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Pen #2916   1086 Laque green moire' Sheaffer Targa   $397
Overall Grade:  Near mint	Metal:  excellent	Material: lacquer over brass
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: cartridge converter             converter included
Point: medium	Imprint:	Size: 5.4"
COMMENTS:  Rare, stunning, gorgeous.....     Made in 1994.  As the Sheaffer Targa site says, "The depth and quality of this finish is a result of being individually hand lacquered 14 times and polished, also by hand, to deep, luminous glow."   The picture doesn't do the pen justice.  The nib is graded as a medium, though its more to the fine side of medium.  Sheaffer's nib standard was a bit finer than the typical medium of today.  An absolutely gorgeous pen.

Pen #2903    Marine Green Sheaffer Balance  $157
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal:  excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: lever
Point: extra fine	Imprint:  extra fine	Size: 4"
COMMENTS:  If things seem to be a bit off in size, you're right.  This is a Marine Green Sheaffer Balance, not oversize, not standard, not Jr - but vest pocket size.  Its in pristine condition, no brassing, no tooth marks, decent color too. The nib is the correct Lifetime nib. The marine green material is hard to find, and the pen in this size (4" closed) is quite uncommon.  The cap does post for a posted length of 4.8", though given the age of the material I would not post often, or very firmly.  Nice, and I think rare, pen.  Restored.

Pen #2849    Gregg Shorthand pen      $137
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal:  replated	Material:  celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:	Filler: lever
Point: fine	Imprint: none	Size:  5.0"
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

Pen #2923    Sheaffer Vigilant    $147
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal:  excellent	Material:  celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:	Filler: lever
Point: extra fine	Imprint: excellent	Size:  5.1"
COMMENTS:  Made 1941-42, the Vigilant is a standard length, slender Balance with the military clip.  Its a smidge narrower than a Parker 51, so comfortable in the hand.  This pen is quite clean - no cracks, no brassing, and a very nice writing extra fine nib.  Restored, of course.

Pen #2914  Sheaffer  Prelude custom 0.6mm cursive italic grind    $127
Overall Grade:  near mint	Metal: excellent	Material: lacquer barrel, chrome cap
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:  cartridge/converter               converter included
Point:   custom Fine cursive italic	Imprint:	Size:  5.5"
COMMENTS:  I like this pen.  The blue lacquer barrel is a rich, deep color with the chrome cap contrasting nicely.  The nib is a two tone steel nib, custom ground to 0.6mm cursive italic, which is smack in the middle between fine and extra fine. No flaws, the pen comes with a converter.

Pen #2905    Sheaffer/Levenger Seas Connaisseur  2     $197
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: plastic
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:  cartridge/converter               converter included
Point:   Fine	Imprint:	Size:  5.5"
COMMENTS:  This is one of the last of the Sheaffer/Levenger Seas pens.  The color is blue with palladium trim.  The Sheaffer Targa Connaisseur reference page says that the pen had white gold nib, but picture shows this nib, so I'm not sure that it is correct, not to mention that the "white gold " nibs were always plated.  The nib is in excellent condition.  The nib unit has one of the red end squeeze converters installed, but because the pens don't have a plug in the end like the solid color Connaisseurs do, it will also take a clear piston converter.  I can plate the two section trim rings with rhodium  for you if you want them to match for an additional $25.

Pen #2908    Pilot Vanishing Point  $137
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal:  excellent	Material:  lacquer over brass
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:  cartridge/converter               CON-50 converter included
Point: Japanese fine	Imprint:	Size: 5.5"
COMMENTS:  The Pilot Vanishing Point pens are nice pens - and they tend to accumulate.  Like Esterbrooks, I don't pass them up if I find a nice one.   I counted the other day, and I still have half a dozen of these pens, not to mention the Namiki VP, and the Decimo pens.  This one is in excellent condition.  The Japanese fine writes like an extra fine.  It has a CON-50 converter installed (I never use cartridges).  In the box with the booklet, cartridge cover and a cartridge.

Pen #2913    Sheaffer Valor   SOLD
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: plastic
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:  see comments	Filler:  cartridge/converter               converter included
Point:   Fine	Imprint:	Size:  5.9"
COMMENTS:   The Valor was being made about the time that the factory and service center closed down in Ft. Madison.  Made for a relatively short period of time, the pens are longer than most, but very comfortable to hold.  The cap and barrel matched - so this combination is from two different pens, but frankly, I like it better with the contrasting cap.  The nib is an exceptionally smooth fine, with just enough difference between the vertical and horizontal stroke to make the line interesting.  There's a small scratch in the top of the cap, but that's about it.

Pen #2915    Sheaffer Prelude     $97
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: lacquered brass
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:  cartridge/converter               converter included
Point:   Fine	Imprint:	Size:  5.5"
COMMENTS:  I like the stealth finish pens.   They look cool.  They also hide well is your pocket if you're wearing a black shirt, which I often do.  The men in the choir that I directed a few years  back wore black pants and shirts for performances, and an all black pen disappeared into the black - except for that pesky white dot.  This is a USA made Prelude, and the nibs are a bit better than the ones that were coming out of China later on.  The pen has a nice smooth ("tuned" as they say) fine nib, and a converter.  The cap closes firmly.  No wear to the finish either on the body of the pen, or the trim.

