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[david i]

David,

Whew! the eye candy/pencil porn is titilating, but just raises my blood pressure and makes me drool on my keyboard. Please don't forget to discuss how to distinguish various Vac pencils, even if it's just a boring ol' list or set of photos arranged by generation and model.

Hi Matt,

At some point soon will take stab. Would be fairly easy to do a basic description table. Illustrating it will take more time. I do remain on a hectic schedule this next week. Too, anomalies happen


regards

david

[david i]

I definitely agree with Matt! On top of wishing to know the basic models, we need to know what makes these pencils you are showing special.

Hi B-

"Special" of course is a subjective notion, and numerous elements can contribute cachet. I likely should be careful not to puff any of 'em up too much

To degree that common is common... typical late Major/Junior/Deb/Sub-deb anything a bit better is, well, a bit better.

Jeweler's Cap-band pens and pencils are well less common than catalogued models. Finding a Maxima Jeweler's Band repeater pencil, starts to pile on the charm. Shadow Wave Jeweler's Band pencils are uncommon. Blue Maxima pencil is very uncommon. Despite being a documented pencil, I doubt I've seen five in my 13 years in the hobby. The triple cap-band repeater pencils are not documented in USA, though enough have turned up from Canada that they might have been standard issue there, but still they are uncommon and are a bit special as they represent an style that deviates from the USA expectations, unlike most Canadian Vacs. And so forth...

regards

david

[david i]

Now this one really is insane, even if it not... quite... a "Vacumatic" pencil.

This one is in my collection, where it should rest for some time to come. Do I need to point out what is interesting about this one?

regards

David

[BrianMcQueen]

David,

Reminds me of this pencil you teased us with some time ago...





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[Baz666]

Nothing much to add really, just posting a little more eye candy.




Regards
Paul.

[Teej47]

"Special" of course is a subjective notion,

Yup... this is the 'Special Ed' class, isn't it?

Tim

[david i]

David,

Reminds me of this pencil you teased us with some time ago...




Link to David's Old Topic

Yeppers. That one has typical shape of Vacuum-Filler pencil and used Vac plastic, but has a Duofold imprint. Weird. Wish I owned it. But the Silver Pearl pencil might be better still, as it is a Duofold Senior pen in shape and imprint, but done in Vac plastic. Killer piece. And, at least I own that one

regards

david

[david i]

Nothing much to add really, just posting a little more eye candy.




Regards
Paul.

GREAT pens. I wonder how many reading this thread can ID then... ???

d

[matt]

GREAT pens. I wonder how many reading this thread can ID then... ???

d

They're pencils, by the way. Canadian? Jr w/ solid gold (9K?) capband and a "Ripley's" (red/blue instead of red/black stripes)?

[BrianMcQueen]

GREAT pens. I wonder how many reading this thread can ID then... ???

An Imperial Signet and a Ripley's?

[BrianMcQueen]

David, the black and white marbled/cracked pencil back on the first page that you said could be considered a "Grail" pencil... where did that plastic come from?

Edited by RobertNFrappuls, 11 December 2011 - 07:33 PM.

[david i]

David, the black and white marbled/cracked pencil back on the first page that you said could be considered a "Grail" pencil... where did that plastic come from?

I figure Dupont Chemical or one of the other celluloid manufacturers of the 1930's

-d

[BrianMcQueen]

Speaking of mismatched "sets" like David and I mentioned earlier (Maxima pens with Major pencils) this is an odd "set" I saw on eBay. It's a Debutante pen with a Major pencil, both engraved the same...

[Teej47]

Well actually... they're egraved exactly not the same.
Think about it...

Tim
(I know I'm a wise-ass... I can't help it.)

[BrianMcQueen]

Well actually... they're egraved exactly not the same.
Think about it...

Tim
(I know I'm a wise-ass... I can't help it.)

I thought about that too. But when they are both in the writing position, they ARE engraved the same.... think about it...

[david i]

I thought about that too. But when they are both in the writing position, they ARE engraved the same.... think about it...

Hi,

Note, too, that the Parker imprint on pen and pencil can seem to be oriented oppositely... until one considers... writing position. Looks like the engraver of that Silver Pearl set was a thoughtful worker.

regards

d

[Teej47]

Hey, you guys are absolutely right! What's funny is that wise-ass me completely missed that obvious detail (and that's just the sort of thing I usually do notice).

Must be time for another cup of coffee.

Tim
(Unfortunately, the line between wise-ass and dumb-ass is extremely thin...)

[FarmBoy]

Hey, you guys are absolutely right! What's funny is that wise-ass me completely missed that obvious detail (and that's just the sort of thing I usually do notice).

Must be time for another cup of coffee.

Tim
(Unfortunately, the line between wise-ass and dumb-ass is extremely thin...)

I take it Smart is somewhere in between?

[Teej47]

I take it Smart is somewhere in between?

I cling to the idea that wisdom comes with age and that a hoary head is the sign of such things. I think smart is probably a whole other continuum entirely.
(My daughter calls me "Mr. Smarty-Pants" on occasion. I think that's likely a point on the dumb-ass/wise-ass spectrum and has nothing to do with being smart.)

Tim

[toltotoll]

I know this is a very old thread I'm digging up here, but I have a silver pearl pencil I can't identify : no date code engraved, nothing...

A fellow collector here in France thinks it is an early vacumatic or vacuum filler, saying the silver pearl design appeared in 1933. Any opinion ? (I've put the blue pencil for size comparison). Thanks.