the four you meant).  Because the pen on the left looks like Silver Pearl, and the pen on the right looks like Emerald Pearl but discolored from age or off-gassing (which apparently can happen with vintage celluloid).

I'd admit that when I read the thread subject line, I was expecting to see a Blue Laidtone Duofold from your description....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Ruth

It is the pen on the right of the latest photos. Both pens are imprinted Parker Vacuum Filler. I am not aware of an emerald vacuum filler, only silver, black, and burgundy - other than the Ripley.

[inkstainedruth]

http://parkercollector.com/vacumatic.html

I'm not sure of the differences between "Vacuum Filler" and the regular "Vacumatics", (they're both mentioned in the article link).  There is a mention of some colors coming in both "opaque" and "transparent" but that Emerald was only made in the "transparent".  But I DO know that the first Generation Vacs (Lockdown fillers) came in Emerald Pearl -- because I've GOT one, with a striped cap jewel (my other lockdown is a Red Shadow Wave Vac).

Does yours have any sort of date code on the imprint (I'm not sure how early the date codes come in -- my notes say that my Emerald Pearl dates to between 1935 and 1938).

I still say that from the photos, that one one the right looks Emerald Pearl (green), not Silver (grey).  I couldn't get a lot of info from the article about "Ripley" models.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth
 

[Brian-McQueen]

The silver-blue color is known, and pretty uncommon. You’re definitely not imagining things. I have one, and have seen a couple of others.

[VacNut]

35 minutes ago, RobertNFrappuls said:

The silver-blue color is known, and pretty uncommon. You’re definitely not imagining things. I have one, and have seen a couple of others.

Brian,

As always, your input is always appreciated. There is a small crack at the cap lip, but otherwise the pen is in good condition with legible imprints. I have a vacuum filler nib, that I may fit onto the feed to complete the pen.

can I trouble you to post a pic of your pen to expand the knowledge base?