Pen #2909   Sheaffer Balance   $137
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal:  excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: plunger
Point: extra fine	Imprint:  extra fine	Size: 4.8"
COMMENTS:  This is a Jr size Balance, but a Lifetime pen.   An exceptionally smooth extra fine nib is in the pen.  Clean trim, clean plunger rod.  The pen is a plunger filler, so it holds a decent amount of ink.  The barrel has some flea bites in it which is why the pen is graded extra fine.  No cracks, and the cap posts firmly.  Freshly restored with our high grade, long life rubber materials

Pen #2881  Sheaffer Cadet  23   $97
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal:  excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:	Filler:   touchdown
Point: fine	Imprint:	Size:  5.3"
COMMENTS:  While not rare, this pen is unusual.  The Sheaffer Cadet and Craftsman pens were made for about 10 years - 1953 to 1963,  In general they were a  pretty basic pen, with the "Tip Dip feed.  Most of them  had steel nibs, but for a just one year this upscale version with the 14K 23 (not 33!) nib was sold.  A nice clean pen, and decently made.  They sold somewhere between the $3.95 Cadet with its steel nib and the $10 Admiral.  This one has been restored (of course!), has a nice writing  fine #23 nib.

Pen #2893   Sheaffer Sentinel Stratowriter   $97
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal:  excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: ballpoint
Point:  NA	Imprint:  excellent	Size: 5.3"
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.

Pen #2878   Sheaffer Balance   $117
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal: extra fine	Material: celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  plunger
Point:  extra fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  4.8"
COMMENTS:  The numbers on Sheaffer pens really aren't model numbers.  Rather, they were the "price" tag for the pen. i.e.  350 pens sold for $3.50.  This one has the 350 number, and is about the same size as the Jr pens.  Tt's smaller than the standard size Balance, but is still comfortable in the hand when posted - and this one does post.  The trim is better than you usually see on these pens. The cap band is a little  hazy; the clip is bright and shiny.  No brassing, no tooth marks on the pen, no cracks.  The nib is a gold  #3.  The original black celluloid covered rod has been replaced with a stainless rod. Recommended:  1/8 ounce jar of silicone grease to lubricate the plunger rod.  This is the stuff I use  in the shop made by Dow-Corning.  A little bit on the plunger rod keeps it moving freely.  Can also be used to lubricate piston fillers.

Pen #2899   Sheaffer "Vintage" No Nonsense     $67
Overall Grade:  excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: plastic
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:	Filler: cartridge/converter        no converter, 1 cartridge included
Point:  Fine gold plated	Imprint:	Size:  5.1"
COMMENTS:  This is an upscale Sheaffer No Nonsense.  The pens came with factory applied gold plated trim, a gold plated disc in the top of the cap, and a gold plated nib.  These will take any of the standard Sheaffer converters and cartridges.  Both the plastic threaad Connaisseur, and Balance II nib units will fit into this pen.

Pen #2911    Parker Depression pen  FLEX nib   SOLD
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:  see comments	Filler:  button
Point:   fine stub	Imprint:	Size:  5.1"
COMMENTS:  This is the larger size of the Depression pens - maybe a smidge smaller than the Parkette.  Gold nib, with attractive stepped ends.  The cap bands are clean, and there's a little wear on the clip - the ball in particular.  The nib is a fine stub - with flex.  Not wet noodle flex, but enough that with reasonable pressure, the line goes to 1.2mm.  Restored of course!

Pen #2917   Parker Golden Web     SOLD
Overall Grade:  fine	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:  vacumatic           clean lockdown filler
Point:   extra fine	Imprint:     extra fine	Size:  5.5"
COMMENTS:  This is the Vacumatic Jr size pen - the same diameter as the there band standard, but a little shorter, and of course with two cap bands instead of one.  The color is good, nib very smooth,  and the pump clean, but this is not a collector grade pen.  The cap lip has been repaired in a few places (solvent welded), there is some brassing to the cap band, and the tassie is a reproduction from Avalon Pens.  If it was in excellent condition, the price would be closer to $300.  Pretty pens, and not all that common.

Pen #2921   Esterbrook J   SOLD
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal:  excellent	Material: celluloid acetate
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws: small ding in section	Filler: lever
Point: 9556	Imprint:  worn. but there	Size: 5"
COMMENTS:   Is a Dubonet red Esterbrook ever "basic?"  I guess so.  But I think that Esterbrook made excellent pens, even before considering the price.  A red Esterbrook just like this was my first, and there have been many since!  Two of my best writing nibs, bar none, are Esterbrooks.  This is one of the "banner" style, so earlier, 9556 nibs.  Restored.

