Fountain Pen Revolution

I am now a representative and distributor of Fountain Pen Revolutions pens.  here are some shots of their Dilli equipped with their flex nib.

the ones on the left are inked and the ones on the right are un inked

esterbrook J's

conklin crescent # 40

Eversharp Skyline Pen and Pencil set

in Green Miore

manos cross section

here is a cross section of what the inside of those manos of austria pens look like

Parker Victory

this parker victory mark 4 has a left oblique stub nib that is a joy to write with.
its a celluloid british parker pen dating from 1948-52

parker 51 corrosion

18K waterman nib

found this unusual mangled nib in a possible franken pen.

parker 45

i love the cartridge converter for these

lady patrician persian

beautiful celluloid

Art Nouveau Period Pens

waterman CF converter replacement

this generic converter seems to work for waterman cf pens

esterbrooks

this is my collection of esterbrooks and their parts.

the two dip pens have 2668 nibs
the large grey pen has a 1550 nib
the thin short grey pen has a 2284 nib
the large black pen has a 2556 nib
the thin long orange capless pen has a 2968 nib
the large single jewel clipless and jewelless pen has a 1555 greg nib
the large blue pen is missing a section and will likely be fitted with that 9550 nib and section
the other loose nibs are the previously mentioned 9550 nib and section and two 2556 nibs, and three 2668 nibs


here are two close ups of the 9550 nib

my favorite stubs

lamy safari with 1.5 factory stub

watermans 52V olive ripple with flexible factory stub

parker vacumatic with factory flexible stub

esterbrook nibs

some esterbrook replacement nibs i found in a junk lot.  i am curious about the different styling of the one with the section included

two pens

french peacock and my favorite unbranded eyedropper

$10 flex pen

if you go to flea markets there are a large selection of pens that can be had for $1  many of the pens from the 20's and 30's will take Fountain Pen Revolutions steel flex nibs.  these cheap indian nibs can be had for $7 and perform about as well as noodler's flex nibs.  the trick is to take a dremel and sand the nib back in certain areas to increase the ease of flexibility of the nib.  i will cover more on that later.
i have yet to get a true wet noodle nib but i have had some that flex on the down strokes without applying pressure

double white dot sheaffer ballence

its now writing smoothly,  thanks fountain pen network!

improvised nib block

one of the pairs of pliers i had is the perfect size and shape for a nib block for a #2 waterman nib.  

Flair

Flair brand felt tip pen.  it has an unusual metal and leather overlay and a refillable xylene cartridge

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unusual j bar

found this unusual j bar in a sheaffer jr flat top

its like it has a normal j bar with a hole in it.  my guess is that shiny raised flap part of the loose j bar clips in to the hole in the fixed j bar.

small pens

this is my current collection of small pens

1 & 2 New Diamond Point Pen Co. new york, "midget pen" gold filled eyedropper fill pen and pencil pair.  6.1cm capped

3 "flapper" M ratner and son pen co inc, eyedropper fill, hard rubber, casine topped.  6.2 cm capped

4  unknown eyedropper with ribbon, hard rubber, casine topped.  6.15 cm capped

5   DE LUXE JUNIOR Ring-Top heavy brass gold filled eyedropper.  nib says "junior 4"  6.35 cm capped

6 "pony" eyedropper, hard rubber with gold filled band 6.5 cm capped

7 ever-rite, gold plated, lever fill. 6.9 cm  capped

8 ever-rite, silver plated, lever fill. 6.9 cm  capped

9 unknown sterling silver eyedropper 7.3 cm capped

10 unknown lever filler, possibly ingersol, silver plated, 7.35 cm capped

11 wirt "infant pen" gold plated, eyedropper, 7.4 cm capped

12 wirt "infant pen" hard rubber, eyedropper, 7.5 cm capped

13 unknown eyedropper "midget 14k" marked on nib, 7.5 cm capped

14 whal, gold filled lever filler, #6 nib 7.9 cm capped

15 salz brothers, "peter pan", bakelite?, lever filler, 8.3 cm capped

16 salz brothers, "peter pan" celluloid, lever filler, 8.3 cm capped

17 unknown lever filler, celluloid, 8.6 cm capped

18 unknown eyedropper, hard rubber, 8.35 cm  capped

19 "cutey" iridum point pen co ny, lever fill, hard rubber with gold filled band, 8.8 cm capped

