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Pen #3235   Parker 51 special set    $167
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: lucite
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:   aerometric
Point:   medium Octanium nib	Imprint:	Size:  5.8"
COMMENTS:  The Parker 51 is likely the most popular pen ever.  I remember a quote from someone at Fahrneys in DC that said that they could sell every 51 that they could get their hands on.  Not far from the truth!  They're great pens, reliable pens, very well made.  They started out in 1941 with the Vacumatic filled pens and were made until the early 70s.  Not a bad run!  How popular were they?  They sold millions of them.  I remember reading that in the Far East theaters a 51 was more desired as a reward than a medal.  Parker kept the Vacumatic filling system until 1948 when they eliminated the blue diamond clip and introduced the aerometric filling system.  The pens had gold filled or "Lustraloy" (brushed or frosted stainless steel) caps.  They made some solid gold, but they're rare. Parker introduced the "Special" in 1950 to open the 51 to a lower price point market.  The difference between the 51 and the 51 Special?  An octanium nib vs Gold, a shiny polished cap and a black jewel.  There are some folks who prefer the Octanium nib.  This set is in great shape, the box is too.  I even found a good, original 51 eraser for the pencil.  The sac in the pen is the original, still clear plyglass (PVC) sac.  Nice set.

Pen #3246         Esterbrook Dollar Pen with 3968 "Sunburst" nib       $157
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid      (maybe.  CAB?)
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: lever
Point: 3968 "Sunburst" nib	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  4.8"
COMMENTS :    WHAAAAT?  An Esterbrook for $157?  Not just an Esterbrook, but an Esterbrook Dollar pen with a very special nib.  Around 1938 Esterbrook introduced the 3000 series "Sunburst" nibs that are tipped with Osmiridium which made for long lasting nib.  In 1940 were made for later replaced with the 9000 series nibs that most of us use. The 3000 nibs are quite uncommon, especially ones that are this clean, and in the N968 size which is a broad nib.  Great nib.  The clip suggests that the pen dates from maybe 1940.  Richard Binder's excellent article on the Esterbrook Dollar pen has me thinking that the pen with it's later clip design dates from around 1940.  The pen is in excellent condition, no cracks, tooth marks etc. and freshly restored.

Pen #3240      Venus Presidential    $147
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: lever
Point:  fine	Imprint:  weak	Size:  5.3"
COMMENTS:    I will admit that when I see the name "Venus" I think of nibs that were made at the end of the Esterbrook brand.  Steel nibs that would screw into an Esterbrook, but  "Meh" at best. I don't think about the pens.   But not this pen.  The brown striped celluloid reminds me of a Moore.  The cap posts firmly on the barrel, the barrel fitting in nice and deep, and stays in the cap.  I don't know that I've had a cap that posts with a more satisfying feel.  The nib is a smooth 14K nib, and no, "plated" is not hidden down by the section - it's gold.  The nib is slit slightly off center, but it still writes auite nicely.  No brassing, dents, tooth marks cracks.  Just a nice, solid, freshly restored pen.

Pen #3248         Parker Vacumatic Major     $177
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: Vacumatic
Point: extra fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.1"
COMMENTS:   OK, put your thinking caps on.  What happened in the second quarter of 1944?  Big event.  We just passed the 82nd anniversary....    The reason why I ask is that the date code on the pen is  .4.  At the time the pen was made Parker was putting date codes on their pens.  The first quarter had 3 dots with the year in the middle.  They shaved one dot off of the die, the one below the number, leaving the dots on either side as we find on the right end of the imprint.  So.... 2nd quarter 1944.  Give up?  D-Day,  Operation Overlord.  THE invasion of Europe.  By the time this pen was a year old, the war was in it's closing stages, or over.  What letters or journal entries were written with this pen?  Fun to speculate.  The barrel of the pen is darkened, but the trim is clean with no brassing,  the imprint excellent, the nib excellent and nice writing. The pump is one of the war time pumps with the plastic threads.  Nice pen, and freshly restored.

