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A Few Parker BPs
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Here are a few of the many Parker BPs I have added to my accumulation over the years... Big Red from the 1970s Infusion trio 1982 Brass barrel Jotter in Mandarin Yellow UK Jotter in Chili Red -- Edited by WriteAway on Tuesday 24th of February 2015 10:14:31 PM -- Edited by WriteAway on Tuesday 24th of Feb...
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Venus 365 ballpoint?
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Picked this up in the usual place, and have been unable to find anything further about it. The styling screams 1950s to me, as does the refill, which still works quite nicely.
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3170
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More refill retrofits
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Patient number one was a chrome Swank pen, a blatant Cross Century wannabee, but well made and quite solid. The refill inside looks exactly like one from a Kreisler (suspcious?) with its internally-threaded butt end (vs. a Cross's externally-threaded one). A quick check revealed that the Swank re...
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Lucky coincidence!
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A week or so ago, I saw this print ad for sale on eBay: I spent quite a few hours on-line trying to find a Lindy Executive pen, with no success, so I moved on to other things. Three days ago I bought this lot, also on eBay: I wasn't much interested in the Cross pencil, which has some issues, but the two ballpoin...
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Karas Kustoms Render K G2
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Black anodized Render K G2 received, loaded with a 0.5 mm blue-black Ohto rollerball refill, and put to work. Very nice, indeed! I really like the contrast of the stainless steel clip and its screws against the black pen, though hex button head screws would look a little nicer to me than the slotted scr...
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How could I not buy this one?
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TWSBI Precision Ballpoint: Engineering Style, with a TWSBI Slant
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In addition to the pens I happily received for Christmas, I've been picking up a few other pens that appealed to me. The TWSBI brand has a good reputation for innovate and high quality fountain pens, so I saw the Precision BP on Amazon for $25, I quickly ordered it. The plain cardboard?TWSBI?box arrive...
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Tactile Turn Mover
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(http://www.tactileturn.com/store/black-anodized-aluminum-pens)
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Sherpa fillers
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https://www.facebook.com/notes/mike-hungerford/things-that-fit-and-dont-quite-fit-in-my-sherpa/10152705808467101)
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Cartridge/converter rollerball pens
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I've recently been dabbling in fountain pens (slightly) and ink (more so) after a rather long dry spell of mostly pencils and a handful of ballpoints. I currently have inked: Kaweco Classic Sport with a Kaweco blue cartridge Noodler's Creaper with Diamine Salamander (my current favorite ink); a pi...
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Old 4-color ballpoint ID?
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I don't recall where I acquired this thing: 5-1/4 inches overall length. Here's the clip: And the barrel joint (lower barrel fits inside the upper, but fits over and external thread on the mechanism inside): Monteverde D1 refills in it now, replacing the dry Fend refills it came with. Here are the but...
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Cross?
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Cross, definitely, though it's marked "Virgin Atlantic Airways." The mechanism, finish, and refill are all clearly Cross, though the refill is 7/8" shorter than normal. Cutting down a blue medium Cross refill was the work of a minute, and it's a happy little fuselage! I do wonder,...
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Just ... no.
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(https://i1204.photobucket.com/albums/bb413/chthulhu/Pencils/03%20Lead%20holders/Non-Drafting/Leadholders_Non-Drafting_01_IMG_2424_zps988c5cfb.jpg)
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Brown & Bigelow refill ...
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I thought I'd posted this before, but I'm not seeing it: Marked "Patents Pending - Brown & Bigelow - St. Paul, Minn USA" Move up to this week and what did I find? The previously-found refill is on the left, and the other came out of this Redipen. The left-hand Acme thread at the end engages...
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Ritepoint "Turtle"
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Another oddity, of which I have yet to find a second example: I really like the tip-heavy styling! The two photos that turn up in searches are both of this one pen, in eBay and Etsy listings. The refill is a fiber-tip thing that still makes a few marks if moistened, but I've non-permanently adapted the pe...
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Mitsubishi Uni-Pen
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Just picked this one up on eBay: Complete with two dehydrated refills, one of which I'm attempting to rehydrate. Removing the butt end cap reveals another plug; both cap and plug have a breather hole, as does the pen's barrel. Removing that plug allows one to extract the fibrous breather plug, rather...
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Speaking of old Paper Mates ...
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Yeah, yeah, I know the last post on that topic was over a year ago. "So what? Big deal." A few days ago I received a lot buy from you-know-where, and one of the pieces therein was one of the very early PM ballpoints, 1950-1953 or thereabouts, in decent condition but missing its clip. I don't kno...
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Another Sheaffer Prelude
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It's been a while since my last posting, so, aside from a few cheap(er) daily use Pilots, this is one of only three new pens I've bought. This is a 10K gold plated USA Sheaffer Prelude BP from Teri at Peyton Street Pens. The barrel pattern is apparently flawless, if a bit busy for my taste, but it still cast...
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Pilot Knight BPs in Silver and Black
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I've owned three Pilot Knight BPs for a few years now, and I recently saw a silver Knight at Peyton Street Pens for a good price. It now joins my group of three matte black and chrome Knights as smooth-writing daily use pens. The Knight reminds me of the Cross ATX in shape and is a well-crafted alternative...
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Flo-Ball retractable ballpoint
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Here's something I just acquired in a lot buy: This design was patented May 5, 1959 (filed September 16, 1952) on patent number 2,884,900 and assigned to Flo-Master Corporation. It came without a refill, though the spring was still in the barrel, and a few minutes' experimentation showed that an old...
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Ballograf Website NordMark Is Down
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I see that the website for US distributor of Swedish Ballograf pens, http://www.nord-mark.com/, is down. I hope it's only temporary webiste fixes, and not a business discontinuation. They make some nice ballpoints, and recently added a couple of new models I liked. Anyone know more than that? -...
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A True Classic: A Parker Stainless Steel Classic, that is
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Parker made a lot of these well-built stainless steel BPs, but much like the Cross Century, their very thin profile make them difficult for some to use. That does not matter to me, I like them anyways, and own six, including both USA and UK models. Here's one of the US pens, featuring the gold-plated cli...
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Fitting a new refill to a vintage Write Bros
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I'm one of those people who will fit any refill to any pen, if it's physically possible to. So when I bought a vintage Write Bros retractable and the refill which was full just wouldn't work I had to sort something out myself. I got a Lubriglide refill and made an adapter using a section of gel refill stem a...
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Is there a Paper Mate expert in the house?
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Here's my dilemma: Marked as a "Petite Pen" Also marked as a "Petite Pen" But what's this? A "Lady Capri Pen"? This is what I expect a "Lady Capri" to look like. Both this pen and the one above are in boxes of the same dimensions; the only differences are the p...
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Who is our resident expert on Papermate ballpoints?
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Can you email me or pass a message along to have them contact me. I have a fist full of interesting pieces I'd like to get an ID & general pricing info.
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