Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Probably Unless It Isn't

Jerry Kemp is exclusively a Laughlin collector these days, but a few weeks ago he sent me an email recently to ask me if would be interested in photographing an unusual Parker Vacumatic he’s had for a while. After Jerry described it I was eager to do so, but since he’s Texas we both knew it would be some time before we would be able to meet up. So Jerry volunteered to send it to me for photographing, and I stood by my mailbox for a couple days, camera in hand, waiting to shoot this one:


It does take a minute to see what’s not quite right about this one, since it’s so well executed. You might notice that’s an interesting business end . . .

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1 comment:

jonro said...

I agree that it's either Canadian or an aftermarket adaptation by a Parker employee. Liquid lead is a great idea in theory, but has been very mediocre in practice. I bought a pack of liquid lead pencils a few years ago, but never use them because they mark so lightly.