Pen #3239 Sheaffer Tuckaway   $197
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:   plunger
Point:   extra fine 14K	Imprint: excellent	Size:  4.4"
COMMENTS:    Sheaffer's Tuckaway was introduced in 1940 and bore little resemblance the this one except it was.. short.  The one we're more familiar with was the War Time Tuckaway with the wide cap band, and no clasp, in 1942.  This version with the narrow cap band, clasp and single lead nib thread was introduced right after the war - 1946-47.  Clasp you say, that's that?  That's what Sheaffer called the clip on this pen, a clasp, not a military clip.  Like it's older siblings the section is bonded to the barrel with celluloid that matched.  Note that the pattern does not continue on the other side of the metal thread ring.  A nice, fully restored pen with an extra fine nib.  No brassing or tooth marks, just a nice clean pen that will fit well (and stay  in) those ridiculously small shirt pockets that they put on men's shirts today.  Or a good pocket pen, or vest pocket pen, or....

Pen #3238 Crest Deluxe snorkel  $167
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: snorkel
Point:  M5 = 14K medium	Imprint:  extra fine	Size:  5.3"
COMMENTS:     Decades ago Fred Plewa did a Pen Clips page showing all of the Sheaffer snorkel models with their names and features.  Lots of  little details, and to make matters worse Sheaffer used the same names for different models with totally different designs.   Decades later I still can't remember all of the names, and look at the list to figure out what's in my hand.  The Crest Deluxe  was used about 5 years before the snorkel was introduced for the Valiant size plunger filled pens with the gold filled cap and Triumph nib.  This has the 14K nib, gold filled cap, but is a snorkel.  No brassing.  The cap has the obligitory ding (a small one) on the point of the cap but no others.   My friend Dan Reppert used to joke that if a metal Sheaffer cap didn't have one, it didn't come from Sheaffer.  Note that this comes in the original box with the paperwork.  The previous owner John R Crise autographed the paperwork for you with various forms of his signatuare.  The box is a bit worn, but the pen is in excellent condition.  Freshly restored, filled, tested and ready for you to sample it's medium nib.

Pen #3241        Sheaffer   3-23  ringtop    $147
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: lever
Point: extra fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  4.57"
COMMENTS:   I like it when you get a pen that is in such nice condition that it gives you a glimpse in glory of the pen when new.  The 3-25 was a $3 pen with a 25 year warranty.  The body and cap of the pen is the same size as the standard Jr Flat top, but nib and feed are smaller.  The short section puts the pen at about 1926 when Sheaffer started to make celluloid pens.  No cracks or tooth marks, no brassing.  The imprint is crisp and deep.  Just restored too.

Pen #3244   NOS 80s  Cross Century    $57
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: matte lacquer over brass
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: cartridge/converter
Point: fine gold plated	Imprint:	Size:  4.57"
COMMENTS:    A classic from the late 80s/early 90s.  They were everywhere.  Remember David Weiss or Service Merchandise.  I had the complete set in black with gold trim.  They were part of the "skinny pen" phase.  This pen is true NOS, mint, never filled or used.  It comes in the original box, with the original papers, converter and cartridges in their box.  The cartridges dried ou t a long time ago, but you likely could fill them with boiled water (after it's cooled) and use them.  Three are available, and may or not arrive with the tags shown in the picture.  I can fill and test before I mail it out, but once filled the order can not be cancelled or the pen returned.  The pen is a slip fit cap that is held by the clutch bumps in the inner cap.  Three pen available, all in gray.

Pen #3201         Sheaffer   3-25  Slender Flat top       $117
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: lever
Point: extra fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.34"
COMMENTS:   If you like the look of the flat top pens, but don't want the girth of a Sr flat top, or the shorter length of the Jr,this pen is for you.  Same length as a Sr flat top, but much thinner.  Same design elements, but the nib is a 3-25 instead of a Lifetime nib.  Still a quality 14K nib, but the pen cost $3.25 and didn't carry the lifetime warranty.  The only flaw in the pen was a small spot of brassing on the cap band.  None on the clip or lever, no tooth marks, cracks etc.  The nib is a fairly firm extra fine. A nice clean pen, freshly restored.

