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Pens
for Sale
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All
pens shown are restored
to our standards, in nice working order, and backed by
our standard warranty.
Details about each pen will be provided below.
Please note that the pens shown are not
to scale.
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Pen #3086
Mint, stickered Eversharp Skyline Model 61
Presentation Pen $167
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Overall Grade: MINT
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Metal: excellent
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Material: plastic
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
lever
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Point: Medium
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.2
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COMMENTS: Sometimes
described as the "Best in Streamlined Industrial Design"
the Skyline, designed by Henry Dreyfuss, was introduced in
1940. The pens were made out of polystyrene,
injection molded instead of machined, which lowered
production costs. This is the Model 61 -
Presentation Pen with a gold filled cap. It is true
mint, i.e. not a hint of ink anywhere in the pen, feed or
cap, confirmed when I filled the pen with
water. As is common with these pens the cap
overlay was loose, but has been secured, and the threads
stretched a bit so that the derby screws on firmly.
The sac has been replaced. Note the original price
band on the barrel that says "No 61 $9.75 MED. MAN."
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Pen #3089
Navy Blue Flex
Nib Skyline SOLD
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: plastic
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
lever
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Point: Fine flex nib
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.2"
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COMMENTS:
This is a Model
61 presentation pen with the gold filled cap that we
picked up on a weekend pen hunt. I don't see clean
Skylines all that often, but I grab them when I do!
Add to the clean pen, a flawless cap. No brassing,
no dents. No brassing or wear on the lever either.
The pen has a nice writing, juicy flex nib. The thinnest
line it lays down is about 0.5 mm, which is a fine, but
with just a bit of pressure the line is closer to
0.6mm. Fully flexed I get a line width of about
1.4mm. The nib is nice and wet, and has no problem
keeping up with the demand for ink of a flex nib.
The cap liner is secured, and the pen freshly restored.
The color of the pen and derby is navy blue.
Gorgeous pen!
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Pen #3088
Sheaffer
Jade Oversize Balance
SOLD
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Overall Grade:
extra fine
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Metal: excellent
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Material: celluloid
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
lever
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Point: medium
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.2"
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COMMENTS:
By 1932 the jade
celluloid that Sheaffer used in their pens had undergone a
change. Brighter, less prone to discoloration,
and rarely that spinachy green color. The color in
this picture is fairly accurate. It's a gorgeous
pen. No brassing on the trim, no dents, tooth
marks. The nib is a smooth medium.
Two issues, one is that the lever is from an earlier pen
that had a pin through the barrel. The second is that the
cap lip had a crack. Said cap lip has been
replaced. The color of the material used is a
perfect match. You will not see the repair, A
gorgeous pen, and if not for those two repairs, would be
priced closer to $100 more.
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Pen #3090 Ceder Blue Parker 51
$147
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: Lucite
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
Vacumatic
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Point: extra fine
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Imprint: extra
fine
1st Quarter 1948
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Size: 5.1"
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COMMENTS: Interesting
pen.... The date code and cap
tell a story. Parker was starting to update the Parker 51
- likely the most popular pen that Parker had ever
made. They with a new ink in the wings, they were
updating the filling system to eliminate the rubber sac,
moving to the "plyglass" i.e. PVC sac that wouldn't be
damaged by the new ink. They were also changing the
design of the cap to eliminate the blue diamond, a
holdover from the Vacumatic years, in favor of the feather
clip. The cap/clip change cap first, and it included
a tab at the top of the cap that kept the clip from
rotating, and was released about the time that this pen
was made. The change was gradual at first with both
the blue diamond clips and feather clips found on
pens as they used up the old stock of parts. This
pen has been fully restored and tested. The cap
de-dinged and refrosted A very nice pen with what I
could call an extra fine nib, though perhaps on the wider
side of that extra fine range.
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Pen #3091 Burgundy Aerometric Parker 51 SOLD
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Overall Grade: excelent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: Lucite
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
aerometric
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Point: extra
fine
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.5"
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COMMENTS:
Let's get this
out of the way first. The pen in burgundy, not plum,
no matter what your monitor says. My little camera
takes nice clear pictures, but it's white balance isn't
always the best with some colors no matter what I do.
But it is a very nice
burgundy Aerometric 51. No flaws, no digs or dents.
It has the later "press 4 times filler" and a shorter
plastic breather tube. The pen has been restored
with a new PVC sac, and the cap de-dinged and
refrosted.
