Flea market find

[jar]

Danny will likely have the fasted turn around.

[Dee8go]

Great find! I usually buy pens from dealers or at pen shows like the one they have here in Washington, DC every August. Honestly, I don't know enough about them to buy from flea markets or estate sales, but would like to. I would be very happy with a find like that!

[Inginkpen]

Lucky find! I was to go antiquing with you!

[CS388]

Well done, Sidmind, you got a bargain there. Very nice.

The engraving is a personal choice thing. It doesn't look too noticeable from the photograph? I'm not a fan of engravings, but I think I could live with that one. As I said, personal choice - but I'd be surprised if it could be removed without a re-plate. Costly, I'd guess?

However, in my opinion, the tines look to be nicely aligned in your photograph, indeed the nib looks good.
Could the scatchiness be caused by flow issues?
If the pen hadn't been used for a while, dried up ink in the feed channels could cause flow problems replicating a dry/scratchy feel.
Before you send it off anywhere and spend money on it, I'd try flushing and flushing and flushing. Then fill it with a nice wet ink and knock out a few pages of writing - or just scribble - and see if things smooth out.

Good luck.

[pajaro]

Your section is the kind that takes the newer screw-in converter, smoky color transparency. The clear ones are for the older plastic section and is a push-in converter. If you have converter fit or leaking issues you will want to buy the newer converter. You can find them in a lot of places. Shop for best price.