Pen #3215    Sheaffer TM (thin model)   Sentinel Deluxe  fountain pen and Ballpoint  set    $157
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: Touchdown           BP - see comments for          notes on the replacement refill
Point:   fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.34"
COMMENTS:  This is the first time I've encountered one of these sets.  This is a Sentinel Deluxe pen, which Sheaffer kept in production until the last half of the 60s, which explains the ballpoint pen instead of just a pencil.  The fountain pen is fully restored, and really quite nice writing.  The ballpoint has a button/ratchet mechanism.  Sheaffer ballpoint refills are hard to find, but Monteverde makes a very good refill designed to fit the Sheaffer pens.  On this pen you will need to shorten the button on the end of the refill, or just move the one from the refill in the pen over to the replacement.  A nice clean set with no dents or cracks.  A little woggle to the BP clip, but not bad.  .

Pen #3198  Parker 45 Flighter (but another one is coming!)  (promise)
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: acrylic
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:   cartridge/converter               a rebuilt squeeze  converter               (PVC sac installed) included
Point:   Medium 14K	Imprint:	Size:  5.37"
COMMENTS:     The Parker 45 was Parker's first cartridge filling pen, introduced in 1960,  The name "45" tied it to the Colt 45,  all that you had to do to reload it was to drop in a cartridge.  Richard Binder has a really interesting article on these pens.  They were popular enough that Parker made the pen in various finishes and colors for 46 years.  This is a "flighter".  The name for these all stainless steel pens started with the 51 Flighter in the 1950s.  Gold filled trim, and on this pen a 14K nib.  This pen has a new section, so none of the "puckering" that you often see on a 45.  A very clean, nice pen, ready to write.

Pen #3218         Sheaffer   5-30  Short slender Flat top       $107
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: celluloid
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: lever
Point: extra fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  4.55"
COMMENTS:   This is about the size of the standard Jr Flat top. The colors in the picture are reasonably accurate.  The cap is original to the pen, but a little lighter.  The trim is clean except for the wear at the high point on the ball of the clip.  The imprint on the barrel is strong and deep.  The nib is a EXTRA fine, but writes quite nicely.  Restored.

Pen #3194         Sheaffer   Valiant snorkel          $147
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: snorkel
Point:  marked M6 = medium	Imprint:	Size:  5.55"
COMMENTS:   Snorkels don't need any introduction do they?   They're found all  over the place, and may be a close 2nd to the Parker 51 for pen sales.  They followd Sheaffers Touch Down pens, but added the snorkel so that the only time you needed to dip the pen in ink was the first time you filled it.  After that, just the snorkel tube, which eliminated the need to wipe the nib off after filling.  Very clean, no dents, no dings, no brassing...  clean inside too.  The nib is marked M6, which means that it's a medium nib with the palladium mask on the tip.  The flaw in the pen is that the clip wiggles.  A nice writing pen, fully restored.

Pen #3205        Sheaffer  Clipper snorkel          $137
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler: snorkel
Point:  fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.55"
COMMENTS:  Snorkels don't need any introduction, so I won't with this one.  Except to point out that it has a fine, nice writing palladium silver nib. Nice and clean inside, fully restored.

Pen #3204      Sheaffer  Thin Model Touchdown       $137
Overall Grade: extra fine	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler: Touchdown
Point: fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.38"
COMMENTS:  Fooled ya!  It looks like a snorkel, but its not.  It's the slightly older sibling of the snorkel, making it's entrance in the pen market in 1950.  The Thin Model (TM) touchdown opens replaced the short lived "fat" touchdowns after just one year of production, and about 2 years before the snorkel.  All of the snorkel design elements are there, except of course the snorkel filling system. Caps are interchangeable, colors (at least at the start) identical, but because room isn't needed for the spring, threaded sac guard and all that, it's a little shorter.  This is a nice writing, very clean pen  Restored, of course!

Pen #3177  Sheaffer TM Touchdown  $137
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: see comments	Filler:   Touchdown
Point:   Extra Fine	Imprint:  none	Size:  5.27"
COMMENTS:  Sheaffer moved away from their plunger filler mechanism in 1948 with the introduction of their pneumatic Touchdown  filling system.  It still filled the pen with one stroke, but using air pressure to squeeze the sac, instead of a vacuum to pull ink into the pen.  The "Fat" TD pens were made for one year - 1948.  The TM version was introduced in 1949 and ran for a while when Sheaffer introduced the snorkel pens which had the same external design, but with design differences to accommodate the snorkel filling system.  This one is freshly restored.  No imprint on the barrel, and there is a very small off center dent in the top of the cap and a couple of shallow tooth marks on the blind cap.  Still, a nice pen!