20 & 21 conklin, #2, lever filler, gold filled pen and pencil set, 9 cm capped

22 "cutey" iridum point pen co ny, lever fill, hard rubber with gold filled band, 9 cm capped

23 whal #2, hard rubber, lever fill, 9.5 cm capped

24 whal #2, gold filled, lever fill, 9.15 cm capped

25 &26 waterman 52 1/2v, stirling silver gothic overlay, lever fill, 9.2 cm capped

27 Da Vies, stirling silver overlay, lever fill, 9.4 cm capped

28 sheaffer, ladies pen, gold filled overlay, lever fill, 9.8 cm capped

waterman 52v olive ripple

Waterman 52V Olive Ripple with Pelikan Edelstein Amber "ink Of The Year 2013"

leather pen case

this is a leather paint brush case that has been repurposed.  i got this for about $30 a while back and costs as much as the case on the right that holds two pens and is made of the same materials.  i think this style of pen case can easily be found for much less labeled as a makeup brush case.

parker 45

parker 45 with a nice flexible nib

LV & Co

this is a french pen i picked up awhile ago.  its interesting because it looks like it has a waterman lever box with the globe and the word IDEAL

the seller did not see any inscription but a couple days after i got the pen i found it.  its really faint.  

MADE IN FRANCE   ( LV & Co ) WARRANTED

PRECISION 9 x 12                            ET SECURITE 

i am wondering if LV & Co is loui vuitton.  the logo does not match their modern logo.  did loui vuitton have counterfeits back in the 1930's?

waterman 13 vs lamy safari

today i had a bunch of great vintage finds i found an old conklin 40, a small BCHR Wear-Ever, and a waterman 13 with perfect color and imprints but no nib.  all day i have been ogling the waterman 13.  the imprints on it predated the globe logo and the feed predated the spoon feed.  the 13 had some old white out or stickers on it that i had to spend the better part of a day peeling off but i was so excited at having found one in the wild for $15.  once i got the stickers off and it was all cleaned off the only scratches on the pen were from me gently peeling off the white out with my fingernails.  

with great excitement i inserted a 14k warranted nib of the right size and filled it up with ink.  i couldn't wait to see how the pen wrote.  from past experience with other pens of this age i expected the pen to have bouts of gushing ink and going dry and i told my friend that as well who had been watching me fix up the pen all day.  but as i wrote page after page i did not have a single instance of the ink running dry or gushing out.  there was a little nib creep but that was it, no drips.  sadly the nib had no flex while in the pen.  it had a bit of flex when it was loose but once properly fitted to the feed it was fairly stiff.  eventually it struck me, the pen wrote and felt exactly like a lamy safari.  

this is where i became conflicted, i expect the old waterman to be better and worse than a lamy safari.  i would expect the lamy to have better flow control than a pen of this age.  even though the flow was way more consistent than any other pen i have from that time the way the pen writes lacks any of the character you would expect from an old pen.  other than any historical value of the pen there is really no advantage to this vintage pen.  they are both no frills workhorses.  the only difference is that the modern pen does it as well for cheaper.  at the same time though there is perhaps something to be said for a pen writing so well after over 100 years.  i have a hard time imagining that my lamy will be as easy to flush and get started again after laying barren for so long.  

noodlers Konrad parts

part of the piston filler broke on my konrad

just for fun this is sakura white glaze pen over noodlers bullet proof black ink

whatever is in it is incredibly caustic.  

sheared section  on a sheaffer

the top one is the one with the sheared section and the bottom one will be the replacement section

Drilling out the section i was finally able to get it loose.  as i suspected it ended up being a collar that someone made to modify a section, probably a cracked section.

5 waterman feed variants and matching inscriptions

found this one in a waterman 52

found this one in a waterman 12

found this one in a waterman 12

found this one in a waterman 12

found this one in a mystery waterman probably 12 or 14 psf