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Highbinder


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Yeah ANOTHER bloody pen. This will be my last for the forseeable future and I mean it! If I buy anything at all for the next few months pen related it'll be a pen case or two.

One of the first vintage pens I saw that really struck a chord with me was the Parker Vacumatic. I especially liked a burgundy maxima I saw but unfortunately the beautiful example I saw (subsequently sold) was well outside my price range. I like bigger pens (not that I don't like small pens but anyway..) and I also like pens with character. After starting a thread over at fpn I had a member contact me in regard to a maxima.

What he offered me was below. I decided to take it rather than a 'standard' burgundy vac.









Credit for the lovely photos goes to Sean (SMG over at fpn)

Definately a pen with character. As you can see its had some wear and tear, some brassing and a rather heavily ambered barrel. Adds to the charm as far as I'm concerned.

What do you guys think, good purchase?  Can I ask you how much would you have paid for the pen (I must say though I'm happy with what I paid I'm still curious to know) and also how likely do you think it is for me to either get a replacement silver barrel? More likely than to find a black cap and end cap (now THAT would be a funky pen wouldn't !)

Cheers

-Stu

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Is it just me, or is the blind cap green? I would personally leave it just the way it is unless I found enough parts to put together two (or three if that blind cap IS green) complete pens. smile.gif

No clue what it's worth; my only Vacumatic was a gift from a friend on Vancouver Island.

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It's got character tho don't it :D I liked its weirdness. I figure if I can't get used to the flex nib (it'll be my first) I'll get it ground into a stub and hopefully it'll retain some flex to it,

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georges zaslavsky


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very unusual vac I like it :)

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It is against the law to grind a working flex nib to anything....one is banned for life, the fore finger is chopped off at the joint, one is burnt at the stake.

My God it's like destroying a 58 Edsel.

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Bo Bo Olson wrote:

It is against the law to grind a working flex nib to anything....one is banned for life, the fore finger is chopped off at the joint, one is burnt at the stake.

My God it's like destroying a 58 Edsel.


There was no way to destroy an Edsel, the self-destruct button was pushed at the factory as it came off the line.

 



-- Edited by jar on Thursday 10th of June 2010 06:23:14 AM

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georges zaslavsky


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hope you enjoy your vac

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Bo Bo Olson wrote:

It is against the law to grind a working flex nib to anything....one is banned for life, the fore finger is chopped off at the joint, one is burnt at the stake.

My God it's like destroying a 58 Edsel.



If you buy the pen you own the pen.  Let other people gnash their teeth.



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Bo Bo Olson


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titivillus wrote:

 

Bo Bo Olson wrote:

It is against the law to grind a working flex nib to anything....one is banned for life, the fore finger is chopped off at the joint, one is burnt at the stake.

My God it's like destroying a 58 Edsel.



If you buy the pen you own the pen.  Let other people gnash their teeth.

 


You can do what you want with a Picasso, but to destroy a Rembrant under nibs is worse than girteling the Texas State Tree.
Who cares about souless modern nibs....This is the history, the soul of writing, the dammed holy grail....and that baseball bat signed by Babe Ruth sure makes a good ax handle.
Sell the nib, at worst one can get two or even three, common stubs; or even two semi-flex stubs for it.

 



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J M Pennifeather


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Gorgeous pen, enjoy forever.

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