A very nice clean,
nice writing 51. Instant gratification
too... Buy one of our pens and you know you won't
have to send it out to be repaired - just fill it and
write!
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Pen #3006 Demi
Parker 51 pen and pencil
$137
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Overall Grade: extra
fine
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Metal: excellent
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Material: Lucite
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: flaking on
sac guard
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Filler:
aerometric
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Point: fine
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Imprint: extra
fine
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Size: 5.1"
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COMMENTS:
When Parker
introduced the aerometric 51, they also came out with a
new Demi version. The original Vacumatic version was
the same diameter as the standard 51, but shorter.
The new ones are thinner as well. The pen and
pencil strictly speaking are not a set - the pen has a 4th
quarter 1948 date code, the pencil which is a shorter
version to go with the demi pen has a 3rd quarter 1952
date code. The pen has an early "press 6 times" sac
guard which has some flaking to the plating on the sac
guard. Excellent frosting on the pen and pencil.
Restored with a new PVC sac.
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Pen #3082 Jade Sheaffer Ringtop
$97
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Overall Grade: extra
fine
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Metal: excellent
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Material: celluloid
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: name
in barrel
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Filler:
lever
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Point: fine gold nib
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Imprint: extra fine
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Size: 4.5"
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COMMENTS:
This is
a Jr size (as in flat top era Jr, not the smaller Balance
Jr) pen. No precise date for this one - after 1926
when Sheaffer introduced celluloid pens. The barrel
still has the pin type lever, so earlier on, The
Lifetime nib is big for the pen. You'll find the
white dot on the barrel end. The cap (which posts
nicely) and barrel are original, and the change in color is not unusual. To use the catalog
line (I think it's silly) "the pen is enhanced with
a fine, gold nib." No brassing on the lever or cap
band, restored of course. The only thing to complain
about is that FRANCIS ZIGNER wanted
you to know that it was HER pen, so the has her name on
it.
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Pen #3077 Esterbrooks
See description below
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COMMENTS: Esterbrook
had one goal - make good writing, reliable fountain
pens. They made the pens out of thicker plastic than
most others in their price range. the trim is stainless
steel, so no chance of plating wearing off.
They were made to be used, and to last. Some of my
favorite pens are Esterbrooks, including the copper
transitional on the table next to me. We accumulated
quite a few Esterbrooks over the summer, and I've finally
restored them and am listing them here.
All of the pens shown above, except the dollar pen
and the pastel pens, are Esterbrook J pens with buttons on
both ends. The pastel pens also have buttons on
barrel and cap. All pens are in extra fine
condition, and have been cleaned, restored, polished, and
have decent writing 2000 series nibs installed. Some
darkening to the plastic on the two pastel pens, most
notably on the green one around the lever, which you can
see in the picture.
Pricing:
All,
including the pastel pens are $50 each, and are sold with
the nib that is in the pen. With NO nib, the
pens are $45.
The J pens and the Dollar pen have 2000 series nibs.
The pastel pens have 1500 nibs. I do have 9000
series nibs available. I can upgrade the nib for you
with the nib of choice below. Add $25 if I keep the
2000 series nib, $30 if you want both the 2000 nib and the
9000 nib. I will install the upgrade and will align
the nib with the lever before the pen ships.
>>Please give both the pen number and nib
preferences when you order the pen. The 9000 series
nib are below the pen descriptions.
#1 - Foliage green 2668
#2 - Red (Dubonnet red) Marked "Esterbrook, Broad"
so a later nib SOLD
#3 - Fern Green SOLD
#4 - Pearl Gray SOLD
#5 - Cobalt Blue SOLD
#6 - Foliage Green 2314M
#7 - Black
2668
#8 - Black SOLD
#9 - Cobalt Blue Dollar pen - small 2668
#10 - Pastel Green 1555
#11 - Pink 1555 Gregg nib. SOLD
9000 series nibs available. Nibs are available on a
first come-first serve basis, and will not be sold
separately, but only with one of the pens in this
listing.
