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I picked this up for under $20 kind of on a lark because I thought that it might be a nurse's pen. It's in pretty rough shape - looks like the sac broke while it was full of red ink, so the J bar is totaled and you can see that it's got a two tone finish now. It may not show up so well in the pictures, but it has black jewels on the ends. It's just a tick over 4.7" long, just about the same size as an SJ, which makes me think that it's a nurse's pen and not a pastel. If so, I'll forge ahead and restore it.

 

-Drew

 

http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o715/drew_dunn1/2014-08-22172336_zpscd84eb66.jpg

 

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I just got one exactly like that, without the red ink mess. I have a parts SJ (about 4 3/4"), and my yellow pen is just about 4 5/16" long. I think I have the nurse's pen, and you have the SJ.

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I think that is a nurse's pen. They came with black, green or red jewels, depending on the ink to be used, which depended on which shift they were for.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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I dug around a little. It looks like you would have the nurse's pen. It turns out I have a purse pen.

 

"In general, the nurse pens are SJ size (4 3/4") or occasionally LJ size (5"), while the purse pens are model CH which are a bit shorter (4 3/8"). However, if a nurse just needed a white pen, there's no reason why a white CH purse pen couldn't be used."

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Gweimer, that's what I saw, too. It's what got me thinking.

 

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OK, now I have to ask - does anyone know if there was a convention for the jewel color and shift?

I believe I read that it was black, green and red for first, second and third shifts. Some nurses with experience from the time the pens were current say they weren't aware of a convention, some wrote jewel color corresponded to ink color. I couldn't find a definite reference here.

"Don't hurry, don't worry. It's better to be late at the Golden Gate than to arrive in Hell on time."
--Sign in a bar and grill, Ormond Beach, Florida, 1960.

 

 

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