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Ok time for this weeks contest. It's very simple, guess what the pen is, model size, name and manufacturer, and it's yours.

This is a vintage pen manufactured in the mid to late 1940's. The barrel is black, the cap a silver tone. It's a lever filler (silver/chrome colored) The pen has a semi flex medium/broad semihooded nib. It's a smaller pen, 4 9/16" capped, 5 5/16" posted & 1/2" at the cap band. Slip cap & a 'minimalist' 2 line imprint.

The rules for this one are very simple.

You can make a guess every 2 posts past your last guess. If there aren't many guesses to start off with, then you can guess every 5 hours until someone scores the pen.


I'll answer any questions I can to help you narrow it down.

Good luck & lets have some fun!

Dennis

If your not too familiar with model names or vintage pens in general, I'd suggest taking a look at our catalog/advertisement gallery or any of the superb reference sites out there like Penhero.com, Richardspens.com, vintagepens.com.

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waterman taperite

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Nope. Not a Waterman Taperite

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Remember.

The answer needs to be the exact size, model name & manufacturer to win.

Close doesn't count.

Good luck all!
Dennis

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let me give a shot here, although i'm not sure of the size of this pen.

Universal V250 (lever filler) black with alum. cap

i have a feeling this is not a small pen!!!????

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Nope not a Universal V250.

The V250 a standard 5" pen if I recall correctly, I could be wrong, It's been a while since I've seen one.

Good luck & keep 'em coming.
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Moore Finger tip Pen?

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Eversharp Fifth Avenue?

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Not a Moore Fingertip.

(AWESOME pen btw.)

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Not an Eversharp Fifth Avenue.

One of the great overloked & under apprecdieated(sp) pens in our hobby.


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There have been some great guesses so far.

If we don't have a winner by Midnight (central US time) I'll drop another clue or hint.

Good luck gang!
Dennis

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Scripto or Webster?

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I'll let this one slide. but the rules say a guess every 5 hours...lol

Nope not either one of those.

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Is it a Parker Parkette? It was introduced in 1950, so that's a bit later than you revealed :)

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. That was a good guess.

I'd forgotten about those. The only lever filler that parker made IIRC. Chrome lever, silver colored metal cap, semi hooded nib. It all fits but for the date & size.

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venus hooded pen. my guess is it came out between 1947 to 1950????

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good guess but not the one that'll win the pen.

-- Edited by DWL at 16:14, 2008-08-27

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well, how good is "good"???

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LOl, no where close, but it was a good guess. You took the clues & applied them where they almost fit. Keep on that track & you guys will get it.

Good luck. Next clue in about 7 1/2 hours at midnight my time.


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Ok hint time.

Using the alphabet and #'s 1-26.

(A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4 and on down to Y=25 Z=26. )

The letters in the name of the manufacturer equal 114.

Make sense? Aa'ight then.

Good luck!
Dennis

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