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Watermans Ideal No 92 Lizard Skin Fountain Pen
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Hi all...Id like to share my Watermans Ideal No 92 Lizard Skin with all you members.I hope you like it...Enjoy...
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grandmia
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a look at the relative size of Sheaffer pens.
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Here is a snapshot of the history of Sheaffer. From left to right. 5-30 (sold for $5 and carried a 30 year warranty) around 1925 (Family income in 1925 was about $1000.00 a year) Senior Flat top from 1928 OverSized Balance (The...
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So ...
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/350565391662?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
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Chthulhu
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Mabie Todd Telescoping dip pen question
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I own a 14K gold Mabie Todd & Co telescoping dip pen. It appears to be in really great condition & the telescoping action still works well. The tip appears to be in great condition too. I was tempted to sell it for scrap if it was truly 14K. I can't help wondering if it might be better off in a collect...
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Waterman pen
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Hi, I have been left two pens by my father, both are Waterman (made in France) and seem to be the same model only different colours. The black pen has a broad nib and I would like to buy a fine nib but I do not know the model to order. Can anyone help please. I can email pics as I cannot seem to attch them on here. T...
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Waterman FP
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I enjoy collecting and using fountain pens. I like the Waterman fp the most.They are the great writers. They have have an air being differnet that what other brands were offering. The oddity factor of trying to ID them can make for some interesting resaearch and debate. I also collect Sheaffers too...
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Waterman CF fountain pen. Minus cartridge or converter.
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Bought a 9 carat gold Waterman CF pen, which did not have a cartridge or converter with it. I have located a stationery shop here in the UK which has a converter for the pen, and the price quoted is £20, which is almost what I paid for the pen itself. Will that price be about right ? I know there are 2 differe...
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Some vintage things
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1) I cleaned up a black hard rubber eyedropper with brass overlay. I also realigned the nib and feed. The nib is a Warranted 14ct #4 and it looks tiny on the pen which is 5 1/2" capped, 4 1/2" uncapped, 6 1/2" posted. I put ink in the pen to test the flow and to my absolute happy surprise found...
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Favorite vintage nibs
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Easy topic right here. What are your top 5 favorite vintage nibs that you have tried (and and what pen was it in if you recall) OR, if you have never tried a vintage nib, what 5 nibs have caught your eye & think you'd groove on trying out for a test drive.? Tried & loved: 1~All GF Wahl Eversharp Coron...
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Hema 56, some information about that?
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This is a Hema 56, whit Dauer feder 4 nib, some info about this pen? Some pics Uploaded with ImageShack.us [URL=http://i...
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Waterman Expert 1st Generation
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This is a Waterman Expert 1st. generation, whit very particular nib Some pics, what you think? Uploaded with ImageShack.us [URL...
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jonas0304
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sheaffer pfm 2 review
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hi everyone here is the review of the sheaffer pfm2 I bought two weeks ago. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/geo...
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Waterman #20 & Parker Black Giant
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Does anyone know how many ML of ink either of these pens hold?
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Finally got smart, budget's are for busting
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I have stopped collecting pens. I got all the nibs I need, out side a semi-flex BB. I went wild lately. Osmia x2 1930's semi-flex F, & EF, Parker Vacumatic stub,, Wyvrn F- flexible nib, , Shaeffer touch down Imperial desk pen, a Shaeffer Sentry, a couple of no names, and a 1970 Geha 725 Goldschwing...
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Bo Bo Olson
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flea market grab bag
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went to the local flea market and searched around. found a baggy of pens and pencils, and one wearever FP and two wearever BPs. my youngest rode my shoulders and was really good, and my oldest (dinosaur boy) helped me scan for pens. he was also very interested in swords and knives. and toys... s...
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My latest purchase
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Yeah ANOTHER bloody pen. This will be my last for the forseeable future and I mean it! If I buy anything at all for the next few months pen related it'll be a pen case or two. One of the first vintage pens I saw that really struck a chord with me was the Parker Vacumatic. I especially liked a burgundy maxima I s...
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Highbinder
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Ford Patent Pen help please
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Hello, my hsuband's grandfater is Graham Stewart Vivian, designer of the Ford Patent Pen and I would really like to surprise him by buying him one for Christmas, as I know he would like one. Would anyone have any idea as to where I might find one?Thank you.
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Vintage 30's-40's Sonnecken Rhinegold
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The nib has problems, and more than likely what ever filling system too....something for Richard Binder or some one like him, a professional restrorer. The pen cost me $1.50 or E-1. Guilochiert model Invented in 1930..... Rhinegold pictured in Lambrou's book is 1935...which could be mine, beca...
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Bo Bo Olson
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J Herbin Dip Pen sets?
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????? Anyone have an opinion on these?
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Frank
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In praise of Main Street Pens (Ron Zorn)
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I wanted to share a recent experience I had with Ron regarding a pen I recently had repaired by him. I actually had three Vac Pens repaired by him at the Philly Pen Show back in January. One of these was a Brown Pearl Vac Junior. Though Ron restored this pen for me at the show, it was not writing as well as it sh...
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Frank
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1928 Vintage pen, nearly NOS
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Watched the Black Jack dealer bust!!!!! Heart attack alley.. First Class Fountain Pen on package (a no-name*) Can carry it in every direction. 1928 Art Deco Piston filler, with...
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Bo Bo Olson
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Third Tier's last gasp
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[/img] This is a good looking pen..... Clipper Kolbenfüller - 50er Jahre..translation.....Clipper Piston filler '50's. Auf der Goldfeder steht unter einem Flugzeug im Kreis 14K-585.......... 14 K gold nib with a plane in a circle.... No it is not a Shaffer Clipper.......... Farbe: rot gesprenk...
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Bo Bo Olson
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Me?????and an MB..ha ha....ummm
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At a live auction. I was after what I carelessly thought was a 140 Pelikan having seen a quick 40, and it looked like my 140...my wife said smething about wanting the ball point pen in the lot...In a zippered Pelikan leather pen bag was a 400NN, 450 (Guenter Wagner), 455. Well she's not getting it. Aslo in...
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Bo Bo Olson
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A compairson of three vintage pens, Osmia-Farber-Castell, Artus, Pelikan 140, and a newer 400
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A comparison of Pelikan, 140, 400, an Artus (the pre-Lamy..Lamy) New Balance and an Osmia-Farber Castell. The Artus (pre-Lamy) is a Schaffer New Balance copy, as far as I can tell.Some times it is good to have a few days between writing and posting. The Pelikan 140 also has a New Balance form. It is sm...
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Bo Bo Olson
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Ebonized Pearl
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In the beginning... all the fountain pens were pretty blocky and had flat tops. Then Sheaffer introduced the ... Balance. The new Balance pens were streamlined, pointed at the end and the now familiar cigar shape, and they took the world by storm. They were also learning what could be...
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