9460 - 2 (carbon copies)
9461 - 1 (carbon copies, fine)
9550 - 2 (extra fine)
9555 - 1 (shorthand)
9556 - 2 (fine writing)
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Pen #3014 Parker Challenger
$127
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Overall Grade: extra
fine
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Metal: excellent
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Material: celluloid
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: see
comments
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Filler:
button
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Point: fine gold nib
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Imprint: worn but readable
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Size: 5"
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COMMENTS:
Made in the first
quarter of 1940 the Challenger was a middle line of pens,
sharing components with the Duofold Jr pens, but a better
quality than the Parkettes. This was in the middle
of the production time line - so it's design predated the
Royal Challenger, but the clip design is more like the
Vacumatic with the jewel on top. The imprint is a bit
worn, but readable. There is some wear to the
plating on the clip as is typical with the nickel trim
pens, but no brassing. The cap bands have been
replated with nickel. The window in the section shows ink
level, the breather tube that you see on the inside on
these pens did absolutely nothing. It just made you
think that it took in a little more ink because
it was there - but there wasn't a hole going from the
middle of the feed up to the ink channel as there was on
the Vacumatic pens. Just marketing....
Restored, as are all of our pens!
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Pen #2849 Sheaffer
Gregg Shorthand pen $117
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Overall Grade: extra fine
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Metal: replated
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Material:
celluloid
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Nib condition: excellent |
Flaws:
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Filler:
lever
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Point: fine 14K stamped GREGG
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Imprint: none - see
comments
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Size: 5.0"
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COMMENTS:
This is an
interesting little pen, and perhaps rare. I've only
handled one in over 30 years of collecting and repairing
pens.. It's on the slender side, but not
skinny. When posted, the pen is nicely balanced.
Richard Binder has an interesting
article on the Gregg shorthand pens if you're
curious. Sheaffer made the Addipoint with an
interchangeable nib at a lower price point, but in the
late 1930s they made this pen.. Binder describes it
as "a “throwback” straight-line
flat-topped model, with the straight silhouette of the cap
providing a good frame for Gregg logo in the cap crown and
with a humped flat-ball clip taken from Sheaffer’s
then-current WASP sub-brand pens." The 14K nib is a
nice writing fine. The trim has been replated with a
base layer of nickel and top layer of gold. Fully
restored.
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Pen #3042
Esterbrook Dollar pen
$67
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Overall Grade:
extra fine
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Metal: excellent
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Material: plastic (CAB?)
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: see
comments
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Filler:
lever
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Point: early 2442
fine stub
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Imprint: excellent
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Size: 4.7"
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COMMENTS: It's hard to find these pens, let alone
in decent condition. I grade this as extra
fine. A few small flea bites, but nothing
signficant. The nib is an early 2442
Esterbrook Falcon nib, flat feed, appropriate for this
pen. Restored and tested. This
is the smaller of the two Dollar pen sizes, so more for
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Pen #3008 Pygmy
Balance
$147
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: celluloid
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
lever
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Point: fine
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Imprint: excellent
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Size: 4.1"
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COMMENTS:
I don't know if that's what they're really
called, but it works....
Robyn says that the pen is "really
cute." Can pens be cute? My cat is cute, and
plays fetch with paper balls, which is cute. I've
never seen a pen play fetch. I
rarely use the words rare, but if it isn't rare
(VS cute) it at least it fall into the "rather uncommon"
category. If the proportions look like they're off,
they are, though correct. This is the same diameter
as a slender Balance, but about 3/4" shorter than a Jr
pen, The clip indicates an early pen - about 1929.
White dot, Lifetime nib, it's like the "Tuckaway" or
maybe "Sport" of the Balance line. The cap posts
nicely, so not too short for
writing, Clean trim, no brassing, no tooth marks.
Fully restored
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Pen #2938
Sheaffer slender flat top
$137
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Overall Grade: extra fine
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Metal: excellent
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Material: celluloid
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: replated
band
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Filler:
lever
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Point: fine
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Imprint: extra fine
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Size: 5.2"
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COMMENTS:
This
is one of the "odds and ends" items. I've had it in
the shop for a while, restored, but have no idea where I
got it. Longer
than a Jr size Sheaffer, thinner than a Sr flat top, but
about the same length. Lifetime nib, white dot in
the top of the cap. Humped flat ball clip. No cracks, no chips or tooth marks. The
clip was replated and then the cap band plated to match
color.
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What's with this "fully restored"
thing anyway?
There are some sellers out there who will put a sac in a pen and
call it "restored." I'm not one of them.
I started repairing pens for myself back in the late 80s or so,
and of course was restoring them
the way that I thought that they should be.... and the way that
most people would want their pens
to be. The work is done with attention to detail, nice
looking, cleaned, nib smoothed,
polished and working. That habit was ingrained in
me,
and it's still the way I repair pens - for my self, to sell, or
for clients.
Note that all pens
are sold without ink, cartridges or converters
unless otherwise noted.
Wondering how we grade pens?
Take a look here!
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