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These questions may have been ask here before.

I recently purchased a couple of hard to find Skylines and was chatting with a friend who is also a longtime vintage pen collector about them.

One pen I have had two or three examples of before. It is an Eversharp Skyline, black and the cap has a gold filled dome, a wide cap band and a thin extra band at the top of the cap. They seem to be fairly uncommon. My friend and I were wonding why these were made.

The other pen is a very scarce Skyline with a sterling silver cap overlay. The clip and the nib are both marked Wahl, instead of Eversharp. Does anyone know why they were marked Wahl?

Syd are you out there?

I do not have photos of the pens yet, or I would have posted them. I just hooked up a new computer and have been trying set things up on it and learn how to use Windows 8.1. If you don't have 8.1 yet, you are in for a challenge! ;)

Michael

 

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These questions may have been ask here before.

I recently purchased a couple of hard to find Skylines and was chatting with a friend who is also a longtime vintage pen collector about them.

One pen I have had two or three examples of before. It is an Eversharp Skyline, black and the cap has a gold filled dome, a wide cap band and a thin extra band at the top of the cap. They seem to be fairly uncommon. My friend and I were wonding why these were made.

The other pen is a very scarce Skyline with a sterling silver cap overlay. The clip and the nib are both marked Wahl, instead of Eversharp. Does anyone know why they were marked Wahl?

Syd are you out there?

I do not have photos of the pens yet, or I would have posted them. I just hooked up a new computer and have been trying set things up on it and learn how to use Windows 8.1. If you don't have 8.1 yet, you are in for a challenge! ;)

Michael

 

The cap design you describe is seen from time to time, but as you suggest not very often. Why were they made? That question implies a purpose other than just another variation in cap designs, like for special presentations our something. If that were the case I am not aware of it. There were a number of variations within these "extra band" models. I have seen full size pens, demo's, and mechanical pencils with this cap design.

 

WAHL Clips are seen on a number of Skylines, notably the "Modern Stripe" (Moire) models. The best answer to the question seems to be that pens with the WAHL label needed to be produced under that trademark/brand as required to avoid loss of the trademark.

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"the question seems to be that pens with the WAHL label needed to be produced under that trademark/brand as required to avoid loss of the trademark."

 

That's seems like a very plauseable reason for them to mark the pens Wahl instead of Eversharp.

 

I will take some photos of the two pens soon and post them.

 

Thanks Syd!

 

Michael

 

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