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Shakti187
January 26th, 2015, 12:38 PM
Greetings all i am from South Africa. I need help identifying these classic fountain pens they emerged on a local auction site and the bid starts at R315 so that's around $30 for both please advise Thanks in advance[emoji4] http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/01/26/b6671d1215879e946d13d5dbd9d961ba.jpg

jar
January 26th, 2015, 12:44 PM
Welcome home. Pull up a stump and set a spell.

No one can answer whether or not you should buy them. The upper pen will likely need about the same costs in repairs. The bottom is likely good to go but I'd figure on setting aside about $25.00 for repairs just in case. That would be a total cost under $100.00 even with repairs for two quite nice pens.

Shakti187
January 26th, 2015, 12:48 PM
Wow thanks for the swift response its much appreciated. Thanks for the warm welcome i appreciate the sound advice. .. I'm looking for something to keep me occupied until my pilot vp arrives sometime this week [emoji4]

kirchh
January 28th, 2015, 06:54 AM
The top pen is a Crest from the latter part of the 1940s; the bottom pen is in the Imperial family from the '60s, most likely. Hard to tell for sure from the photo, but the Imperial looks like it might be a Touchdown filler, in which case it would probably need an overhaul (sac and seal[s]) to put it into good writing condition.

Nice pens, both.

--Daniel