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Pens
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pens shown are restored
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Pen #3039 Parker 51 Special 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: 5.5"
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COMMENTS:
The Parker 51
Special was a lower priced alternative to what was
Parker's most successful pen ever - the Parker 51.
The "big" differences really aren't all that big. A
hoop sac guard, a shiny cap instead of frosted, black
jewel instead of silver pearl, and an Octanium nib.
There are those who argue that the Octanium nib is better
than the gold. I find that they write about the
same, and that's what matters. This is a full size
51 in excellent condition with a nice writing extra fine
nib, no dents, no dings, no cracks. The pen is
freshly restored with a new PVC sac.
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Pen #3014 Parker Challenger
$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: 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 Challenge, 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 #3009
Copper SJ Esterbrook $57
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: Esterbrook's stuff....
I forget what it's called.
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
lever
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Point: 2668 -
"general writing"
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Imprint:
crisp
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Size: 4.8"
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COMMENTS:
The SJ is the
thinner and slightly shorter version of the Esterbrook
pens. Made from the 40s into the 60s (I bought my
first one in 1972 or so) they're a well made, durable
pen. The trim is stainless steel, not plated brass
so no plating to wear. While Wahl Eversharp started the
interchangeable nib thing, Esterbrook kept it going,
offering a wider range of nibs from the economical 1000
series nibs to the 9000 series "Durachrome" nib. The
2668 is described by Esterbrook as "General
writing", and is more or less a fine nib. Smoothed,
it's nice writing. The pen is in excellent condition, no flaws,
crisp imprint and great color.
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Pen #3035
Esterbrook
Transitional J
9461 nib
$87
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: Esterbrook's stuff....
I forget what it's called.
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Nib condition:
excellent
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Flaws: none
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Filler:
lever
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Point: 9461
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Imprint:
crisp
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Size: 4.9"
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COMMENTS:
I'll say it up
front.... Nice pen. This the initial
model of the transitional Esterbrook J with the ribbed top
that screws into the cap. Nice color, and clean as
can be. No cracks, no dents, a nice crisp imprint,
and a 9461 nib - one of the later nibs, but a nice
writer. I've been carrying this one, but I can't
keep every pen that catches my fancy...
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Pen #3034 Sheaffer Sentinel snorkel SOLD
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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: see comments
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Filler:
snorkel
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Point: medium
palladium silver
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Imprint:
excellent
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Size: 5.3"
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COMMENTS: The Sheaffer snorkel pens completed the
evolution from the Triumph nib pens of 1941, with lever or
plunger filler systems, through the change to Forticel
pens, pneumatic fillers of the Touchdown pens, ending with
the snorkels. It was a complicated system, but
extremely popular. The number of snorkels found in
the wild 70 years later tells you how popular they were -
and are. The idea was to find a way to avoid dipping
the nib in the ink to fill the pen, and having to wipe it
off. Turn the knob on the back end to extend the
snorkel tube, pull the touchdown tube back, insert the snorkel
in the ink, push the tube home, retract the snorkel tube
and you're done. Sheaffer made several different
variations from the Sentinel with
the palladium silver nib, all the way up to the 14K
Masterpiece. This pen has been completely restored
with all new rubber parts, cleaned and tested. The
imprint is excellent, a tight clip (no wiggle) no brassing
and a nice writing M4 nib i.e. medium palladium silver.
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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 #3027 Rhodium
plated Pilot VP
$277
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Overall Grade:
excellent
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Metal: excellent
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Material: rhodium plated
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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: 5.5"
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COMMENTS:
I
generally don't use the word "rare", but this pen
certainly comes close.
This is one of
the earlier Pilot VP pens, made in 1999. Most of
the VP pens had rhodium plated trim and a lacquer
barrel. This is all rhodium. The finish is a
custom bead blasted finish that has a little more texture
to it than the original issue. It is a glorious pen
- the picture doesn't do it justice! The pens were
issued with a gold nib, not gold with rhodium plating as
found in the later pens. It has the original
medium nib with the CON-50 converter, and comes with
the original box, outer box, converter, cartridge cover,
cartridge, paperwork and hang tag.
