Rare ESTERBROOK SM ca. 1949 with 'click on' cap.

[Lexaf]

'ESTERBROOK' USA made Vintage FP. Rare model 'SM'. Black with steel cap , ca. 1949.

The pen is in a good condition with one issue: a small chip missing on the cap jewel.
Some small user marks and micro scratches.
Specifications:

Branded: 'ESTERBROOK - Made in USA' on the barrel.
Material: Barrel and section are black plastic.
Cap, clip and lever are stainless steel. Cap clicks on the barrel.
Nib is a steel #2668 screw in F. Folded point, no Iridium.
Filling system: Lever filler with an new silicone ink sac.
Length capped: 130mm
Posted: 153mm
Without cap: 117mm
Width over barrel: 10,5mm
Over cap:11,6mm

Asking US$ 25,-- only for this rare vintage pen.

Shipping is us $ 10,-- for unregistered, no tracking standard priority lettermail, worldwide, or us$ 20, for registered mail, incl. track&trace

When interested, please click HERE (lexvangalen@gmail.com), to send me an e-mail.
Payment by PAYPAL only.

Please see the pictures, thanks for viewing.

[Lexaf]

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[AGOTL]

Nice pen! Where do you source your silicone sacs from, and why did you use one in this pen?

[Lexaf]

I buy silicone sacs from http://www.woodbin.ca/
I use silicone sacs for quality reasons. It is stronger and has a much longer lifetime than rubber. Another reason is that rubber has a bad influence (discoloration) on old celluloid. Rubber sacs may be more 'original' but a new sac is a new sac and an internal part. So I find it is justified for restoration. In pens I restore for collection purposes only (i.e. these will not be used for actual writing) I do not mount a new sac at all. When I started refurbishing / restoring old pens I mounted new rubber sacs, only to see that they were deteriorated again after a few years. So I only mount a new sac in pens I expect to be actually used again, by myself or a new owner, and in that case I prefer silicone.

[AGOTL]

Gotcha!

That makes sense. I wouldn't worry about discoloration of a black pen, but putting a sac that'll last forever in makes total sense.

I'm gonna PM you about this pen!

[Lexaf]

Gotcha!

That makes sense. I wouldn't worry about discoloration of a black pen, but putting a sac that'll last forever in makes total sense.

I'm gonna PM you about this pen!

Thanks! PM received!

[Lexaf]

Not interested? Bottom price: US $20,-- !!