I have the Pelikan book (2004 edition). On page 40 there are 2 pictures of a vintage Toledo sleeve. The Pelikan's are looking in the opposite direction. Is this for real, or did the pictures get mirrored?
Enjoy,
/:) Hans.
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I don't know what the answer to this is Hans. I have seen and handled vintage Toledos with the sleeves in both directions and no one I have spoken to seems to know if there is a significant difference.
The vast majority have the birds' heads facing toward the nib. So on the basis of nothing but a guess I would surmise that the bottom facing birds were switched that way by owners or other "customizers."
The vast majority have the birds' heads facing toward the nib. So on the basis of nothing but a guess I would surmise that the bottom facing birds were switched that way by owners or other "customizers."
Hi Rick,
I know about the upward and downward oriented sleeves. But that is not what I mean. What I mean is that the birds are looking in the wrong direction.
Maybe they were for the Brits and the Sweedes
Enjoy,
/:) Hans.
I know about the upward and downward oriented sleeves. But that is not what I mean. What I mean is that the birds are looking in the wrong direction.
Maybe they were for the Brits and the Sweedes
Enjoy,
/:) Hans.
Hans,
Interesting, I've not (consciously) seen that. I suspect, in that case, that it must have been a flipped negative, back in the day.
Interesting, I've not (consciously) seen that. I suspect, in that case, that it must have been a flipped negative, back in the day.
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