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Just won an auction for my first Estie! It's restored, with a new sac and a fine nib. Whee! Can't wait.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950-039-s-Esterbrook-Green-Demi-Size-Fountain-Pen-Rstd-New-Sac-amp-2556-Nib-/161509071397?autorefresh=true&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=L2u9Ue8HM5P2BrJlNXnUPixuwvo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

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VERY nice looking pen. Double check the sac and make sure it was talced. Sometimes people think they only need to put in a new sac. One person I spoke to at a meeting mentioned that the "new sac" wasn't even glued on!!

“Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do it today and like it, you can do again tomorrow!”

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Very nice - congrats! The first one of many to come no doubt. And welcome to the madness that is Estieville!

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

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VERY nice looking pen. Double check the sac and make sure it was talced. Sometimes people think they only need to put in a new sac. One person I spoke to at a meeting mentioned that the "new sac" wasn't even glued on!!

 

I was planning to check everything over before using, just in case, but I admit, I don't know what it means to be "talced."

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but I admit, I don't know what it means to be "talced."

 

I'm not sure how it could mean more than one thing.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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Not to an Ancient Artifact ;)

 

My first Estie I didn't even know what a sac looked like but knew getting a pen with a new one was good.

 

OP, pure talc lightly powered onto a sac will keep the sac from sticking to the J-bar or inner sides of the barrel and maybe other things more experienced members than me would know about.

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OP, pure talc lightly powered onto a sac will keep the sac from sticking to the J-bar or inner sides of the barrel and maybe other things more experienced members than me would know about.

 

Makes it a bit easier to slide the new sac and section in too but you basically got it.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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Depends on how brave you are! Or cheap, er - frugal. ;) For me it was about 4 months but I'm a big ol' chicken. Then I read a bunch of "I killed a pen" posts and realized that was the worst that could happen. Now I'm shopping unrestored pens on the bay - because I'm frugal.

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

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Ha! Another one bites the dust! They are addictive, watch, you'll have 10 more before the New Year.

 

Nice fleabay grab!

John L

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That nib is one of my favorites - it's a good all purpose nib. The question is: Will you get hooked on the variety of Esterbrook nibs available?

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Of course I will get addicted to the range and variety of nibs available. It's what makes the Esterbrook as popular at it is.

 

This is especially true when you realize that you can also use the Osmiroid nibs in the Estie and vice versa.

“Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do it today and like it, you can do again tomorrow!”

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As for the restoring "bug", it took me a while to take the plunge.

 

Keep in mind that when you have a bunch of pens for restoration you can have a new pen several hours after you finish a restoration process.

 

Heck, that's almost "instant gratification"!!

“Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do it today and like it, you can do again tomorrow!”

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Depends on how brave you are! Or cheap, er - frugal. ;) For me it was about 4 months but I'm a big ol' chicken. Then I read a bunch of "I killed a pen" posts and realized that was the worst that could happen. Now I'm shopping unrestored pens on the bay - because I'm frugal.

 

Yeah, I'm a lot more frugal than brave. I've bought a couple of already restored vintage pens now, but if I'm gonna afford the really gorgeous ones I want, I either need to buy them unrestored and send them off to someone else, or learn to restore them myself. Either way, at least the expense can happen a little at a time. :) Same if I'm going to have that pen jar of lots of pretty Esties I'm picturing!

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Ha! Another one bites the dust! They are addictive, watch, you'll have 10 more before the New Year.

 

Nice fleabay grab!

Thanks!

 

I won't have ten by the New Year, but only because I won't have the chance to spend the Xmas money that soon! :D Ask me about a week into January!

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That nib is one of my favorites - it's a good all purpose nib. The question is: Will you get hooked on the variety of Esterbrook nibs available?

 

Well, duh! That's what first grabbed my attention about the Esties! Then I saw all the pretty colors … and I was a goner!

 

I'm looking forward to trying the nib. I really like fine nibs, and I'm very curious how the Esterbrook 'standard' compares to what I have. Once I have even one pen in hand, I'll have a much better idea how to pick which others to go for. But I know I want a stub, and an extra-fine, and a falcon, for the heck of it, and an (elusive, I gather) italic, and … and …

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As for the restoring "bug", it took me a while to take the plunge.

 

Keep in mind that when you have a bunch of pens for restoration you can have a new pen several hours after you finish a restoration process.

 

Heck, that's almost "instant gratification"!!

 

 

Yeah, I have visions of buying one of those multi-pen lots, fixing them up, and discovering my new favorite(s). :D

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Only by a weird stroke of luck did I Ever do a restore.

 

I've always felt I had to fixit ability of a small appliance bulb. My only self thought mechanical skill was to know When, if I did One. More. Thing. I'd FUBAR it. (Actually not a bad 1 skill to have...) If you had told me I'd ever take a fountain pen apart and restore it I'd have told you you were out of your mind.

 

Then Todd Toulouse, the FPNer who was my main Estie mentor, stopped restoring and selling pens.

 

What the heck was I supposed to do?

 

I had the benchmarks from Todd on how a restore should look.

 

If you want something done right, do it yourself.

 

So I did.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl-who there are post from scared to death of pulling a j-bar

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