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New Dollar Pens from smeden

 

It is time again for a sale of Dollar pens. This time I am also offering some new models but all are made by the Dollar factory in Karachi, Pakistan.

 

The price for all pens is 5 € (7.25 $) a piece. I have to charge extra for postage and packing but I only charge the actual costs, no more.

 

Shipping to Europe

 

1 to 3 pens 1.50 €

4 to 8 pens 1.95 €

9 to > 2.95 €

 

Worldwide shipping (except Europe)

 

1 to 3 pens 1.95 € or 2.80 $

4 to 8 pens 3.60 € or 5.20 $

9 to > 5.80 € or 8.40 $

 

All pens 1 pcs 5.00 € or 7.25 $

 

The pens are:

 

Dollar 717i Transparent Grey, blue and burgundy

 

This is the popular Dollar Demonstrator pen that many of you already own. Fine-medium.

 

Dollar 717i Grey, blue and burgundy

 

Exactly the same pen as the Demonstrator but with coloured body and cap. No transparency but, like its famous brother pen the demonstrator, very nice. Fine-medium.

Dollar 717 Calligraphy Grey, blue and burgundy

 

This is a pen that some of you have asked for. Similar to 717i but with a calligraphy nib. The factory says the nib is suitable for writing Arabic, Persian and Urdu scripts. Fine.

 

Dollar SP-10 Many colors

 

This is the largest Dollar pen. Push type piston filler. Fine-medium.

 

Dollar Student Pen Many colors

 

A small pen but a great performer and holds a lot of ink. This is the only

Dollar pen with a medium nib.

 

Ordering

 

PM me and I will send you a PayPal money request. Please also tell me your colour selections. I also want to know if you live in USA in order to send the money request in US dollars. From all other countries I prefer payment in euros.

 

You can also email me with your order. I am smeden717 at hotmail.com.

 

I believe I have a reasonable chance to meet your color preferences for the 717 and 717i pens. I will do my best for SP-10 and Student Pen but please give me several options for these.

 

All Dolllars are piston fillers.

 

Pictures

 

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Dollar 717i Demonstrator

 

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Dollar 717i

 

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Dollar 717 Calligraphy

 

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Dollar SP-10

 

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Dollar Student Pen

 

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This picture is here to show the sizes of Dollars compared to a Lamy 2000 and a Reform 1745. From left: Lamy 2k, SP-10, Demonstrator, 717(i) Studentpen, Reform 1745.

 

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All Dollar pens.

 

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Calligraphy nib, Dollar 717 (Factory image).

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Free bump for an awesome seller (one of the best on FPN)

 

The dollar demonstrators are cool pens, as are the student pen....

 

In all seriousness, I'm holding myself back from buying that arabic point... D:

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Another bump, like Henry said, a great dealer to work with. Do not hesitate from buying from him

A Proud 14 Year Old Fountain Pen User!

What I want:[/color]

Aurora Talentum

Pilot Custom 823 Amber Bought on 4.1.10

Lamy 2000

Omas Paragon

Sailor Realo

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Here is a handy table to calculate total costs in in US dollars when pens are ordered to United States.

 

1 pen = 10.05 $

2 pens = 17.30 $

3 pens = 24.55 $

4 pens = 34.20 $

5 pens = 41.45 $

6 pens = 48.70 $

7 pens = 55.95 $

8 pens = 63.20 $

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Honestly how well do these write?

One of the few and proud 16 year old FPN users.

My favorite fountain pens in my collection:

Parker 51 (cedar blue, vacumatic, 0.9mm Cursive Italic)

Waterman 52 (Black Chased Hard Rubber, SuperFlex .2mm to 2.0mm)

Conklin Crescent 25 (Black Chased Hard Rubber, Wetnoodle .3mm to 2.5mm)

Diamond P.P. Combo Pen (Orange, Flexible Fine, 1.1mm Graphite)

Pelikan M200 (Black, M400 Condor Nib)

Waterman Carene (Deluxe Blue, Medium)

Omas 360 (Black w/ Rhodium Trim, Medium)

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Honestly how well do these write?

 

I have three Dollar Demonstrators that I bought from another member here some time ago and they write beautifully. There's no flex to the nibs, but they are quite smooth. It has also been my experience that they write first time, every time, even when they've been left sitting for a couple of weeks.

I came here for the pictures and stayed for the conversation.

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Buttery smooth! They write a very wet line... On par with my Lamy vista. Great for notes... The piston system makes these pens probably the best starter pen, IMO. Smeden is giving a really good price on these pens...

 

I also have the student pen, which also has a wet line.

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i am extremely happy with the performance of the 717i demos i bought from smedon last round. i have pens that cost many times as much that don't write and function as well. i'm a fan of the lamy vista, safari, and al-stars but i like these dollar pens more and i can buy three for what one vista costs. i'll be trying out all of the new models he's offering as well. pm sent.

 

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do you think one could exchange the nibs from the calligraphy to the demo 717? Because I would love to have demo 717 with the calligraphy nib.

Wish list: Aurora Optima

Current inked Pens: Pilot Decimo - Noodlers BBH, MB Mozart - MB Lavender

Pelikan M150 - Noodlers Kung te Cheng

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do you think one could exchange the nibs from the calligraphy to the demo 717? Because I would love to have demo 717 with the calligraphy nib.

 

The nib and feeder are a press fit so they are easy to remove and refit. The tricky thing would be to get them back in the right position but if you are careful this should not be too difficult.

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<Del> i'll be trying out all of the new models he's offering as well. pm sent. /guy

 

pens arrived today less than a week after ordering them and that time included an extra post office holiday here. that is just remarkable speed coming from overseas. i got one of each, but the most interesting this time looks like the student pen with its snap cap, piston fill, ink window, and medium nib. i'm eager to try it out when i get home from work and the calligraphy nib on the 717 also which looks sort of like what i imagine an oblique italic would look like--if there is such a thing.

 

many thanks peter!

 

/guy

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Magic is a craft. when we do magic, we do not wish and we do not pray. We rely upon our will and our knowledge and our skill.~Lev Grossman (The Magicians)

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Mine arrived today as well and I have to agree with gteague that -much like the pens themselves- the shipping speed is very satisfactory.

 

Thanks, Peter!

Current Collection A-Z:

2010 3 "Dollar" 717i Demonstrators

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I should sit on my hands but I can not resist getting one of the Calligraphy pens.

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