Thursday, December 25, 2014

salz pen and pencil combo

got this one for christmas.  it needed a new nib, luckily the FPR flex nib fit perfectly.


Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

broken sheaffer desk set

if anyone has a spare trumpet for this i would be happy to trade parts.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

waterman 956 transitional patrician

waterman transitional patrician








edit:
i nocked out the nib and feed and was surprised to find its not a double spoon feed, but a triple spoon feed


Edit: Now With New Photos
















Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Monday, September 8, 2014

Fountain Pen Revolution concord mod

this nib modification works so well i wanted to patent it, unfortunately sailor already made a version of it :P  instructions on how to make it coming soon



Saturday, September 6, 2014

pig pen

its a work in progress but i wanted to put it up here so i could post it in a relevant thread


Thursday, August 21, 2014

selling pens to buy a computer

Edit:
sold most of these.



1    french waterman 45 with 18k gold bands
2    waterman 12
3    waterman 12
4-5 sheaffer sterling silver pen and pencil set




6    french lever filler
7    unknown eyedropper
8    sheaffer rule of four salesman demonstrator
9-10 watermans nurses set



11   sheafer transitional jade balance 
12   parker duofold
13   exceptional parker vacumatic silver pearl
14   more ringtop with very flexible nib and will soon have a mother of pearl inlay where the gap on the cap is.  
15   advance bchr coin filler with very flexible nib



16   unknown eyedropper
17-18 sheaffer snorkel pen and pencil set NOS
19   watermans 55 in store display model
20   watermans sterling silver pencil, working with WW1 Trench inscription



21  UK waterman 56?
22  waterman 52 wrong cap
23-24 sheaffer ballance lever filler pen and pencil set in green
25   waterman w3?



26   waterman 52 1/2 v
27   wahl bantam size 0
28   early sheaffer ringtop lever filler, missing lever, still works as coin filler
29   waterman 42 unrestored
30   chicago safety, incredibly flexible nib, lever box needs repair 



31   conklin #20 flexible nib, spors crescent bar
32   sheaffer ballance lifetime
33   sheaffer 3-20 ringtop
34   parker shadow wave in green, clip from an early duofold
35   parker vacumatic, brown pear, unrestored, glue? on cap



36   unusual button filler or twist filler, unrestored, restoration free upon request
37   sheaffer 45 special, crack by clip
38   parker challenger, lockdown filler, missing jewel and ring on blind cap 
39   parker big red pencil, missing ring on top
40   unknown eyedropper



41   unknown eyedropper
42   esterbrook j blue
43   parker parkette 14k nib
44   sheaffer ladies sheaffer
45   esterbrook j black



46   everwrite?  miniature pen, lots of brassing
47   unknown red hard rubber lever filler
48   unknown red hard rubber lever filler
49   watermans crusader cracked section accountant nib  
50   unknown red hard rubber lever filler



51   wahl eversharp ringtop pencil
52   wahl eversharp with clip
53-55 misc hard rubber parts pens, two manos and a mystery pen part, perhaps an early technical pen, $10 for all three



56-59 pencils  58 looks like it might match a parkette
60   inkograph, lever box swelled, but writes well



wearever pacemakers in original store box,
never used old stock, some bananaing 

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Friday, July 25, 2014

two new nibs

john holland falcon nib:

inscribed:

JOHN
HOLLAND
CIN. O.
No.7

the other one is a parker 51 med-fine nib from 1948




Thursday, July 17, 2014

railroading

can railroading be used for good.  possibly, i don't think i did here though.  the problem i found is even with a relatively short line, if the ink flow is low enough to have railroading its not going to be wet enough to create that split line for long.


Monday, July 7, 2014