tandaina
July 12th, 2015, 03:03 PM
In honor of the Portland Pen Roundup (where I managed to unload a ton of ink and a number of great pens), and some show going on in Miami where people are having fun (not that I'm jealous or anything), I'm going to try to sell the rest of my "I'm not using these pens" stash. These prices are good for this week (until Sunday the 19th) and then this post will be removed. Get them while they are hot!
Postage within the United States (and territories) is on me. Postage outside the US will be the buyer's responsibility (sadly the USPS has gotten really expensive to ship internationally.) I accept Paypal as payment and I *only* ship to your registered Paypal address, with tracking. International shipping requires full insurance and I will not falsify the customs statement.
Ready? Here we go!
[TRADED] 1. Pelikan 100 Tortoise - $450
[Sold] 2. The Tower Queen - $90
[SOLD] 3. Matador 811 (Black/Silver) - $90
4. Matador 808 - $90
Here is a more standard version of a Matador. A plain black pen with black hard rubber ends and a lovely nib. The 14k nib on this pen is again quite stub-like but this one also would qualify as semi flex, giving you a lovely bounce as your write and great expressiveness to your line. This early Matador is a button filler!
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/373/19453425040_eb7181c423_z.jpg
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/522/19453387888_68f0b212f4_z.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3695/19645871961_b5b032792e_z.jpg
[SOLD] 5. Matador 90 - $90
6. Osmia 661 - $120
Next on the table is a *very* special pen. Very. This is an Osmia 661. It's a small black pen that looks like nothing much from the outside. The cap is stamped Faber Castell (the body is marked Osmia 661) and the pen was probably made just after Osmia was bought out by FC. What makes this little guy unique is the nib and feed. Everyone who stopped by my table in Portland played with this pen. It got dipped *once* at 11:30am and at 3pm when people uncapped it to play with it was still writing. I'd estimate we got in total over half a page from that feed off of *one dip.* (And that was with lots of flexing, never skipped.) It started to become a contest to see who could run it dry. No one did, when I cleaned the pens off at home it dumped so much ink in the sink it looked as though it's piston filler had been filled!
The nib is a heavenly OBB with flex that makes this an amazing pen for practicing calligraphy. Be warned, it is small and light! But if that isn't a bad thing for you (think Pelikan M200 size) then this pen is outstanding. If it doesn't sell this week it is going back into the cabinet for good.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/263/19453388018_33d5960c50_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/vD2GvG)DSC02312 (https://flic.kr/p/vD2GvG) by tandaina (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87914354@N00/), on Flickr
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/485/19453388598_63c2e1c2ab_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/vD2GFG)DSC02314 (https://flic.kr/p/vD2GFG) by tandaina (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87914354@N00/), on Flickr
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/284/19634378112_8354283def_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/vV2jyy)DSC02324 (https://flic.kr/p/vV2jyy) by tandaina (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87914354@N00/), on Flickr
[SOLD] 7. Kaweco Sport (60s era) - $70
Continued in another post, I've hit the picture limit.
Postage within the United States (and territories) is on me. Postage outside the US will be the buyer's responsibility (sadly the USPS has gotten really expensive to ship internationally.) I accept Paypal as payment and I *only* ship to your registered Paypal address, with tracking. International shipping requires full insurance and I will not falsify the customs statement.
Ready? Here we go!
[TRADED] 1. Pelikan 100 Tortoise - $450
[Sold] 2. The Tower Queen - $90
[SOLD] 3. Matador 811 (Black/Silver) - $90
4. Matador 808 - $90
Here is a more standard version of a Matador. A plain black pen with black hard rubber ends and a lovely nib. The 14k nib on this pen is again quite stub-like but this one also would qualify as semi flex, giving you a lovely bounce as your write and great expressiveness to your line. This early Matador is a button filler!
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/373/19453425040_eb7181c423_z.jpg
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/522/19453387888_68f0b212f4_z.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3695/19645871961_b5b032792e_z.jpg
[SOLD] 5. Matador 90 - $90
6. Osmia 661 - $120
Next on the table is a *very* special pen. Very. This is an Osmia 661. It's a small black pen that looks like nothing much from the outside. The cap is stamped Faber Castell (the body is marked Osmia 661) and the pen was probably made just after Osmia was bought out by FC. What makes this little guy unique is the nib and feed. Everyone who stopped by my table in Portland played with this pen. It got dipped *once* at 11:30am and at 3pm when people uncapped it to play with it was still writing. I'd estimate we got in total over half a page from that feed off of *one dip.* (And that was with lots of flexing, never skipped.) It started to become a contest to see who could run it dry. No one did, when I cleaned the pens off at home it dumped so much ink in the sink it looked as though it's piston filler had been filled!
The nib is a heavenly OBB with flex that makes this an amazing pen for practicing calligraphy. Be warned, it is small and light! But if that isn't a bad thing for you (think Pelikan M200 size) then this pen is outstanding. If it doesn't sell this week it is going back into the cabinet for good.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/263/19453388018_33d5960c50_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/vD2GvG)DSC02312 (https://flic.kr/p/vD2GvG) by tandaina (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87914354@N00/), on Flickr
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/485/19453388598_63c2e1c2ab_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/vD2GFG)DSC02314 (https://flic.kr/p/vD2GFG) by tandaina (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87914354@N00/), on Flickr
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/284/19634378112_8354283def_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/vV2jyy)DSC02324 (https://flic.kr/p/vV2jyy) by tandaina (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87914354@N00/), on Flickr
[SOLD] 7. Kaweco Sport (60s era) - $70
Continued in another post, I've hit the picture limit.