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Parker Big Red fountain pen   See description for prices
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: plastic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: cartridge/converter             converter included
Point:  see pen list below	Imprint:	Size:  5"
COMMENTS: We had some of these a couple of months ago.  Parker never made the Big Red as a fountain pen to sell, but they should have!  I have a prototype pen that was made by fitting a Parker 75 nib in to the standard section, but was never released.  The sections on these pens have been modified and have been fit with a Bock 250 nib unit, a Schmidt converter installed, and a slight modification to the barrel to make room for the converter.    They're great pens, comfortable to write with because of the curved section. I have two that have been filled and in use since I made them back in August.   Since these are Bock nib units, international style cartridges (long or short) should fit.  The yellow pens are marked Made in Brazil, and have clips marked PARKER.   No idea if we'll ever make them again,   Grab one while you can.                                                              Mandarin yellow  $127        Chrome clip                                                 fine nib - 1 available.

Pen #3119   Conklin Nozac rollerball    $117
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: acrylic
Nib condition: NA	Flaws: none	Filler:   rollerball
Point:   A new roller ball refill and one spare will               be sent with the pen.	Imprint: excellent	Size:  6.8"
COMMENTS:  I don't know when this pen was made.  Relatively new/modern.   It's acrylic with gold plated trim,  The pen uses standard international rollerball refills.  The one in the pen is a blue Schmidt safety ceramic roller.  This is a beautiful,  impressively big pen, in excellent condition.  I just don't use roller balls, but am happy to pass pens like this along when I find them!

Pen #3159  Ebonized Pearl Sheaffer Balance     $347
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: plastic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:   plunger
Point:   extra fine lifetime	Imprint:  crisp	Size:  5.4"
COMMENTS:  Where to begin with this one?  The Ebonized Pearl Balance pens are gorgeous to begin with.  But add  the jewelers band cap bands, and they pop.  This is a standard size Balance. Slightly later lifetime nib.  The bands have WLW engraved on them.  The set is in excellent condition.  Barrel some transparency., decent color in the chips.  NO brassing, no cracks or other marks.  A smooth writing extra fine nib - actually about .45 mm, so on the line between fine and extra fine.  You can't see it in the picture, but there is a bit of a step down from the window portion of the barrel to the solid black. Not a posting mark.  I've replaced the plunger rod with a stainless one because I could feel bumps in the celluloid covering of the original.  The pencil works too.  Fully restored.   Buy it please, before I change my mind and decide to keep it.

Pen #3158   Eversharp Skyline    $137
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: plastic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:   lever
Point:   Fine gold	Imprint:  Excellent - (clip ring)	Size:  5.17"
COMMENTS:  The Eversharp Skyline, introduced in 1940 was a very popular pen, tapping into the popularity of the "Streamlined" designs.  They were designed by Henry Dreyfuss, the designer of the famed 20th Centry Limited.  This is a standard size pen in Jet Black which Richard Binder says is the D-77.   The pen is very clean, no brassing on any of the trim including the lever.  The only flaw is an extra minor bend in the lever.  The nib lays down a fine line.  No cracks or tooth marks, and the nib and feed are snug in the section.

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 are Esterbrook J pens - two transitional, the gray a ribbed "toaster top" pen.  . All pens  are in extra fine condition, and have been cleaned, restored, polished, and have decent writing, tested and smoothed 2000 series nibs installed.  Note that the black pen in image #2 is  an LJ so the length of the standard J pen, but the thinner diameter of the SJ. Pricing:  All pens except the blue Dollar pen are $50 each, and are sold with the nib that is in the pen.  All nibs are 2000 series. . As noted below the Dollar pen at $67 and has a 2442 stub nib. If you want your pen without a nib the price is $45.  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. Top image- all are J pens.  left to right: #1 - Foliage green  2668 SOLD #2- Gray toaster top transitional 2668 #3  - Cobalt blue  2668 #4 - black  2668 SOLD #5 - green 266 Image#2 listed left to right #6 - copper SJ - initials M.E. on back of barrel 2556 #7 - gray SJ  2668 #8 - black LJ 2668 #9 - small cobalt blue Dollar pen 2442 stub nib $67 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. 9450 - 1  (posting) 9460 - 2  (carbon copies) 9550 - 2  (extra fine) 9555 - 1  (shorthand) 9556 - 2  (fine writing) 9668 - 1 (general writing)

Pen #3151   Sheaffer Triumph Tuckaway    $147
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  none	Filler:   plunger
Point:  fine	Imprint: extra fine	Size:  4.34"
COMMENTS:  Sheaffer introduced  Tuckaway prior to this pen, in both lever filler and plunger filler.  But 1941 was the first for the Triumph nib Tucky.  Nice pens, but without a clip because they designed for vest  or pants pockets, or purses. Later Tuckaways had a short "clasp" not a clip, and not a "military clip."  Because the barrel is short, they don't hold as much ink as their bigger siblings.  The pen has been restored with our high grade rubber materials.   The nib is a nice writing extra fine.  Flaws?  Decent transparency in the barrel.

