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Found this little guy at a local "antique" market (quotes because it's a glorified flea market). The pineal is just an unadorned metal button, the cap is cracked and all the metal is badly tarnished and worn with the plating worn off in spots, but the body, lever, sac and nib were all in working condition. The nib looks to me like it may have been worked on, or perhaps just written with quite a bit. This being my first vintage gold nib, I don't really have a point of reference for what the nib should look like. But it writes, and nicely. The nib sings for me sometimes, which I find lovely.

I haven't been able to figure out exactly which model it is, the body is a pearlescent blue celluloid which unfortunately I couldn't get a good picture of due to the state of my work space. The furniture all appears to be chrome-plated brass. I thought maybe it was a Junior, but I can't find any Juniors with clips or cap bands that match my pen.

The nib is just filthy as far as I can tell. I will be giving this a good and thorough cleaning. I just couldn't wait to try writing with it.