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Pens
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Pen #2943 forest
green Demi
Parker 51
SOLD
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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:
aerometric
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Point: extra fine
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.1"
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COMMENTS:
The forest green 51 pens
are popular, and people grab them when they pop
up. I've had and sold the ones in my collection 3
times. The one I have now is not going anywhere
soon. But you can have this one!
This is a very clean demi size pen.
You might think, "Demi. Small.
Uncomfortable." Not so! When posted the
length is good, and the diameter isn't too small, but a
comfortable size. I carried it for a while, and
like the nib. Restored with a new sac, cleaned,
polished.... The frosting in the cap is very good,
and original, and the jewel is original too.
I have a matching
pencil. Initials in the barrel, (pencil, not the
pen!) but it works. It could be yours
for $25 more along with the pen. Let me know if
you're interested.
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Pen #2965
Parker
Duofold Jr
SOLD
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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: ball
of clip replated
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Filler:
button
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Point: extra
fine
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Imprint: extra fine
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Size: 5.6"
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COMMENTS:
When I picked up this pen
it was headed for my pocket, and it may end up there
yet... I like the Duofold Jr, especially the
streamlined ones. The cap on this pen posts very
nicely, the nib is a little on the wide side of extra
fine, but that's where I'm putting it - nice and
smooth. The ball of the clip was a bit rough, so
the ball, and only the ball, has been smoothed and
replated with a base layer of nickel and then
gold. Freshly restore.
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Pen #2957 Sheaffer Statesman snorkel
$147
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: forticel
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Nib condition: excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
snorkel
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Point: extra
fine
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Imprint: extra fine
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Size: 5.6"
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COMMENTS:
Sheaffer wasn't especially
creative when it came to pen names. Sentinel and
Statesman were two of their favorites, so we have another
Statesman. This is a snorkel with a palladium
silver Triumph nib. Only the Triumph nib pens were
getting the white dots.The pen has a PVC sac
installed, so should go a good long time without
service. It fills and writes nicely
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Pen #2964 Sheaffer Valiant snorkel
$167
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: forticel
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Nib condition: excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
snorkel
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Point: fine
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Imprint: extra fine
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Size: 5.6"
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COMMENTS:
Years ago, maybe a couple
of decades ago Fred Plewa did a Pen Clips page for Pen
World showing the various snorkel models with the trim
and nib combinations to help identify a particular
pen. To quote Barry Gabbay,
"Pulleeeese! How are you supposed to keep track of
that?" I have been forever grateful for that
page. It is photocopied and in a sleeve
protector (I should laminate it) so that I have it
handy when listing snorkels. Otherwise, this would
be "A snorkel." Thanks to Fred, this is a Valiant
snorkel. Nice two tone nib with good plating on
the mask, clean inside and out, restored of
course. Nice writing pen and as always, freshly
restored.
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Pen #2954
Sheaffer Statesman $197
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Overall Grade:
extra fine
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Metal: excellent
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Material:
plastic |
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Nib condition: excellent
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Flaws: see notes
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Filler:
Touchdown
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Point: Medium
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Imprint: excellent
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Size: 5.4"
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COMMENTS:
IIRC
Sheaffer eliminated the
Valiant size pens when they introduced the Touchdown
line of pens with what we call the "fat"
Touchdown. A nice size pen, though a little
smaller than the Sentinel Deluxe which also had a
metal lined cap and Triumph nib. Freshly restored, the
pen has a medium nib. There is a posting mark near
the back end over the 0-ring seal. NO dents in the
cap, and a nice crisp imprint.
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Pen #2952 Sheaffer
Craftsman $77
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material:
Forticel
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Nib condition: excellent |
Flaws: none
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Filler:
Touchdown
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Point: medium
XF available
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Imprint: excellent
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Size: 5.0"
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COMMENTS:
Sheaffer was known for
using the same name for very different pen models.
The Craftsman name first appeared in the 40s, and
continued for a couple of decades. This pen was
introduced around 1955 for folks who wanted a quality
pen, but couldn't afford pens like the TM models or
snorkels. The Cadet used the same barrel (caps are
interchangeable), but the Craftsman got the metal cap
with the wide bands engraved in the metal. The nib
is a steel "dip tip" nib. There is a hole in
the tip of the feed to draw ink into the pen without
having to immerse the entire nib in the ink. The
one in the pen is a medium. The nibs on these pens
unscrew like an Esterbrook or Pelikan nib. Should
you want a finer nib I have an extra fine that I can
swap into the pen if you want it, or you can buy the XF
nib assembly for $20. The XF nib is mint. I
don't think that the pen is mint, but pretty darn
close! The inside of the cap is a clean as a
whistle I didn't need to clean it out at all.