Pen #3134  Sheaffer Balance  - Jewelers band cap    $147
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material:  celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: lever
Point:    fine 14K	Imprint:excellent	Size:  5.4"
COMMENTS:  The Sheaffer Balance is one of the iconic pens of all time.  They're  the pens that flipped the pen world on it's ear and left everyone scrambling to catch up.  "Streamlined" was in in cars, trains, aircraft, and gone were the squared off ends of pens like the Sheaffer Flattops and Parker Duofolds.  This is the non-white dot version, so the nib is a Feather Touch nib.  But the cap also has a ribbed jewelers band.  The initials JEC are engraved on the back side of the band.  Nice pen, and restored of course!

Pen #3149   Esterbrook Eight Ball desk set   $77
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  CAB = Cellulose butyrate
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  NONE!	Filler:  lever
Point: medium  2668	Imprint: extra fine	Size:
COMMENTS:  The classic Esterbrook desk pen.  Levenger even copied this idea at one point with one of their True Writer sets.  Very clean, no flaws.  I did replace the felt on the bottom though.  The pen is restored, the taper perfect.  A 2668 nib is installed.  I have some 9000 series nibs available for an additional $25.  Ask if interested...

Pen #3138  Parker 15   Flighter   $67
Overall Grade: mint, NOS	Metal: excellent	Material:  stainless steel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  NONE!	Filler: cartridge/converter             converter included
Point: medium	Imprint:	Size:  4.8"
COMMENTS:  I haven't seen these pens before I found some at the recent Ohio Show.  The only reference that I've found that is close is on the Tony Fischier's parkerpens.net website.  These were made in France, but match his description of a pen that is close in design to the Parker 45 with the identical clip and tassie. Likely sold in the UK as a high quality student pen, the Fligher was not advertised.. This design started production in 1980.  No markings other than the Parker logo and "Made in France."  I won't call it rare, but certainly uncommon with this cap configuration.   This is a slender pen, plastic section, steel nib, gold trim.  The cap clutch and clutch fingers quite similar to those of the Parker 75.   It comes with a modern Parker piston converter.  This pen is true mint.  Please tell us that you want the pen tested and nib smoothed when you order, otherwise the pen will be shipped as is, i,e,  mint, unfilled or tested.      TWO pens available.

Pen #3111  Rotring Freeway    $67
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  matte
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  NONE!	Filler: cartridge/converter             converter included
Point: medium	Imprint:	Size:  5.5"
COMMENTS:  The Rotring Freeway was introduced in the early 2000s.  They're robust pens with what appears to be an anodized aluminum finish, but is matte lacquer over brass.  The nib housing in the pens was also used in the 600 that has the clutch tabs at the back end of the section.  You used to see quite a few of them for sale, but listings are becoming somewhat uncommon.  The nib is marked medium, but writing with it and testing, it seems to be more on the fine end of the scale.  No damage at all.  Nice pen with a nice heft to it - just a little too small for my aging hands.

Pen #3150    Stocking stuffers!  Pierre Cardin    $10
Overall Grade:  NOS  mint	Metal: excellent	Material:  plastic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: cartridge
Point: medium   gold plated	Imprint:	Size:  5.3"
COMMENTS:  These pens have been sitting in an antique shop that we visit from time from time for a while now, and Robyn would always ask "Have you looked at the Pierre Cardin pens?"  So I looked.  I bought the 4 that they had so that she doesn't need to ask again.  They're fun pens, good to give to a kid for their first fountain pen.  Snap cap, cartridge filled.  They've been around long enough that the ink has dried in the cartridge, but you can fill them with distilled water and off you go.  The cartridge is a long international type, but a standard DIN/universal converter won't fit.  I haven't tried others.  One blue pen, three red pens available.   They come in the box.  The flap on one of the red pen's box is missing....

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