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This was part of a group of Esties. Both jewels and the clip were perfect, as was the section, nib and j-bar. I do not know what happened to the body to remove the color but assume it was possible solvent. The barrel does not feel weak or brittle.

If anyone has an uglier functional J I'd love to see it!

 

Paul

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

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That's too bad about the discoloration. I don't have any green Esties that are as nice looking (all mine are the paler green). But, no, can't say I have anything that remotely comes close in the "ugly J" contest.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

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Is it just surface abrasion or is the color actually bleached out?

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Hmmm. Could that be a rare prototype of a new color variation they were experimenting with? "Acid-wash Green", I think it was called ..... :mellow:

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It may be a rare 1980's acid washed Estie! Thanks hobiwan!.

The color is gone in those spots, as if bleached. I have harvested the bottom jewel and the top one is soon to go.

 

Paul

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The previous owner must have used X ink in it! :rolleyes: Esterbrook was ahead of its time. Acid-washed - who woulda thunkit. Kaweco's stone-washed finish must be an homage.

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I was going to say that is like my green one! Then I saw the discoloration. To bad. Now if you can find a green body to replace the discolored one...

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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That just looks strange.

 

The dark green stripe at the end of the barrel is particularly interesting.

 

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I have worse, but I am not showing them. They are toasted by heat gun incompetence, mine.

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Aww, c'mon - let's see 'em, pajaro. You know what they say: if you can't be a good example, then serve as a horrible warning.

Life's too short to use crappy pens.  -carlos.q

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"Sometimes life's best lessons are those you learn by watching Someone Else suffer the pain of the mistake instead of yourself."

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I've always loved the look of those green Esties. I've yet to try one, though. Is the texture only visual?

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Hey Steve! I'm hijacking my own thread. Have you thought about the Estie-loaner-program? There is a pinned thread at the top of this forum giving you all the details. You'll have a nice grouping of pens and nibs to use. Its a heck of a deal, but sadly I was talked into buying one before I'd heard of the program. Be warned though. Bruce has said that Esties are like chips, can't stop at just one.

 

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Now if I can just figure out where they keep these at WalMart.

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Hey Steve! I'm hijacking my own thread. Have you thought about the Estie-loaner-program? There is a pinned thread at the top of this forum giving you all the details. You'll have a nice grouping of pens and nibs to use. Its a heck of a deal, but sadly I was talked into buying one before I'd heard of the program. Be warned though. Bruce has said that Esties are like chips, can't stop at just one.

 

Paul

 

Now if I can just figure out where they keep these at WalMart.

 

Hmm. . . that sounds about right. That you're barging in looking for trouble, that is. I bought a TWSBI within a week of using Amber's wonderful pen. Just what are you trying to cause me? Poverty? Figures. I know of the program and I have been avoiding the topic like the plague. I do allow myself lusty peeks at wonderful Esterbrooks, though. I am growing quite fond of the green.

 

P.S. I may have seen them in the manager's office, but this was in Yankee territory. I asked about the pen and tried to explain that a gentleman in Texas liked vintage pens and inks. As soon as I told him that we were on the hunt for some thistle and your name was "Pau. . .," the door was quickly slammed in my face. I think the internal memos are really starting to circulate. Please be careful, for I fear you will need a bigger group of children to distract the employees while you cause mayhem.

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I passed up the faded Esterbrook at the flea market--so no picture. They can lose a lot of their color. Does a barrel bulged at the lever ring count as an ugly J? (I do have one of those.)

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