Restored with a new 0-ring, sac, and
tested. Nice writing little pen.
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Pen #2849
Gregg Shorthand pen
$97 PRICE REDUCED!
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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
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Imprint: none
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Size: 5.0"
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COMMENTS:
This is an interesting
little pen. It's on the slender side, but not
skinny. When posted, the pen is nicely
balanced. The clip is unmarked, but screams "WASP"
(Walter A Sheaffer Pen - a Sheaffer sub brand)..
Lever and J bar are of the Sheaffer design, but
the only branding is the GREGG enamel medallion on the
top of the cap, and GREGG on the nib. No imprint,
and I think that there never was one. The nib is a
nice writing fine nib. The trim has been replated
with a base layer of nickel and top layer of gold.
Fully restored
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Pen #2931
Orange Pilot VP LE 1861/2007
$557
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: lacquer finish
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Nib condition: excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
cartridge/converter
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Point: fine
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.6"
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COMMENTS:
Made in 2007, the LE is a
vibrant metalic orange. Only 2007 pens were made,
and only 900 were available in the US market, so these
are quite rare, and sought after. This pen is
#1861 of 2007. The pen is in excellent condition -
the only flaw is a small flea bite on the back
side below the band. The box and outer box are in
excellent condition.
Papers, converter, cartridge and cartridge cover are
included. The price is firm.
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Pen #2955 Esterbrook J
SOLD (but another one's coming!)
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: cellulose acetate
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
lever
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Point: 9556
"fine writing"
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Imprint:
excellent
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Size: 5"
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COMMENTS: It's no secret that I like Esterbrooks and
Esterbrook nibs. Not only do I regularly use them,
but I have one of their counter top display cases filled
with pens and on display on our living room
bookshelves. With their shops in Camden, NJ
Esterbrook made a line of solid, reliable pens well into
the 1960s. Not fancy (well, most weren't), but
reliable writers. The trim was stainless steel
instead of plated brass. The 9000 series nibs were
tough nibs, with good tipping material. This
pen has a "banner" style 9556, which Esterbrook's
nib chart describes as "fine writing."
Freshly restored, polished and tested. A great pen
with really nice marbling in the plastic.
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Pen #2956 Esterbrook J
$87
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: cellulose
acetate
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
lever
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Point: 9555 "shorthand"
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Imprint:
excellent
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Size: 5"
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COMMENTS:
My very first Esterbrook
was red, just like this one. I remember buying it from
the display case and picking the nib at Brandenburg's
Stationery in Maple Glen, PA, near where I went to high
school. I have no idea what happened to that
pen (that was nearly 50 years ago folks), but I still
like the red Esterbrooks.... and the gray ones,
and the blue ones. Great pens, tough,
reliable. This pen has a 9555 nib which is a firm
shorthand nib. It is one of the later nibs with
the number running along the nib in stead of across, and
it uses the Sheaffer style "dip tip" feed. Freshly
restored and tested. Did you know that we fill and
test EVERY pen that we restore; the only exception being
mint pens. A nice pen with great color.
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Pen #2959 Sheaffer Stylist
$87
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Overall Grade:
extra fine
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Metal: extra fine
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Material: plastic
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
cartridge
converter
1 cartridge included
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Point: medium
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Imprint:
excellent
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Size: 5.5"
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COMMENTS:
I had one of these pens in
college, gold cap and all. I liked it, except for
the ink on my fingers. I didn't know why it leaked, or
about Sheaffer's lifetime warranty, so I tossed it.
Bummer. These pens are funky pens. The tip
unscrews, and (if you can find them) you can
install a felt tip unit. I've had a couple, but
sold my last felt tip insert a couple of years
ago. The leaking problem has been addressed with
thread sealant on the threads of the nib
unit. These nibs are much like the Parker
180. With the little inlaid gold arrow UP, the nib
writes as a medium nib (based on Sheaffer's standards at
the time), flip it over and it puts down an extra fine
line. At this price we're including a cartridge to
get you started. However I've verified that both
the Sheaffer squeeze converters and piston converters
will fit. It is also possible to fit a standard
international converter into the long, slender barrel of
the pen.
