Very nice!
Very nice!
@Calamus, I believe that type of nib securing mechanism is called a Brahma clip, that's if I accurately remember what I've seen (not certain). Beautiful agate, and the shape is very appealing.
Hi,
I found a vintage Mabie Todd Swan L212/52 in lapis lazuli colored celluloid made ca. 1936.
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Best wishes
Jens
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That's an exceptional Leverless!
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"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
SchaumburgSwan (December 29th, 2019)
Wow! What a gorgeous flexy gold nib. The pen's pretty spectacular too. Well scored.
SchaumburgSwan (December 29th, 2019)
I found Marion Grove's lovely Duofold in the wild yesterday while browsing the antiques markets. She took great care of her pen and didn't chew on it. Just give it a little time for restoration.
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Nice pen Fred. Congrats.
...how will you tighten the cap rings?
My latest acquisition is a Parker 61 Desk pen with onyx base and metal trumpet. Love it!
C.
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Here's a nice Swan Leverless, 1042, from around 1939 - it has the model number stamped on it, later ones tended not to be stamped.
Cob
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Vive les chevaliers! A bas les têtes rondes!
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Dreck (January 23rd, 2020)
I just got a Monte Verde Giant Sequoia pen in the emerald green.
ThriveToScribe (January 24th, 2020)
Bought another TWSBI Eco (blue jelly) and a Moonman CP1 a while back.
Lady Onogaro
"Be yourself--everybody else is already taken." --Oscar Wilde
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I've slowed way down on purchases but I've had my eye on this one for a while. This is a NOS Sheaffer Legacy in brushed platinum and gold. Originally intended as a rollerball, I've converted this to a fountain pen with a Legacy 18k M nib, as I love the look of the barrel without the separation of a 'blind cap'; another one became the rollerball. Such a perfect pen for me, in use and aesthetic. Just don't ask me to talk about it.
"When Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick;
and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
~ Benjamin Franklin
Wow. Brings back memories of my boss at “Ma Bell” back in the 1960s who had this pen in black. If anyone touched it, he somehow knew and would go on the warpath ranting that his nib would be “ruined by cretins!”
Sent from the iPhone of Madame X.
Jon Szanto (January 24th, 2020)
Hi,
here a Mabie Todd Swan L312/60 with EF nib.
I like it as this is great for small flex writing...
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Best wishes
Jens
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The only problem I have with my Sheaffer Legacy Silver Interrupted Barley pattern pen is the fact that it's a V1 with the blind cap and "touchdown filler." I would dearly love to convert it to just a twist action converter filler without all of the "touchdown stuff" inside it. Sticking the blind cap on is not a problem. After all one can't get the O-rings for this pen so it doesn't matter whether you convert it or not. Right?
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ThriveToScribe (February 1st, 2020)
Two antique store finds :
A Sheaffer Snorkal Valiant in pastel green, along with a Snorkel magazine ad from the same location (but different stall). I polished up the nib, and restored it with new sac and seals.
And a Parker Duofold Vacumatic (DuoVac) that will need a restoration (diaphragm/sac crumbled) by someone other than myself as I don't have the tools or experience with vacumatics (can handle sac pens tho), and possibly a nib replacement (the left tip/tine was bent exactly 90 degrees to the left, you can see the bump when I carefully used my thumbnail to push it back, it's 'usable' but for how long til the tip gives is anyone's guess)
It's appearance the day I got it last month (which was my wedding day, but I had to kill some time as I wasn't allowed to be near the venue as they were getting ready)
da vinci (February 1st, 2020)
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