Common Base With Uncommon Pens

[Roger W.]

I saw this relatively common #15 circa 1930 double base with red ringed socket. I've at least one of these but, I bothered to look at the listing anyway - BIN $64.99. The base is fairly clean with a couple of flea bits to the corner but, no reason to jump on this set. But, when I saw the shots of the nibs I BIN right away. What caught my eye was the mono nibs though a divide line was clear. Masking is sometimes worn away but, it was the shape of the divide line - they were straight and not saddled - FLEX! I sometimes wonder with sets if the pens were always matching as they have some noticeable such as this case with on banded and the other not. I'm sure in this case that they must have been as you don't come across double sets with flex nibs accidentally.

 

Roger W.

 

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Circa 1930 #15 double base

 

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The pens

 

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The nibs

 

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Nibs

[3rdlakerobert]

Superb! Congrats! Well done. I'd heard about the nibs with straight dividing lines but never seen any.