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I purchased these from ebay (this photo is the seller's photo). To me, it looked like the top blue pen was shorter than the bottom blue pen. The shot looks fairly straight on, no depth of field issues to me...at least nothing that would jump out at me and make me question whether or not the top pen was longer than it appeared to be...I thought it was just a short dollar pen. I have one in black (4 1/4 capped) so this one seemed the same, just blue. It even looked a bit "thinner" the the bottom blue pen.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m317/iamkingarthur/EsterbrookPens.jpg

 

This is what arrived in the mail, both blue pens are same size, but not identical. The top pen has the fill lever closer to the end, like the shorter pens have.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m317/iamkingarthur/photo5.jpg

 

Here is a shot of some pens...all the longer pens have pretty close to 7/8" between the lever and bottom of the pen. All the shorter pens are pretty close to 5/8". You can see it's fairly consistent, except for that one blue pen. Wondering how common (or, uncommon) this might be?

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m317/iamkingarthur/photo4-1.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

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At a quick glance, it would appear that you didn't quite get what you ordered. But your second picture has the pens placed differently than the first. Try placing the pens exactly as pictured originally, matching the way the clips are placed in the seller's picture. The striations in the color schemes should also match what you have (allowing for a difference in how far the cap was screwed in).

 

Otherwise, I'd contact the seller. Maybe s/he noticed a flaw in the smaller pen before shipping, and just replaced the pen ...

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Here is a shot of some pens...all the longer pens have pretty close to 7/8" between the lever and bottom of the pen. All the shorter pens are pretty close to 5/8". You can see it's fairly consistent, except for that one blue pen. Wondering how common (or, uncommon) this might be?

 

A quick look through some of my dollar pens and WWII bandless pens shows the same phenomenon. So I figure (having once worked in a factory) that it's a case of lever slot placement disparity between two different production lines. It could also be a case of a change in design between two different years of production. Or, it could be that the barrel was simply able to be placed and slotted on a jig that was used for another size. I'll bet someone else here has more info on that ... :D

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I would also compare the nibs against the original listing. I was watching that one, and I think all three nibs were shown. One thing to consider - if the original listing had photos with some of the caps not tightened up, you could get a skewed perception of the pen's actual length.

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Hobiwan's suggestion was spot on...line them back up, and check the striations. They are the pens I ordered.

 

My thought was perhaps the seller just included the wrong pen in the shipment. I've had pretty good luck with fountain pen sellers (except one, and that's a different story...)

 

I wasn't really having too much heartache over it, I was more curious about the lever that seemed to be in the wrong place.

 

As far as the nibs, that was a pleasant surprise...there were actually two sunburst nibs, I only saw one in the original listing.

 

Thanks for the input, gents.

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