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Looks like a good buy!

 

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Congrats! I assume you realize that's the smaller SJ size.

 

The seller did a pretty decent job on his pics. If the clip is firm to the cap, I think you did More than fine. That 9556 looks either nearly new or barely used from what I can see zooming in. New, that's at least a $15 nib by itself, easily $10 in that condition used. The 9556 is a very nice nib and the 9xxx series Are the ones to get. The pen has some minor scratches I can see but nothing too bad I don't think.

 

I have a place in my heart for the Blue ones too. I have a Blue Streaker J in pieces now that I'm working on that will be Something Else when it's finished.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

 

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Good buy! I pay a little more but I always look for sellers that say they have replaced the sac because I can't do it! LOK. Good buy.

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Good buy! I pay a little more but I always look for sellers that say they have replaced the sac because I can't do it! LOK. Good buy.

You can re-sac an Estie. It is roughly as hard as chewing gum and walking. I completely understand the apprehension, I was also concerned I would overlook something and screw it up. Hooker56 walked me through and didn't even make fun of me (thanks Clayton). Afterwards you get the satisfaction of knowing you can. Trust me.

 

Paul

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I have blue, green, and red Esterbrook fountain pens like this that I purchased during graduate school. So, from experience, I can definitely say that this is a nice pen.

 

How long does the sac last on these pens? The sacs were new when I purchased them but it has been several years now.

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Very nice. Yep, looks like an SJ- Bruce is right again.

Brad

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"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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You can re-sac an Estie. It is roughly as hard as chewing gum and walking. I completely understand the apprehension, I was also concerned I would overlook something and screw it up. Hooker56 walked me through and didn't even make fun of me (thanks Clayton). Afterwards you get the satisfaction of knowing you can. Trust me.

 

Paul

Yep. Resaccing is simple once you get over the fear of doing it. I replaced 5 sacs last night in under an hour.

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MY phobia was pulling a J-bar. I've LOL'd rereading some of my very old posts when I was askeered to. :P

 

I STILL don't like doing it, the risk of snapping the bar is definitely there. Sometimes though, if it's really out of alignment or corroded it just Has to be

done.

 

Still, that J-bar will Loudly Protest being pulled. It sounds like you are destroying the pen. You aren't. (Until the J-bar goes TING! and snaps anyway..)

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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PS; Using those most Ex-cell-ant instructions in that pinned thread, Val the Valvoline chimp could successfully resac an Estie...

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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PS; Using those most Ex-cell-ant instructions in that pinned thread, Val the Valvoline chimp could successfully resac an Estie...

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

If I can do it even the Samsonite gorilla can!

 

Paul

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Of course, the seller is smoking crack.

 

That's a pencil. I'm Sure you knew that.

 

There was no such thing as a ballpoint when that was made.

 

There Are Estie BP's. There are NO replacement refills for them. An Estie refill can be modified to hold a modern mini refill so they can still be used.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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Smoking something, for sure... Don't know how it could be mistaken it for a BP pen...

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Great deal on that beautiful blue fountain pen! I agree most that the nib could have cost more than what you paid for the whole pen! I hope you truly enjoy writing with your new Estie fountain pen.

 

As to the Estie blue ballpoint pen . . . "Very pretty 4.5" pen with blue marble pattern and silver trim. Body of pen is in excellent condition. Needs new ink. Has eraser under cap." Not many old ballpoint pens have an eraser under their caps . . . Still, that is not a bad price for such a mechanical pencil. It does use the larger size graphite - 1.1 I think. Not hard to find. The pencil should work very well and will make a nice stable mate to your new fountain pen.

 

-David.

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A backward poet writes inverse. -Anon.

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I have blue, green, and red Esterbrook fountain pens like this that I purchased during graduate school. So, from experience, I can definitely say that this is a nice pen.

 

How long does the sac last on these pens? The sacs were new when I purchased them but it has been several years now.

I can't say for certain. Maybe someone who can say for certain will give you a definite answer soon. That being said, I can tell you that I have several in my rotation that have sacs at least thirty-some years old. From what I have heard, this is not unusual. I have heard of a few people who have fully functioning Js with the original sacs still in them!

 

-David.

No matter how much you push the envelope, it will still be stationery. -Anon.

A backward poet writes inverse. -Anon.

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Could be a "Retro-Fit" type of pen as well.....

 

Carl Seidl (Pens of Dist-Ink-Tion) is able to make cool little wonders like that!

(He is a member of most pen forums).

 

-Frank

"Celebrating Eight Years of Retail Writing Excellence"

"When, in the course of writing events, in becomes self-evident that not all pens are created equal"

 

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