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Pen #2960 Mint, stickered Sheaffer 330
Imperial
$87
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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:
cartridge/converter
1 cartridge included
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Point: fine
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Imprint:
excellent
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Size: 5.1"
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COMMENTS:
A basic Sheaffer Imperial
with a palladium silver nib from the 1960s/70s.
Perfectly clean, mint, stickered, in the box with the papers. No converter,
though a standard squeeze converter or one of the mini
converters should fit. We'll include a Sheaffer
cartridge to get you started.
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Pen #2962 Stainless Sheaffer slender
Fashion pen
$47
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Overall Grade:
mint
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Metal: excellent
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Material: stainless
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Nib condition: mint
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
cartridge/converter
converter included
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Point: medium
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.4"
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COMMENTS:
I remember seeing these in
a store in the mid 80s. Nice pens, more of a
student grade pen. Stainless nib, brushed
stainless cap band barrel. The nib units are
marked medium. Like the slim Targa, these take the
slim converters and cartridges, which Sheaffer
discontinued decades ago. We're including a
Monteverde syringe style mini converter which Sheaffer
was selling as a replacement for the slim
converter. Though they work, we recommend looking
into the Kaweco syringe style mini converter used in the
Kaweco sport. We think that with the metal band around
the nipple they'll be more reliable in the long
run. You may be able to use a standard
International cartridge in the pen.... Warranty
on the pens, not the converter.
TWO PENS AVAILABLE
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Pen #2961 Sheaffer "Vintage" fountain
pen
$57
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Overall Grade: new
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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:
cartridge/converter
1 cartridge included
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Point: broad
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.1"
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COMMENTS:
The Vintage is an upscale
version of the No Nonsense with gold plated trim and
nib. They have a gold plated disc in the top of
the cap. Not rare, but not found all that
often. This is one of the blue marble pens.
The nib can be ground to a custom cursive italic or stub
for you. Line width would end up at about 0.7mm
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Pen #2958 40s Parker Duofold Jr $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: replated trim
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Filler:
button
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Point: XF
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Imprint: extra
fine
2nd
quarter 1942
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Size: 5.1"
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COMMENTS:
The Parker
Duofold of the 1940s was a different animal, and came in
one of two filling systems. The JR was a little
thinner and smaller than the Sr
version, and was a button filler pen instead of
Vacumatic. The pen is restored, and has a
nice, smooth extra fine nib.
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Pen #2944
Parker 21 Deluxe
$77
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Overall Grade: extra
fine
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Metal: excellent
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Material: plastic
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: see comments
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Filler:
aerometric
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Point: extra
fine
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.3"
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COMMENTS:
Anyone who knows me knows
that in general, I am not a fan of the Parker 21.
There have been a few exceptions over the years though,
and this is one of them. This is the "Deluxe"
version of the 21 - lined cap, gold plated clip.
It is original, and correct for a pen with the "fat
feed" which is a characteristic of the earlier 21
pens. This has an extra fine
nib. I did my usual nib work, and it is
quite nice writing, laying down a smooth, clean
line. The pen is restored with a PVC sac.
The only flaw is that the very tip of the hood is turned
down a bit. A good every day carry for someone who
likes a clean extra fine line.
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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 plated to match
color.
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Pen #2941
burgundy Demi Parker 51 SOLD
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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: none
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Filler:
aerometric
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Point: extra fine
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.1"
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COMMENTS:
The demi 51 is the smaller
of the two aerometric 51s. The original, vacumatic
demi 51 was the same diameter as the full size
pen. Parker made the demi 51 both a bit shorter,
and smaller in girth. This pen has been restored
with a new PVC sac, the cap refrosted with a
scratch buff finish The name in the barrel is deep
- not one that I wanted to try to remove. A nice
clean pen with a nice extra fine nib. Original jewel
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Pen #2963 Sheaffer Prelude Ballpoints
$37
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: brushed stainless or
lacquer over brass
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Nib condition: nib? What nib?
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
ballpoint
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Point: ballpoint
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.
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COMMENTS: Twist action ballpoints.
The Preludes are a nice, chunky pen, but not too fat to
be comfortable in the hand. The refill is one of
the Monteverde ballpoint refills made to fit Sheaffer
pens. It works, and is I think a bit better than
Sheaffer's were. Please specify the
pen you want - brushed stainless or black.
