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a toaster top Trans in green. Not bad for $20.60, IMHO. Hopefully, the clip & cap band will be snug.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ESTERBROOK-9550-GREEN-MARBLE-FOUNTAIN-PEN-NICE-/221634229343?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=5%252BLHNCfLw9KH%252B%252FuEz7MHEYY%252BSks%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

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Let's hope the color is that nice in real life.

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Let's hope the color is that nice in real life.

If it is, it gorgeous. Fingers crossed!

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

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OcalaFlGuy Museum Piece

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I am not seeing any noticeable shrinkage around the cap band that would indicate a spinner.

 

The jewel screws into a plastic retainer "disk" with a thread hole in it inside the cap top. Do not sonicate this cap. That retainer disk is only friction fitted in the cap. [EDIT] PS; The screw in jewel holds the clip in tight. Or should. ;)

 

The normal position of the toaster slots in the tight position is as yours is lined up as.

 

Heck, that's a $10 nib easy.

 

Good catch!

 

Bruce in Ocala, F;

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Nice looking pen. I've never seen anything but the paler green for Estie J series pens.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Nice looking pen. I've never seen anything but the paler green for Estie J series pens.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Same here. Pic color saturation looks a smidge on the heavy side; there might be some photochopping going on there. Either way, that's a solid deal. Come January I can start hunting for sumgai deals again...can't wait!

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