3rd tier mystery POS...but LOOK at that material!

[Elim]

Random ebay spotting.

3rd tier mystery no name pos, low quality celluloid section, cheap plated nib, probably an injection molded plastic feed. Looks like a blind cap, so a button filler. But, yeah, look at that material. I've never seen it before and man I really dig that big time. Has anyone ever seen a better or higher end piece with this or similar?

[penwash]

If the condition of the barrel and cap were pristine, I would replace the section, feed and nib with higher quality equivalent parts.
Then it actually looks like "a million bucks" and writes like one also

[Elim]

I had the same thought but that looks pretty thrashed.

[KBeezie]

I had the same thought but that looks pretty thrashed.

Nothing a polish job won't fix?

[Elim]

idk, that blind cap looks fairly deformed, sort of 'sucked in' from shrinkage, possibly some delamination between the colors too.

[FredRydr]

Nothing a polish job won't fix?

She could certainly give it a try.

[Farmboy]

I need to know how you knew about Miss Polish...

[KBeezie]

I need to know how you knew about Miss Polish...

I just always assumed he was one of the curmudgeons among us...

[Jon Szanto]

I need to know how you knew about Miss Polish...

And generations to come...

[FredRydr]

I need to know how you knew about Miss Polish...

Actually, I originally saw Miss Polish Job on a postcard in a pack from Pomegranate (I liked Miss Lube Rack). Uh oh,...she's not your mother, is she?

[welch]

This pen is why I liked Third Tier pens -- inexpensive imitations of great styles for the '30s. I have a Majestic lever-filler that looks a lot like this. Or "MajestiBrook", since the nib was rotten and I had a spare Esterbrook section. "Liked", past tense, because Third Tier junkers have gotten expensive, as if EBay sellers think that anything old is worth $50 or more.

Elim's pen reminds me of the Striped Duofold.

[Elim]

Yeah i am seeing that a lot in ebay, these folks have been watching too many episodes of american pickers. $90 for an unrestored wearever deluxe 100 is one that comes to mind having seen recently.

[amk]

Wow, that's great material. To me it says Pyjamas!

I have a couple of Pinstripes in quite lurid colours. (Come to think of it, there's a delightful modern Duofold with choc and mint pinstripes... one of the few modern Parkers I do really covet.)