First two photos are vintage (except the M640, placed for brand pairing), and third photo is Modern (with small exception to the school pen).
Pens facing down are in need of parts/repair or are untested.
Pens left capped (except the 45 shown uncapped) are currently inked.
- Waterman 55 (Canada) in "Woodgrain" with a #5 Ideal Canada Flex Medium
- Eversharp Pencil in "Rosewood" (Hard rubber), 1.1 lead size, Late 20s to early 1930s probably.
- Wahl 431 (but with a #2 nib installed), Early 1920s, 14K Semiflex Needlepoint
- Eversharp Gold Filled pencil, probably early 1920s
- "Wahl Pen" in Jade (what they advertised for $5), 1928~1929, 14K "Signature" EF (soft/semiflex)
- Wahl Gold Seal Personal Point in Lazulitic Blue, 1929~early 30s, 14K Flexible Broad
- Wahl-Eversharp Doric in Jet Black, Mid to late 30s, 14K Personal Point "Signature" Medium, Converted to a Button filler (originally a vac filler)
- Wahl-Eversharp Doric Pencil, 1.1 Lead
- Eversharp Skyline (Early 40s) in Brown Modern Moire, 14K Extra Firm Accountant (XXF) nib
- Eversharp Skyline Modern Moire Brown Pencil 1.1 Lead
- Eversharp Skyline (mid-late 40s), 14K Semi-flex EF
- Eversharp "Fifth Avenue" in Debonnet Red, 14K Springy XXF~EF
- Esterbrook Dollar Pen, 3556 "Sunburst" nib, 1935~1942
- Early Sheaffer Pencil with a ZigZag Pattern, probably nickle plated (not sure of production)
- Sheaffer Fineline Mechanical Pencil (1930s? Probably decade before the Fineline pens)
- Sheaffer Balance (Standard) Vac-Fil in Ebonized Pearl Flakes, 14K #5 Feathertouch Fine 1934~1939
- Sheaffer Balance Craftsman in "Rose Glow", 14K #3 EF 1936~1941
- Matching "Rose Glow" Pencil
- Sheaffer Balance Junior in "Rose Glow" (can't be carmine with the silver striations), 14K Junior nib that writes a Fine 1936~1941?
- Sheaffer Triumph in Black, lever filler, 14K "Lifetime" Triumph Nib, Medium with Cursive Italic Fine on flip side, ~1940s
- Sheaffer Snorkel Valiant in Grey, 14K Triumph EF Nib, 14K solid gold snorkel tube, fitted with a PVC sac 1952 ("First Year")
- Matching Grey Pencil
- Sheaffer Snorkel Statesman in Pastel Green, PdAg (Palladium Silver) Triumph Medium ~1950s
- Sheaffer Imperial IV in Blue, 14K XXF (Accountant?), ~1960s
All the Pilot Supers are quarter-turn fillers fitted with a PVC sac
- Pilot Super 100B (1958 nib code), 14K Semiflex EF
- Pilot Super 150 14K Flex/Semiflex Fine, probably late 1950s
- Pilot Super 200 (Old Style), 14K Soft Fine, late 1950s
- Pilot Super 200 (1962), 14K Script Nib
- Pilot E-200, 14K Coarse nib
- Pilot Super 250 (1964), 14K "Falcon" (1968)
- Parker Challenger, 14K nib that needs replacing (snipped tip), missing button
- Parker Duofold Vacumatic, 14K EF, nib needs replacing or repair (one tipping is bent), filler needs restoration
- Parker Challenger (1937), 14K Fine (rather wet and crisp)
- Parker Vacumatic Junior (3rd gen with a mismatched 2nd gen blind cap), 14K Wet Fine
- Parker Slimfold (UK, 1954), 14K semiflex F~M
- Parker 45 Turquoise (1969 based on color + cap dimple), Steel Accountant nib, currently inked with Noodler's X-Feather
- 1960s "Kent" Japanese Pencil
- Pilot Super 100V , 14K EF (slight bend on one tipping)
- Montblanc 225, Piston Filler, 14K Platinum Coated XXF, 1970s
- Montblanc 14, Piston Filler, 18C EF, 1960s (sadly there's a hairline crack on the underside of the section where the nib unit notches in)
- Montblanc 221, c/c, 1970s, this one was sent to me for repair, currently working with a springy 14K Fine nib
- Montblanc 320, Piston, 1970s, another sent to me for repair, currently working with a 14K firm fine, slight crack in barrel but doesn't affect function
- Montblanc 320(?) Burgundy, c/c, 1970s, the third one sent to me for repair, but the cracked section is beyond my capabilities, all other parts are good
- Pelikan 400NN with a 14K Semiflex EF, 1956
- Pelikan M640 SE Mount Everest, 2008, 18K Medium tuned by Masuyama, not vintage but paired with the only other Pelikan I have
- Reliant Eye dropper pen with a flexible warranted 14K EF nib, needs a cap
- Unknown Generic, slightly corroded steel nib, haven't sac'd it to test it.
- Unknown generic hard rubber pen, extremely smooth steel nib with a little bounce. Installed with a #15 sac.
- Moonman C1, Steel Fine self-ground to a cursive italic, currently inked with J.Herbin 1670 Emerald of Chivor
- Lamy Safari, Pink, Steel Medium
- Lamy Safari, Charcoal, Steel EF
- Lamy Al-Star, Matte Black, Steel Broad
- Platinum Century 3776 "Black Diamond" (translucent black), 14K Rhodium Plated Broad Cursive Italic (grind by nibs.com)
- Platinum Izumo in Biwa-Tame, 18K President Coarse nib
- Aurora Afrika LE, 18K "M" (tip seems more like an EF)
- Pelikan M640 SE Mount Everest (shown again in 'modern' grouping)
- TWSBI ECO, Steel EF self-ground to an Architect point, currently inked with Montblanc Irish Green. One of the free pens I received a couple weeks ago for repair
- TWSBI Go, Steel Jinhao Fine, Inked with Iroshizuku Tsuki-yo, part of the free batch of pens I received
- TWSBI Go, No Nib, also part of the batch of free pens
- Platinum Preppy 05, had this guy inked with Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng for 6 years straight
- Clone of Lamy Safari, Hooded EF nib ground to a crisp italic
- Clone of Lamy Safari, Hooded EF nib
- Pilot Kakuno, obtained to get its Medium nib for a Pilot MR (Wife's Turquoise), the Fine nib swapped from the MR fits loosely in the Kakuno
- Pilot Parallel 2.4, inked with Noodler's Apache Sunset
- Pilot MR in Grey, Steel Fine nib, Inked with Noodler's Heart of Darkness (will soon be de-inked, too feathery)
- Noodler's Charlie, Inked with Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng, Came with the Heart of Darkness bottle
- Noodler's Charlie, feed channel seems damaged, came with the free batch of pens
- Noodler's Creeper Flex, lubricated and working, came with the free batch of pens
- Noodler's Konrad, standard nib, cleaned, lubricated, but untested, came with the free batch of pens
- Sheaffer School Pen, cleaned but untested, Fine Steel Nib
- Sheaffer "Calligraphy" set pen, Medium italic, not cleaned or tested, came with the free batch of pens
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