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Pen #3070   Eversharp Skyline wet semi flex medium    $147
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: plastic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  lever
Point: wet, semi-flex medium	Imprint:	Size:  5"
COMMENTS:  The Skyline was introduced in 1940, the design by Henry Dreyfuss.  They were a popular pen, with production continuing after WWII.  There were varying degrees of bling- from gold, to striped caps, to a simple pen like this one in jet black with a black cap and derby.  Truth be told, I like this better than the fancier ones.  The cap is clean, no cracks or brassing.  There is the typical posting mark on the lever, a couple of flea bites on the tail and cap.  The nib is a very smooth, wet writing medium semi-flex nib  Restored of course.

Pen #3076        Forest green  Eversharp Skyline set  -  flex fine nib       SOLD
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent caps         pencil cone brassed	aterial: Lucite
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:    lever
Point: fine flexible	Imprint:	Size:  5"
COMMENTS:   Taking pictures of this set is enough to drive you nuts.  It's a gorgeous set, in the box, with the warranty and instructions... flawless cap on both pen and pencil, and the repeater pencil works very well.  NICE nib, marked flexible.  That's down under the edge of the section though.  But write with it, and yes, it's a flexible nib.  The problem is that I can't get the color of the set right.  I'm a pen mechanic and audio recording guy, and I know nothing about Photoshop.  The pen and pencil are a deep forest green, not black,  and absolutely gorgeous against the gold of the caps. You get a hint of it on the pencil in the top picture.  The green is quite evident in the right light.  No dents, no dings no brassing on the caps.  The cone of the pencil is brassed.  I can replate that if requested when you order the set, but I've left it alone for now.  The cap liner is firm and does not rotate, the pen restored and nib smoothed.  The box is in excellent condition inside and out.  Note that the warranty on the sheet applied only to the original owner, back in 1942.  See our policy page for our warranty.

Pen #3066   Sheaffer Valiant TM Touchdown set    $147
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  Touchdown
Point: extra fine two tone gold	Imprint:   extra fine	Size:  5.3"
COMMENTS:   I will admit that I like the Touchdown pens better than the snorkel. The Thin Model (TM) Touchdown preceded the snorkel by two years, and they share many design elements, but without all of the internal parts, the design is simpler and with a larger sac holds more ink.  This set is in Persian blue.  The trim is clean, no cracks or tooth marks in the plastic.  Note the very clear window in the section - about as clear as it gets.  The mask on the nib is perfect.  The pencil is working, and  uses fine leads, i.e. 0.036", which is roughly 0.9mm.  The imprints are rarely super deep on these pens, but both are in good condition. The knurling on the blind cap is excellent. The only flaw is a bit of a lift on either side of the clip.  Restored

Pen #3014   Parker Challenger    $147
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:   button
Point: fine gold nib	Imprint:    worn but readable	Size:  5"
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!

Pen #3072  Sheaffer Targa - factory italic nib (F)    $127 Stickered, nib chalk marked
Overall Grade: MINT	Metal: excellent	Material: Brushed stainless
Nib condition: MINT	Flaws: none	Filler:  cartridge/converter              converter included
Point: Fine Factory italic chalk marked	Imprint:	Size:  5.5"
COMMENTS.:  One of the iconic Sheaffer pens is the Targa.  Excellent pens, and Sheaffer sold a lot of them.  This a 1001, made between 1980 and 1981.  I still have my set that I bought at the Penn Traffic in DuBois back in 1980.  The cap has the sticker, marked fine.  The nib is a fine stainless italic  with the "F" chalkmark still on it. The pen is absolutely mint. I've water tested the nib unit, and there wasn't a trace of ink in the water.  The converter is a new red end, i.e. PVC sac converter.  In the box with instructions.  No flaws - what looks like one on the nib is a reflection off of the light tent

Pen #2849   Sheaffer  Gregg Shorthand pen      $117
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal:  replated	Material:  celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:	Filler: lever
Point: fine 14K stamped GREGG	Imprint: none - see comments	Size:  5.0"
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.

