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Vintage Pens - Parker Student Victory Prototype

These 1955 prototypes are Parker Student "Victory" cartridge/converter-fillers - one in White with brushed Lustraloy stainless steel cap, and one in Grey with the same cap. Both feature a dimpled g...

Vintage Pens - Waterman #7 Yellow

This special vintage pen is a 1930 Waterman #7 "Yellow Banded" lever-filler in Red Ripple with the "Yellow " cap band and corresponding nib. The Yellow nib is described as: medium “rounded, writes ...

Vintage Pen Sheaffer Targa Black Matte

This special vintage pen is a Sheaffer 1980 Targa #1003 cartridge/converter-fill in Black Matte, including the cap top (later versions had a gold-plated cap-top). The trim is gold-plated, and the p...

Vintage Pens CentroPen Rippet

The vintage pen here is the 1950 Centropen/Rippet Barclay 1304/809 in a #4 size Vac-fill, in 835 Coin Silver with alternating wave-chased and Barley panels. CP clip. This is a high-quality pen made...

Vintage Pens Soennecken Safety

Soennecken pens, no longer in production today, was founded by Freidrich Soennecken in 1875. While they sold a vast array of office products, they are most famous for the pen (his main invention is...

Extraordinary Vintage Pens Tri-Pen Manufacturing Co.

The Extraordinary Vintage Pen here is the 1930 Tri-Pen Mfg. Co.- item #17 pictured above. This is a #4 in the Black & Pearl finish. The company previously produced triangular shaped pencils...

Vintage Pen Matchbook Advertising

You have seen matchbooks before and you likely have one or two books in your home for emergency use, lighting candles, or even for that celebratory cigar. A matchbook is a small paper folder that h...

Currently Inked Vintage Pens - August 26, 2017

Currently Inked - August 26, 2017 Classic Pens LM1 - Italic - Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin Franklin-Christoph Model 66 - Broad Cursive Italic - Pilot Iroshizuku Ama-Iro Aurora Optima- Italic - Car...

Extraordinary Vintage Pens La Plume d’Or/Pullman Meteore

This is a 1932 Meteore (Pullman) #1 BF in Black Hard Rubber over a brass lining. Unsigned cap and barrel, other than "PATENT" on clip. Correct “D & D Paris 18 Cts 1” nib (Demley & Degan wer...

On Point With Go Pens #116

Is if safe to post the cap on my vintage pen? Some vintage pens are pretty robust. It depends on the material and design of the pen. Some cap lips are very thin and delicate, and posting it ...