There's a pawn shop that is on the downtown square in my hometown that I visit occasionally. I bought a Eversharp Skyline there about a year ago that, though the pressure bar is not 100% functional, it works great and the semi-flex nib is just a joy to play with.
The proprietor had told me back when I bought that pen that he had a bunch of pens in a box at home, which he told me he'd bring that next week. And then the next week, and so on. I eventually quit going every week, just stopping in occasionally. But with a tea shop opening up just down the street, I was over there a lot more and stopped in. I asked about the pens, and it was the same story. Except that in 3 weeks, he did bring them in.
And I saw this-seemingly- giant Parker Vacumatic with a beautiful two-tone nib, matching section and jewels, and a freely moving speedline filler. The cap was missing, and the tipping on the right tine is broken, but I knew I could fix it up and find a cap, use it for a while and sell it.
It took me literally two months to get him to sell it, and even when I did, I had to buy three other pens (I know a horrible fate).
It turns out it's a 2nd quarter 1936 Vacumatic Oversize!
Any thoughts on where I can get a cap?
I've also posted a poll as to what I should do with the nib. Thoughts and comments would be greatly appreciated! I was thinking of getting a stub retip if I went that route.
Here's a link to my photobucket where I have several pictures of the pen.
http://s1296.photobu...f811c.jpeg.html
Edited by Mastersmith043, 21 December 2013 - 11:37 PM.