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Pen #3025 Red
Streamlined Duofold Sr set
$397
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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:
button
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Point: fine
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Imprint: extra fine
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Size: 54.7"
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COMMENTS:
The Parker Big
Red, the pen released by Parker in the early 70s was a
copy of this design, even though the ads showed the flat
top pens. The red streamlined pens are harder to find than
other colors. The imprint has some wear to it
in the middle, but is quite readable. The nib has
the correct 10 feather Vac style nib. The
clips on these tend to break because the ring on the clip
is relatively thin, so the pen has a reproduction
clip. The pencil is working, and uses 0.047"
leads. NO eraser - I can't find any that will
fit. Restored of course!
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Pen #3011 Jr Size
Sheaffer Balance $127
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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: see
comments
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Filler:
lever
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Point: extra fine
3-25
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Imprint: excellent
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Size: 4.8"
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COMMENTS:
We had a longer
version of this pen earlier this year. One of the
rarer colors from the Sheaffer line back in the
30's. The cap is correct with red lines
through the plastic. The setting of the pen just
shows the part where the red lines don't run through the
gray marble, but it matches the barrel.
The nib for this non -Lifetime version is the correct 3-25
(#3 size, 25 year warranty) gold nib. Excellent imprint,
clean lever and cap band. There is some minor wear
to the clip. Restored
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Pen #2849
Gregg Shorthand pen $87
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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. It's on the slender side, but not
skinny. When posted, the pen is nicely balanced.
I think that the pen was made by Sheaffer because
the unmarked clip screams "WASP" (Walter A
Sheaffer Pen - a Sheaffer sub
brand), and the lever and J bar are of the Sheaffer
design. 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, with the cap top and nib serving as the
branding for the pen. 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 #3021 Aerometric demi 51 $137
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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: fine
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.1"
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COMMENT:
As has been noted
elsewhere, the change over to aerometric 51s not only
included a change of filling system, but also size, both
length and diameter, to create the Demi 51. People
with smaller hands seem to like the size of the pen a bit
better than the standard 51. This one is in
excellent condition. Restored with a new PVC sac,
and the Lustraloy cap refrosted to
replicate the etched frosting of the original finish. Original
jewel too.
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Pen #3005 Mint
Stickered Parker 21 set
$97
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mintOverall Grade:
mint
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Metal: excellent
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Material:plastic
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Nib condition: mint
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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: base is 4 1/4" X 3 1/4"
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COMMENTS:
Mint, stickered
Parker 21 set. I've water tested the pen, and there
was no sign of ink in the water. The sticker is a
little loose as you can see in the picture. The box
is in excellent condition - no tape holding things
together. All of the internal cardboard is there,
along with the cellophane wrapper, cardboard tube to
protect the nib, and the original sales slip which you can
see here.... It evidently was a
last minute Christmas gift as the hand written receipt is
dated 12/23 - no year though. If you want me to
fill the pen and test the pen before we send it out,
please let me know when you write to place the order.
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Pen #2877 Kohinoor
Rapidograph
$57
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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 #3006 Demi
Parker 51 pen and pencil
$147
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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 #3007 Aerometric demi 51 $127
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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: xf
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Imprint:
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Size: 5.1"
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COMMENT:
An aerometric
Parker 51 in gray. Extra fine nib, fully
restored. Later production so no date code and a
hoop end sac guard/filler. Nice frosting on the cap
over all with a few scuff marks in the frosting on one
side (you can sort of see it in the picture above).
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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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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 than 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 #2963 Sheaffer Prelude Ballpoint
$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. Black pen - sold
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Pen #2936 Sheaffer Connaisseur ballpoint
$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: 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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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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