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david i
November 29th, 2015, 09:06 PM
At the Facebook group tonight (link in signature space below) and next door at FPB (also found below), we've had hefty jabber about the "circuit board" Sheaffer sub-brand WASP Clipper pens. Looking to waste a few minutes, I rounded up most of the "circuit board" Sheaffer sub-brand WASP Clipper 1930s fountain pens I had lying about. A few from sales stock and a few pens in cases no doubt are missing below. I have not hunted these aggressively, though I do like them. So, over the last 15 years I've grabbed them here and there when they turned up in appealing circumstances.



http://vacumania.com/penteech2/wasp_circuit_40pentray_1400a_iphone.jpg

regards

-david

stonerman33
November 29th, 2015, 09:28 PM
Those look great. I work for an electronics recycling facility and this would be a perfect pen for work. I know there's obviously a lot of various models in this photo, but do these go for "reasonable" prices in the wild?

david i
November 29th, 2015, 10:40 PM
Those look great. I work for an electronics recycling facility and this would be a perfect pen for work. I know there's obviously a lot of various models in this photo, but do these go for "reasonable" prices in the wild?

Prices can be all over the place. Plunger-fill variants require a roughly $40 restoration, if one wants the pens to work. Lever-fill pens are much easier, can be done by casual restorers, and cost less when done professionally. Size and condition makes a huge difference. Some brassing is not a huge deal, but avoiding bad threads and avoiding cracks are important to do. These days clean oversized pens can run couple hundred dollars or more, restored and retail. I would not be shocked if a worn small pen could be found raw on ebay for $40 or so.

regards

David

nospam666
November 30th, 2015, 01:14 AM
Those of us on tapatalk can't see signatures.

david i
November 30th, 2015, 09:50 AM
Those of us on tapatalk can't see signatures.

Who knew?

The Facebook group by today will show a bunch of WASP posts after a couple page scrolls https://www.facebook.com/groups/fpnuts

2 recent threads about WASP Clipper ("circuit board" pattern) at FPB

1 http://fountainpenboard.com/forum/index.php?/topic/7230-circuit-board-wasp-clippers/

2 http://fountainpenboard.com/forum/index.php?/topic/7227-sheaffers-circuit-board-clipper/

regards

d

penwash
November 30th, 2015, 10:10 AM
I think if we call it the "Minecraft" fountain pen, it'll popular with the younger generation.

david i
November 30th, 2015, 10:26 AM
I've toyed with calling it the Rorschach pattern. People seem to see different things in it ;)

-d