There have been a number of shows over the past few months with the DC show only a few weeks back. Makes me wonder what great Wahl-Eversharp finds were found by what lucky Wahl-Eversharp forum readers? Don't be bashful. Step right up to the microphone and tell us what you got! Pics are nice of course, but the story behind the pics or the story in the absence of the pics would be very interesting too.

Syd

Ok, I'll start

I was at the Portland Pen Show in mid-July and I was looking for an Eversharp CA Fifth Avenue ballpoint in navy blue or burgundy. I already had the black and green versions so I was looking for something in one of the other colours. I found one in navy blue (or was it burgundy?) with a brushed silvery metal cap that I was all set to buy, when I spotted what I thought was an Eversharp Skyline fountain pen. I took a closer look at it and discovered that it was, in fact, a vintage Skyline ballpoint.

I asked the seller (Stuart Hawkinson, a very nice fellow) if it could be converted to take a Parker Gel (ie. modern) refill and he said yes, he could do it, but that he'd have to take it back to his shop and work on it. I paid Stuart for the pen and the cost of the conversion and left the pen with him. Two weeks later, I got the pen in the mail. It is a smaller Skyline (13 cm long capped) with a dubonnet (burgundy) barrel and a lovely red-and-golden-striped cap that has now been brought "back to life" by Stuart's handiwork
I don't have a photo of it, but it's like this one on Jim Mamoulide's great pen website. It has a couple of very shallow pinpoint 'dings' and a teensy bit of brassing on the clip but other than that, it looks almost mint.

I wish I had something to say, but I really don't. I'm getting a Doric sometime in October, a gift of sorts, if the person remembers.