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Esties are among my very favorite pens because they are so versatile, good looking, well made, affordable, and pleasant to write with. I the photo below shows my entire Estie collection, but there might be some that I hidden somewhere.

 

Top row: Pastel blue cartridge pen (model name unknown to me) (2556)

Red Safari (9788)

Clear cartridge pen (model name unknown to me) (nib says "Esterbrook Medium") (this is fun to use as an eyedropper)

 

In the Box (left to right):

Gray Safari (1551)

Dark Blue Safari (2556)

Red LJ Icicle (2442 Falcon Stub - Awesome!)

Olive green ("Deluxe" I think) (9668)

Green J (My first Estie!) (9668)

Grey J (No nib at the moment)

Black J (2668)

Red J (2556)

Blue J (2668)

Green LJ (1554)

 

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Well...I have 5 more coming, in varying conditions, I'm sure. I also just restored a yellow Estie CH purse pen for my girlfriend for Christmas. I like the repair/restore more than the actual having.

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I like the repair/restore more than the actual having.

Boy are You screwed.

 

You know that, right? ;)

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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Boy are You screwed.

 

You know that, right? ;)

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

Amen! LOL. I about had a stroke this week. I was cleaning some nibs, and one fell out of my hand to the kitchen floor. One 9668 now damaged. It looks like I will be learning how to fix nibs out of necessity. To make things worse, I just got my first Sheaffer, and I'm in the middle of a Snorkel repair, which I'm finding to be actually pretty easy.

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Here's my surviving lot (got a few on life support in the hospital box):

 

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The blue Estie now sports a 2048 flexible nib, and the copper is inked with Diamine Ancient Copper; all else remains the same.
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Here's my surviving lot (got a few on life support in the hospital box):

 

The blue Estie now sports a 2048 flexible nib, and the copper is inked with Diamine Ancient Copper; all else remains the same.

 

 

Inks to match the pens...nice! I'm not as good - my daily pens have a black, but I keep a red Hero 616 with Diamine Poppy Red and a green one (couldn't get blue) with P.R. Tanzanite.

I may have to put the sample of P.R. Gray Flannel in the gray snorkel when it's ready to use.

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This is my little Estie collection.

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Whatever is true,whatever is noble,whatever is right,whatever is pure,whatever is lovely,whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things.

Philippians 4.8

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My skills with a camera are lacking but here is my downfall, oops, collection. I've searched only for some skunks once, the rest just sort of "happened".

 

Paul

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"Nothing is impossible, even the word says 'I'm Possible!'" Audrey Hepburn

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I'm catching up....although very slowly. I'm also working on taking pictures a little better. This is with my phone, which may be better than my camera.

 

 

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I'm catching up....although very slowly. I'm also working on taking pictures a little better. This is with my phone, which may be better than my camera.

 

 

 

Beautiful assortment. :wub: :wub: :wub:

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I plan on selling some. I'm getting more out of fixing and cleaning them than actually having them. I have two more black coming, and I think another one. I also have a transitional J in copper that I'll sell when I get a clip and jewel for the cap.

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I need to invest in some green ink, the better to indicate my envy with. :)

"Well, believe me, I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid... and I went ahead anyway."

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My Flickr, if you're interested

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