Vintage Pens:
6074 No Name Fountain Pen Filling Mechanism:
Lever FillerEra:
1920-1929 Fountain Pen Nib Size:
MPrice:
$59.99SOLD!St. Patrick's Day green is a good way to describe this vintage pen. We searched high and low for an imprint on it, but we don't see one. It is too well made to not have an imprint. We think this no-name pen might be related to the National Pen Company, given its pocket clip, but we aren't sure. Nevertheless, we restored it with a new ink sac. You will write a very smooth medium line with its 14k gold Warranted nib. The feed looks a little like a Conklin feed. No cracks or brassing, but you can tell that the celluloid is on its way out. It has the tell-tale signs of decaying, but it isn't krazing, yet. Click the headline for close-ups. 13.5cm capped.
Vintage Pens:
6075 Nupoint Lavender Filling Mechanism:
Lever FillerEra:
1930-1939 Fountain Pen Nib Size:
SFPrice:
$99.99SOLD!Very similar to an oversized Sheaffer Lifetime Flattop, our Nupoint fountain pen is a lovely beast. We think it likely came along later in the late 1920s or early 1930s. It is made of black hard rubber and sports a lavender top "jewel." We restored this vintage pen with a new ink sac. There are no cracks, but it has a little wear and minor hazing. It comes with a large #8 14k gold Warranted nib. You will write a semi-flex line rather smoothly. Flexing from extra-fine to just shy of a millimeter, it offers nice--but not dramatic--line variation. The pocket clip wiggles a bit. 14.1cm capped.
Vintage Pens:
6160 Wahl-Eversharp Oxford Filling Mechanism:
Lever FillerEra:
1930-1939 Fountain Pen Nib Size:
MPrice:
$75.00SOLD!Sometimes it is the imprint on a vintage pen that gets us. "Wahl Oxford / Made in U.S.A. / By the Makers of / Eversharp" Kind of unconventional. The pen is pretty straight forward, though. We restored this lever-filler with a new ink sac. No cracks and minimal wear. The only cosmetic problem seems to be that the pocket clip is mostly brassed. Click the headline for a close-up. You'll write a wet, medium line with its 14k gold nib. For an added bonus, this nib is a little flexi. You can gently push it up to 1mm wide. There is a little feedback, but that is pretty normal with flex. 12.4cm capped.
Vintage Pens:
5974 Wahl-Eversharp Doric Desk Pen Filling Mechanism:
Lever FillerEra:
1930-1939 Fountain Pen Nib Size:
FPrice:
$249.99We've seen a lot of cool desk pens in our day, and we really love this frosted-brown-glass pelican made for an Eversharp Doric desk pen. It looks even more impressive with back lighting as the bird looks as if it is standing on rippling water. The glass is perfect without any cracks or chips. There is a very small crack in the celluloid trumpet's bottom, and the gold plating polished off the trim of both the trumpet and pen. We restored the pen with a new ink sac and J-bar. The very tip of the taper has been broken off. The section has a little chocolate hazing. This is a nice thick, larger pen. We love its smooth, fine-point 14k gold nib. It isn't an original Doric nib, but it an Eversharp replacement from a decade later. Click the headline for close-ups. Pen is 20.2cm long. Base 10.5cm L X 9cm W X 12.5cm H.
Vintage Pens:
5966 Imperial Fountain Pen Filling Mechanism:
Lever FillerEra:
1940-1949 Fountain Pen Nib Size:
SFPrice:
$49.99We think that this is the short-lived Imperial fountain pen made in Nassau, NY. The cap band is imprinted with the Imperial name, much like the very rare Parker Vacumatic pens with a "Vacumatic" engraved in the cap band. We think the trim might be plated-silver that is brassing. A good ink sac has been installed. We love the blue-and-grey design. It comes with an "Imperial" imprinted 14k gold nib. Click the headline for close-ups. You will see the bottom side of the nib is cracked in the photo. You will write a semi-flex line that grows from extra-fine to about 1mm wide. It is a big scratchy. 13.3cm capped.
Vintage Pens:
5966 Epenco Moon & Stars Filling Mechanism:
Lever FillerEra:
1930-1939 Fountain Pen Nib Size:
FPrice:
$75.00SOLD!Most third-tier pens don't have a model with a huge following, but the Epenco Moon & Stars is no ordinary third-tier pen. This classic vintage pen from the 1930s has reflective moons and stars lacquered into the cap and barrel for a vintage Halloween feel. We restored this pen with a new ink sac. No cracks mar the cap or barrel, which are a dark reddish brown or brownish red. The moons and stars have discolored a little and have the hue of the real moon during harvest moon rises near the horizon at night. Click the headline for close-ups. Remarkably, its two-tone steel nib still has gold coloring on it. It writes a wet, scratchy fine line. 12.8cm capped.
Vintage Pens:
5936 Esterbrook J-2668 Filling Mechanism:
Lever FillerEra:
1950-1959 Fountain Pen Nib Size:
XFPrice:
$49.99Would the American Automobile Association get more customers today if they handed out free fountain pens with memberships? That would appear to be the story behind this 1950 Esterbrook J-model. Who knows? Maybe it got its kicks in a 4-door Packard rolling down Route 66. It might have rattled around some classic glove compartment given its light wear from use. No cracks, but the cap ring is a tad loose. We restored it with a new ink sac. This vintage pen sports a steel upgrade nib marked 2668. We find it writes a nice extra-fine line with light feedback. 12.6cm capped.
Vintage Pens:
5934 Esterbrook Transition Filling Mechanism:
Lever FillerEra:
1940-1949 Fountain Pen Nib Size:
OPrice:
$59.99SOLD!As Esterbrook switched from Dollar Pens to J-model pens, the company found itself with too many leftover Dollar Pen Barrels. Instead of letting them go to waste, they fitted them up with J caps. The end result is the Esterbrook Transition pen. Our vintage pen is a very attractive mint green. We restored it with a new ink sac. The biggest flaw with the pen is the start of a hairline crack in the lip of the cap. Unfortunately, it seems to be on a seam in the celluoid. Although it hasn't run all the way up the cap, it likely will soon. The saving grace of this pen is its somewhat hard-to-find 2314 M Relief nib! It is a smooth italic or oblique nib that writes with some great line variation. 12.4cm capped.