Pen #3175   Sheaffer Admiral    $147
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: Forticel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws: none	Filler:  Touchdown
Point:   extra fine	Imprint:  excellent	Size:  5.1"
COMMENTS:  The Admiral dates from the late 1940s, and overlaps with the introduction of the TM Touchdown pens.  About the same diameter as a standard Balance, it's almost the same as the Craftsman, the main difference being the wide band VS the wire band, and a two tone #5 Feather Touch nib vs a 33 nib.  Like the Touchdown pens, it has a spring loaded clip.  Nice transparency on the barrel.  The nib is a nice writing extra fine.  Freshly restored.

Pen #3193   Sheaffer Targa 1003 BP and Pencil set   Stickered!     $47
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  Matte Lacquer                over brass
Nib condition:	Flaws: none	Filler: ballpoint and pencil
Point:   BP	Imprint: N/A	Size:  5.1 "
COMMENTS:   Sheaffer 1003 matte black/gold plated trim  BP and Pencil set released in 1980.  No flaws, sticker on the back of the "cap" on pen and pencil, corner tag and the papers under the pad. I've installed a Monteverdi replacement refill in the BP so that you can use the ballpoint,. but the original refill is under the pad.  The box is in excellent condition.  The Monteverdi refill writes better than the original Sheaffer refills did, but they are just a little long, so I shorten the top of the plug the depth of the notch in the plug.

Pen #3199   Sheaffer  Reminder Clip BP and Pencil set   Stickered!     $27
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material:  chrome plated
Nib condition:	Flaws: none	Filler: ballpoint and pencil
Point:   BP	Imprint: N/A	Size:  5.1 "
COMMENTS:   One of those items that you hate to pass over when you see them.... This is a very clean Sheaffer "reminder clip" ballpoint and pencil set.  "What the heck is that?"  A 70s design,, the BP design makes it impossible to clip the pen in your shirt pocket with the refill extended.  To move the point forward, you press on the forward end of the BP clip, putting it flush with the barrel.  To retract, you press on the back end of the clip at the white dot.  Simple and effective.  As far as I can tell it's never been used.  The set is in the original box with the banner, paperwork and original refill.  I've inserted a modern Monteverde refill made for Sheaffer ballpoints.  You'll find the original in the box with the pen and pencil.  ...and yes, the refill's flat back end works just fine with this pen.

Pen #3166  Parker 97    $67
Overall Grade: excellent	Metal: excellent	Material: Stainess steel
Nib condition: NOS	Flaws: none	Filler: cartridge/converter            squeeze converter included
Point: medium gold plated	Imprint:  crisp	Size:  5.75"
COMMENTS:  .The Parker 95 was made from 1988 to 1994, and was produced in the UK, USA and France. This one was made in the US.  The pen has a NOS nib unit installed, and a squeeze converter.

Pen #3138  Parker 15   Flighter   $57
Overall Grade: mint, NOS	Metal: excellent	Material:  stainless steel
Nib condition: excellent	Flaws:  NONE!	Filler: cartridge/converter             converter included
Point: medium	Imprint:	Size:  4.8"
COMMENTS:  I haven't seen these pens before I found some at the recent Ohio Show.  The only reference that I've found that is close is on the Tony Fischier's parkerpens.net website.  These were made in France, but match his description of a pen that is close in design to the Parker 45 with the identical clip and tassie. Likely sold in the UK as a high quality student pen, the Fligher was not advertised.. This design started production in 1980.  No markings other than the Parker logo and "Made in France."  I won't call it rare, but certainly uncommon with this cap configuration.   This is a slender pen, plastic section, steel nib, gold trim.  The cap clutch and clutch fingers quite similar to those of the Parker 75.   It comes with a modern Parker piston converter.  This pen is true mint.  Please tell us that you want the pen tested and nib smoothed when you order, otherwise the pen will be shipped as is, i,e,  mint, unfilled or tested.

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