Pen #3048      Green Esterbrook Dollar pen set    $137
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  CAB -  Cellulose Acetate Butyrate                                   (we think)*
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:   lever
Point:  9550	Imprint:       crisp and deep	Size:  4.8"
COMMENTS:   Dollar pens in general tend to be less common than say an J or JS.  A set, even more so.   The clip is the last version of the two hole clips - smaller size top hole with the ridge extending over to the top.  A very clean set, with a crisp, deep imprint on the barrel.  The nib is a 9550, firm XF nib.  Nice writing, and tempting me to keep it for use in one of my own pens.  The pencil is clean and working.  It uses 0.036" lead = fine leads, more or less equal to the 0.9mm leads of today.  I've stuck an eraser in the end of the mechanism, more or less as a plug to keep the leads in place.  IF  you can find them, the Parker Insignia erasers generally fit.  As always, restored, tested and ready to write. * Decidedly not celluloid.  Tougher, and it doesn't burst into flame easily.  We think it's Cellulose Acetate Butyrate, more towards the butyrate side.  The plastic more moisture resistant, and is fairly impact resistant.  More restored Esterbrooks can be found farther down the page!

Pen #3056    Esterbrook desk set     SOLD
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: CAB
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: lever
Point:  9556 "fine writing"	Imprint:  extra fine	Size:  pen - 7" tip to tail          base 5" in diameter
COMMENTS:    The most common Esterbrook desk set is the proverbial Eight Ball.  These are by contrast are hard to find, and harder to find with the matching pen. Rare?  Perhaps, but certainly uncommon - and cool.  It makes me think of the '55 Buick Special that we had in baby blue.  The flaws are small, but present.  The abrasion to the finish on the base can be seen in the picture.  There is a very small, solvent welded crack below the band on the barrel.  NO cracks on the section, but there are some scratches/marks on the edge of the section.  The pen has a very nice writing 9556 nib installed.  Restored of course.

Pen #3011   Jr Size Sheaffer Balance   $97
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  see comments	Filler:  lever
Point: extra fine  3-25	Imprint:    excellent	Size:  4.8"
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

Pen #3061  Sheaffer Clipper Snorkel set    SOLD
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:  snorkel
Point: extra fine palladium silver	Imprint:    worn but readable	Size:  55"
COMMENTS:  This is a very clean Clipper set - metal cap with the gold filled cap band, palladium silver nib with a matching pencil.  The nib a smooth writing palladium silver nib.  No dents in the cap of either the pen or pencil.  Clean trim with no brassing.  The pencil works, and uses 0.-36" "thin" leads, which is pretty close to 0.9mm  Restored and tested, as are all of the pens that we sell on the website.

Pen #3035      Esterbrook Transitional J  9461 nib  SOLD
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  CAB -  Cellulose Acetate Butyrate                                   (we think)
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:   lever
Point:   9461	Imprint:       crisp	Size:  4.9"
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...

Pen #3042  Esterbrook   Dollar pen    $67
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: plastic  (CAB?)
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  see comments	Filler:  lever
Point: early 2442  fine stub	Imprint: excellent	Size:  54.7"
COMMENTS:  This is the smaller of the two Dollar pen sizes.  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.

Pen #3008   Pygmy Balance    $147
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:   lever
Point: fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  4.1"
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

Pen #3005  Mint Stickered Parker 21 set      $77
mintOverall Grade:  mint	Metal: excellent	Material:plastic
Nib condition: mint	Flaws:  none	Filler:  aerometric
Point: extra fine	Imprint:	Size: base is 4 1/4"  X  3 1/4"
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.

Pen #2877   Kohinoor Rapidograph   $37
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: see comments
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  piston
Point:  fine	Imprint:  extra fine	Size:  5.2"
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.

Pen #3006   Demi  Parker 51  pen and pencil  $137
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material:  Lucite
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  flaking on sac guard	Filler:  aerometric
Point:  fine	Imprint:  extra fine	Size:  5.1"
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.

Pen #3007  Aerometric demi 51   $127
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:   Lucite
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:     Aerometric
Point:  xf	Imprint:	Size:  5.1"
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).

Pen #2938   Sheaffer slender flat top    $137
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material:  celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:  replated band	Filler:  lever
Point:  fine	Imprint: extra fine	Size:  5.2"
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.

Pen #3077   Esterbrooks     See description below

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 #3 - Fern Green 2556 #4 - Pearl Gray 2668 #5 - Cobalt Blue 2556 #6 - Foliage Green 2314M #7 - Black  2556 #8 - Black 2668 #9 - Cobalt Blue Dollar pen - small #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 - 2  (carbon copies, fine) 9550 - 4  (extra fine) 9555 - 1  (shorthand) 9556 - 3  (fine writing) 9668 - 1  (general writing)

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