Pen #2920   Esterbrook J  9048 nib   SOLD
Overall Grade:  Esterbrook	Metal:  excellent	Material:  Celluloid  acetate
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:   lever
Point:9048  "shaded writing"	Imprint:	Size: 5"
COMMENTS:  Richard Binder has this color listed as "Dawn Gray."  I call it stormy gray, with the colors swirling in the plastic.  Did you know that Esterbrook made their trim out of stainless steel instead of plated brass.  They never brass. This is a later version with the buttons on both ends (I don't call them "jewels" - that's Parker's word).  The nib is a later 9048 which is a flex nib.  Not wet noodle, but flex, and more towards a fine than the extra fine of a 9128.   Restored.

Pen #2877   Kohinoor Rapidograph   $87
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 #2880   Koh i noor Rapidograph   SOLD
Overall Grade:  extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:  piston
Point:  XX fine	Imprint:	Size:  5.2"
COMMENTS:  This is an earlier version of the Rapidograph pens.  The clip goes above the band at the top.  The material is, I believe, celluloid.  It has the plastic piston seal.  A couple of things to note - not originally a demonstrator, but the black on the outside of the pen was worn, and polished off easily.  The pen was made in Germany.  The nib unit is US made replacement because the original was damaged.. Some brassing to the edge of the clip and a bit to the cap band.  The plating on the bands on these pens was never very heavy.  I like the design of these earlier pens because of the clip. I think that they were intended to be used as a fountain pen, and less as a technical drawing pen.  You'll get a very fine, crisp line from the nib. Though you can use technical drawing ink, I would recommend using Pelikan Fount India, which really is not an India ink but is a very black ink made for fountain pens, or Aurora black.

Pen #2837 Parker 75 Flighter Deluxe pencil   $47
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal:  excellent	Material:  stainless steel
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: pencil
Point:   NA	Imprint:   excellent	Size:  5.1"
COMMENTS:  The 75 pencil has a standard twist action mechanism, 0.9 mm (0.036") lead.  Original eraser, which is about the same size as all of the Parker erasers except for the Duofold line.  If you can find them, the Parker Insignia erasers fit nicely. I was planning on selling the 75 flighter fountain pen and pencil as a set.  But, there are no markings on the pen, and the stainless is a different color, so the pencil is listed separately.

Pen #2907     Sheaffer pen and pencil set       $37
Overall Grade:  near mint	Metal:  chrome plated	Material: plated over brass
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:	Filler:  ballpoint/pencil
Point:    na	Imprint:	Size:  5"
COMMENTS:   I don't sell ballpoints and pencils very often, but this was too good to pass up.   I'm not sure when these were made - 70s to early 80s, based on the clip and the package design. The pens had what Sheaffer called the "reminder" clip, because you could not clip the pen in your pocket with the refill extended. There is no evidence that the pen was ever used.  The eraser wasn't  used, and the metal is still very clean.  There is lead in the pencil, and the refill worked when tested.  No guarantee how long it'll work.  In the original box with the papers.

Pen #2630    Parker  61 Flighter BP and Pencil set  $97
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal:  excellent	Material: stainless
Nib condition:  excellent	Flaws:	Filler:  ballpoint
Point:	Imprint:	Size:  5"
COMMENTS: I don't list ballpoints or pencils very often.  But this one is worth listing...  The Parker Flighter sets are worth collecting - refined and set apart from the rest of the crowd by their design and trim - the two gold bands engraved into the caps are a nice defining touch,   The pencil on the set is twist activated, the BP cap acutated.  The pencil works, though you may want to replace the eraser.  The Parker Insignia erasers will fit if you can find them.  I'm all out of them.   The BP has a working refill, and also takes Parkers Gel refills, or the Monteverde EZ flow refills, or any other refill made to the DIN standard including Pelikan.  No dents or dings, nice frosting.  The pen has a black jewel, the pencil the pearl white jewel to make it easy to identify which is which in your pocket.

Brobdingnagian Pin Vise  V3.0    $28

COMMENTS:   Named the Brobdingnagian Pin Vise with apologies to both  Johnathan Swift and Dorothy Sayers*   This has to be one of the most useful tools in my tool box.  I made mine 3 or more years ago, and find myself constantly reaching for it when restoring pens.  The 3/8" chuck will hold drill bits for cleaning out snorkel sac guards, reamers,  taps, tapers,  you name it.   It's much easier to grip this tool than just a drill, or  a tap wrench which never tightens right on a round object, and fits a wide range of diameters from a #50 drill all the way up to 3/8"   If it fits, you have an instant handle.  V 3.0 has a chuck designed for hand tightening made by Jacobs. The jaws of the chuck are recessed on this one, so they may not work on buffing jewels and such.  Overall length is 8"  The handle is about  5 3/4" long and  7/8"" at the widest part  so that you get a good grip.    I've listed them here instead of on the "stuff"  page because if you do pen repair, you need this tool!  The price of chucks has gone up quite a bit since the last batch was made.  Either this will be the last batch, or the price will go up a fair bit.     I expect these to go quickly - three sold before I could get the picture up.  Grab while you can! 8 pin vises available  *Gulliver's Travels and Busman's Honeymoon respectively.

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