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Pen #2947 Sheaffer Military Clip Balance
SOLD
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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:
Plunger filler
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Point: extra fine
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Imprint: excellent
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Size: 5.1"
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COMMENTS: This is a military clip Balance. The idea being
that the pen could be carried in the shirt pocket with the
flap closed to comply with regulations. But I have picture of a couple of
Jimmy Doolittle's crew that made it back from the raid
on Japan, looking at a globe - and one of them has a
Sheaffer Balance sticking out of
their shirt pocket with the pen displacing the
cap. So much for regulations. Legend
not withstanding, Sheaffer didn't just flip the clip over
the cap to mount it, but rather made a different clip for
the pen. THIS pen is in nice condition, with very nice
transparency. There is some staining towards the
back end of the barrel (you can see it in the picture)
that I have not been able to remove. The nib was
replaced with a later non-Lifetime two tone nib somewhere
along the way. No brassing, the clip holds tight in
your pocket. Fully restored with our high grade
rubber materials for both the packing unit 0-ring and head
gasket.
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Pen #2952 Sheaffer
Craftsman $87
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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 n eed 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 $147
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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 #2949 Vac fill Demi Parker 51
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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:
Vacumatic
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Point: extra
fine
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Imprint:
excellent
1st quarter 1948
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Size: 4.5"
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COMMENTS: Parker started to move away from the blue
diamond clip to the feather clip, heading for a redesign
of the 51 and the aerometric filler. The generally
accepted date is 1948, but I have a full size 1947 pen and
pencil set with a date code of first quarter 1947, both
with this cap and clip. This pen is dated first
quarter 1948. These demi-51 pens share the same
diameter, hood, clutch ring and all that as their full
size larger siblings, but barrel
is shorter, and the cap a smidge shorter too. The
later aerometric demi size pens on this site are both
shorter and smaller in diameter. This is a very
clean pen. No flaws, a good imprint, clean pump,
clean trim, original jewel. I have refrosted the
cap. The nib is a nice, smooth extra fine. 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. These are quite rare, and sought
after. 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 #2943 forest
green Demi
Parker 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: 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 #2951
Parker 75 ballpoint
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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:
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Filler:
ballpoint
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Point: it's a
ballpoint
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Imprint:
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Size: 5"
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COMMENTS:
French made Parker 71
ballpoint. Don't ask me for a precise date - some
time in the 90s. I had the matching fountain pen
round then and sold it to a colleague at work.
Dished top, cap action. There is one small mark on
the back side where the cap edge rubbed against the barrel
otherwise no scratches or marks on the pen. I don't
think it's seen much use. Working refill wont be DOA, but
no guarantee on how long it will last. I'm throwing
in one of the Parker pencil cartridges. To use it
just pull out the BP refill and put the pencil unit in its
place. I think the lead is about 0.7mm. You'll
find it stowed under the pad. In the box, no papers.
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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
$157
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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
$127
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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 #2942 cocoa
Demi Parker 51
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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: 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. Original
jewel.
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Pen #2936 Sheaffer Connaisseur ballpoint
$47
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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
$87
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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 buy
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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