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Pen #2936 Sheaffer Connaisseur ballpoint
$57
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Overall Grade:
extra fine
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Metal: excellent
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Material: plastic
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Nib condition: nib? What nib?
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
ballpoint
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Point: ballpoint
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.4
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COMMENTS:
A
good size ballpoint - twist action. The refill is
one of the Monteverde ballpoint refills made to fit
Sheaffer pens. It works, and is I think a bit
better than Sheaffer's were.
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Pen #2950 Chilton
$67
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Overall Grade: Near mint
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Metal: chrome plated
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Material:
acrylic |
Nib condition: excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
cartridge/converter
converter included
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Point: medium
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.3"
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COMMENTS:
I picked this up at the
Philly show ages ago. This is one of the modern
"Chiltons" made by the guy who liked to buy the classic
brand names and then sell a bunch of pens made in China
under the classic brand name... and then fold a couple
of years later. It's been sitting in a pen
bag in a corner on my bench, and I finally filled it a
month or so ago to test it. It's actually a nice
pen, fairly large with some heft to it. Acrylic
cap and barrel with heavy plating on the trim, the black
parts may be lacquered metal. The nib is marked Iridium
Point Germany, though I suspect
it never got to that side of the planet. Very
nice, smooth writing nib, laying down a good line.
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Pen #2877 Kohinoor
Rapidograph
$87
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Overall Grade:
extra fine
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Metal: excellent
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Material: see comments
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Nib condition: excellent
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Flaws: see
comments
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Filler:
piston
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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:
The Rapidograph is an
imported export. The stylographic pens first
appeared in the US in pens like the Inkograph, and were
taken back to Germany in the inter war period, where
they were popular because the tube was cheaper to make
than a nib. With a weighted wire running down the
middle, technical drawing inks could be used because the
wire moving up and down while you wrote kept it from
clogging. They came back to this country after the
war as a technical drawing pen with the tubular nibs
made in a range of diameters, which gave specific line
widths without messing with a dip style drawing
pen. The nib on this one is marked 2 1/2.
Line width is on the wider side for these pens.
The barrel is hard rubber, the cap is plastic, which is
common for these pens. A little wear to the
plating on the clip and the stamping on the red band is
a bit worn, but otherwise the pen is in very nice
condition.
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Pen #2893 Sheaffer Sentinel
Stratowriter
$67
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material:
Forticel |
Nib condition: excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
ballpoint
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Point: NA
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Imprint: excellent
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Size: 5.3"
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COMMENTS: Some describe this is a Sentinel Deluxe
Stratowriter, except that its the smaller Sentinel size
- so smaller in diameter than the Sentinel Deluxe
fountain pen we have. This was an early ballpoint,
not retractable, with a refill that screwed into
the section and of course a cap like the fountain
pens. No white dots, Sheaffer instead put a raised
dot on the clip, where the white dot would have
gone. We've installed one of Sheaffer's widgets
and a refill and spring - in this case a ballpoint
refill made for Sheaffer pens by Monteverde. I
like them better, and its what I have.... I don't
use ballpoints! Nice original frosting on the cap, no
dings or dents. Great pen, and a
fine example of an uncommon pen.
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Pen #2934
Rotring
600 OLD STYLE ballpoint
$37
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: lacquered brass
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Nib condition:
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
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Point: it's a ballpoint
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.6"
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COMMENTS:
The Rotring 600 is in my
mind, the ultimate "geek" pen, hefty, well made, knurled
grip so it never slides....a really solid pen that can
also be used as a self defense weapon. Maybe not
that extreme, but I can' see how you can break
one. I don't use ballpoints though, so out it
goes...
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Pen #2940
Sheaffer pen/pencil set
$27
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Overall Grade:
extra fine
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Metal: excellent
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Material: matte lacquer over
brass
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Nib condition:
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
BP
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Point: ballpoint
0.5mm pencil
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Imprint:
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Size:
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COMMENTS:
I think that
this is a slim Fashion pen set. Similar design,
but no clip, and in the carry case. The pencil is
a 0.5mm push button mechanism. The BP is a twist
mechanism, I've checked the BP barrel carefully
- the little white dot on the BP barrel isn't
there. I think that's a bit of dust. Lots of
dust of all colors in the shop.... or talc. New Monteverde BP refill made for
Sheaffer pens. I like it better than Sheaffer's.
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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.
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