PA3726 Parker 51 Vacumatic. (Fine)

PA3726 Parker 51 Vacumatic. (Fine)

Date: c1947

Size: Capped - 139mm; posted - 153mm.

A lovely glossy India black Parker 51.  The pen is in very good condition.  The only damage I can see on this pen is a couple of very small and shallow dings to the cap which I was unable to photograph successfully.  The Lustraloy cap still has some very nice delicate frosting.  It has a clear and undamaged grey jewel at the top and a gold filled Parker arrow pocket clip.  The clip has a diamond at the shoulder, but no blue infill which is correct for this post-war pen.  The lip of the cap has a polished band.  It is imprinted "PARKER".  The barrel and hood are nice and glossy with no noticeable scratches.  There is a very faint and partially obscured imprint at the forward end of the barrel which includes the date code for 1947.  The blind cap unscrews for access to the Vacumatic filler plunger, which is in amber coloured plastic.  The nib is undamaged and in 14 carat gold.  It looks like a fine point.

I have fully serviced this pen.  It writes very smoothly like a Parker 51 should.  The nib is firm and produces a wet, consistent line.  It writes with a fine width.  The Vacumatic filler works well and gives the pen a very good ink capacity.