This 1927 Wahl Eversharp is a #2 Desk Set in Black & Green Onyx with Bronze and White veins. 3″ x 4″. Jade lever-filler Pen with gold-filled trim and Black taper. Medium, manifold (stiff) nib. Near mint. Item #66 in Catalog #80
This 1995 Montegrappa Ettore Bugatti Type 50 LE #29/1930 cartridge/converter-fill in black Lacquer. This is extremely rare, and was produced by Montegrappa for sale in Bugatti boutiques. Gold-plated trim, and the clip is shaped like the Bugatti Atlantic automobile. Gripping section in silver dimpled. Two-tone 18K medium nib. Item #64 in Catalog #80
This 1931 Originals of Their Time LE #0598/1931 PIF with 18K White gold-filled cap & binde in alternating Barley, Pinstriped and Plain panels. Amber visualated barrel. 18K fine nib. New-old-stock. Mint in original box with papers and outer box! Item #65 in Catalog #80
This is a 1999 Pilot button-activated cartridge/converter-fill in Gold Plate and Blue Enamel. Fine nib. New-old-stock. Mint in box with barrel label, papers and outer sleeve. Converter included! Convenient and easy to use, and is a beautiful and elegant pen. Item #43 in Catalog #80
This 1971 Pilot is a Button-activated “Black Stripe” cartridge/converter-fill in Stainless Steel (deeply engraved) and Black Plastic. Unlike the White Stripe model, the engraved lines are filled with black enamel and the pen has a factory decal “Capless” below the clip (a little wear), Smooth chrome clip and button. Fine nib. An extremely rare model. With the “Black Stripe” below, the only models with a round hole for the nib, rather than one which is semi-circular. …
I have seen a few modern TWSBI pens for sale with vintage nibs on them – how is this possible? Vintage pens aren’t always salvageable, and sometimes parts are saved and reused – either to create a “frankenpen” or to replace other pens being restored. The TWSBI likely accommodates the size of the vintage nib, so it allows the nib to be saved!
This 1928 Waterman 994 is a lever-filler Rose Ripple. One of the rarest and most beautiful of colors! Few were made because the country was entering the depression and few high end pens were selling, the rubber turned out to be very fragile so few survived, and the same year Waterman very shortly afterwards introduced their first plastic pen, the Patrician, which was very successful. Gold-filled trim. Fine, flexible nib. Item #14 in Catalog #80
My gold nib is turning silver! HELP! Your gold nib is probably a steel nib with gold-plating. Depending on the quality of the plating, it can come off with use. It’s just cosmetic, and your nib should still write well.
This is a 1950 Parker 51 Princess Demi Aerometric-fill in smooth gold-filled. The cap top and barrel bottom each have a large white glass crystal, and the cap is surrounded by 12 diamond shaped red glass crystals. So very rare! According to Zazove & Shepherd in their Parker 51 book (2004, p. 71), “The rarest Demi in existence…was designed by Don Doman and introduced in the mid west USA. Only a limited number were made and it never …
Do I have to take apart my pen every time I clean it? Absolutely not! First, your pen only needs cleaning every few inkings, or if you want to change your ink color. A flush with cool, clean water should be sufficient unless you have used a very saturated or high maintenance type of ink. Otherwise, give it a flush and keep going. Unless your pen is designed to be disassembled for “tinkering”, it’s best …
