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penwash
May 8th, 2016, 08:53 AM
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An old Black Chased Hard Rubber (BCHR) pen "Advance" with a coin-filler.

Cosmetic: The chased pattern on the barrel looks like new, very crisp and clean. No signs of any clip but it has a cute, almost modern-like icon that indicates the direction to turn the cap to open.

Condition: Restored. The nib was severely out of alignment when I got it, it wrote like a pair of scissors, so I fixed that. Then I also cleaned the feed which was gunked with hardened ink.

Nib: A Warranted no.3 which I classify as a super-flex. It is close to a wet-noodle in terms of ease of flex, and the excellent "snap back" quality which makes for beautiful line variations. If you're looking for a good flex vintage pen, you won't be disappointed with this pen.

Price: $150 (because of the combination of rarity, quality of nib, and overall clean and complete condition)

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NOTE: The writing sample below was done before I suspected that the Advance is the actual brand of the pen. Hence the "No Name" moniker.

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katherine
May 8th, 2016, 10:50 AM
Stunning line variation! Good luck selling! :)

penwash
May 9th, 2016, 07:46 AM
Thanks, Katherine.

The amount of flex is not surprising to me. But the tiny effort to spread the tines *and* the speed that it snaps back to product thin lines when I let up the pressure, is uncommon.

I have only a few nibs that behave like this. And with the others, I'm still working to find the right combination of barrel, section, and feed.
This is the time consuming (but also rewarding) part of restoring vintage pens.

The above pen is spoken for, pending payment.

Sagebrush64
May 9th, 2016, 11:51 AM
Hhhhhmmmm.....I guess it's just as well this one caught my eye a few hours too late. I was severely tempted. Very nice pen sir!!

Sagebrush64
May 9th, 2016, 12:07 PM
Hhhhhmmmm.....I guess it's just as well this one caught my eye a few hours too late. I was severely tempted. Very nice pen sir!!

penwash
May 10th, 2016, 10:20 AM
Hhhhhmmmm.....I guess it's just as well this one caught my eye a few hours too late. I was severely tempted. Very nice pen sir!!

Thank you! I have another pen with comparable flex-ability.
Still testing it. Will sell it this week if it's all good.