Vintage Pens

Here's a real granddaddy of vintage pens. It is a black hard rubber Sheaffer Lifetime Senior with etched pinstripes in the cap and barrel. It also has no white dot. It is that early! Fully restored with a new ink sac, it is ready to write. Brassing can be found on the ball of the pocket clip, but the rest of the pen is free of the blight. Click the headline for close-ups. There is a little chocolate hazing on the cap and barrel. It is worse on the cap, which is a little more faded in its pinstripe imprints. No cracks, chips or serious scratches. You will love its nib the most! Smoothly write from extra fine to more than 1mm wide with its semi-flex properties! A very rare semi-flex nib. Notice that the Lifetime nib has a serial number? This might indicate it is an early replacement nib, as the original nib had no serial numbers. 13.6cm capped.

If you are a Sheaffer Snorkel fan who happens to be named Richard S. Dolins, today is your lucky day. We restored this Sheaffer Statesman with a new ink sac, point seal and O-ring. Click the headline for close-ups. You will see this pen is worn and engraved. It has a smooth sweet spot that writes a broad line a little higher of an angle of attack then we normally write with. At our usual writing angle it writes more of a medium with a little feedback. This is the "Triumph" nib made of "palladium silver." A classic vintage pen that still has some good life left in it. 14.2cm capped.

A little overlooked by its Big Red brother, this senior sized Parker Duofold in black hard rubber remains a classic vintage pen. We restored it with a new ink sac. You can see that it has oxidized a little with some very dark chocolate hazing. There is brassing along the edges and ball of the pocket clip and a little on the cap ring, too. The great news is that there isn't a a crack, chip or dent in the cap or barrel. No deep scratches but the imprint is worn a little thin. This comes with a "Christmas tree" inkfeed. You will write a nice, slightly dry fine-medium line with its 14k gold nib. You can feel the paper under the nib, but we wouldn't call it scratchy. Click the headline for close-ups. 14cm capped.

More rarities are on display with this Esterbrook Dollar Pen. Please note the three incised cap bands. Add on the rare 1314 left-foot oblique nib, and you have an interesting classic Estie. No cracks or deep scratches. The only cosmetic issue, other than light wear from use, is the pitting on the lever filler. We restored this pen with a new ink sac. The oblique nib on this one is very sharp and scratchy. Yet, it delivers nice line variation for a trade off. Click the headline for close-ups. 12.1cm capped.

We don't know what you'll like more, the fact that this is a very nice Esterbrook Dollar Pen or that it comes with a less common 1314 Durachrome Relief nib! Click the headline for close-ups. We restored this vintage pen with a new ink sac. There's a little wear but nothing too bad. No cracks, but there is a teeny-tiny chip in the cap lip. The oblique nib is smooth and writes with nice line variation for a fine-point style oblique. This is an earlier rendition of the 1314, too! 12.1cm capped.

When Esterbrook went from making Dollar Pens to J-model pens, it ran out of Dollar Pen caps and opted to use the new J-model caps on the remaining Dollar Pen barrels. It is difficult to tell the original ones from the repairmen who replaced broken Dollar Pen caps with J-caps. We found this pen this way, but that doesn't mean anything. What is interesting is the top jewel on the cap has 3 lines instead of the usual concentric circles. The color match is pretty close to perfect between the cap and barrel. We restored the pen with a new ink sac. You will this upgraded steel 9461 nib that is firm and very smooth as it writes a fine line. No cracks, deep imprint, some wear from use. 12.4cm capped.

In the 1940s, if you needed a cheap, reliable pen that was easily customized, you got yourself an Esterbrook Dollar Pen. We restored this black model with a new ink sac and new 1555 Gregg Shorthand nib. There are no cracks or deep scratches, but the early plastic cap on this pen has warped a bit. It can be difficult to get the cap on and off. You will write a nice fine line with its steel nib. There is a little feedback, but we wouldn't call this a scratchy pen...not compared to other Esterbrooks with the same nib. Click the headline for close-ups. 12.1cm capped.

Leading the way with a space-age design is this second-year Eversharp Symphony fountain pen with a Loewy cap design. The legendary industrial designer Raymond Loewy created the original cap design for the first year pen. This second-year pen's cap shows a couple of minor alterations. Nevertheless, it still looks stunningly sharp. Eversharp also knew this pen as model 705. We restored this vintage pen with a new ink sac. You'll see some light wear from use on its gold-filled cap. The barrel shows a bit heavier wear. However, you will love the smooth, fine-point 14k gold nib! It is a pretty dreamy writer. 14.1cm capped.