Vacumatic with flat blind cap

[VacNut]

The replacement striped jewel and the tassies are available. The end cap is almost impossible to return to its original state as modified. You can try to source a replacement end cap and jewel.

IMHO it is a great DIY, but it didn’t improve the value of the pen. It was almost better for them to have left the pen as-is.

[CVR]

37 minutes ago, VacNut said:

The replacement striped jewel and the tassies are available. The end cap is almost impossible to return to its original state as modified. You can try to source a replacement end cap and jewel.

IMHO it is a great DIY, but it didn’t improve the value of the pen. It was almost better for them to have left the pen as-is.

 

Thanks! I guess we can see how it made sense from their perspective. This was a pen they used regularly, and instead of carrying around a broken pen, they turned it into a clean-looking pen.

 

Most likely, they did it themselves. A repairman with the required skill would have charged them more than cost of a blind cap. Jeweled blind caps must have been plentiful even after Parker transitioned away from jewels.

 

I'm tempted to just keep it as it is, as a tribute to someone's skill. Now, if they had personalized the pen, we'd have known their name!