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I just got the little ringtop in the mail - an eBay steal. It is to small of a pen for me. But, I had procured an earlier Wahl with the roller clip that I had a Waterman nib in because the supplied nib was missing half the tip.

 

The #2 Wahl nib in the ringtop is real flexy. I will carry a roller clip pen. The nibs got swapped.

 

The little ringtop has little or no brassing. There is some discoloration but, it is an 80 year + old pen in all likelihood. http://www.otherpower.com/images/scimages/284/wahls.jpg

 

Tomorrow morning I'll fill the roller clip with black ink and amuse myself.

 

Ron

"Adventure is just bad planning." -- Roald Amundsen

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Nice flex with the Wahl #2 nib there! Congrats on the nice Ebay find :)

 

I have a couple of Wahl All-Metal pens (both ringtops) that have other companies' nibs in them---one has a Waterman #2 nib and the other has a Sheaffer's 3-25 nib in it. Both fit perfectly!

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Just discovered that I have my mother-in-law's ringtop Wahl pen, which she probably acquired in the 1920's. It is not in great shape, sadly. There is some missing edge below the gold band on the cap, and the ringtop is missing. Besides, the bladder is totally disintigrated. If these pens are available cheaply on Ebay, it is probably not worth while having it repaired. I might consider having the bladder replaced, if that is all that is needed to render it useful. I think the nib is ok. Any suggestions? I wonder why the body has the bulge.

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The one I have has a similar 'bulge'. If it were mine I would repair and use. The flexible nibs are incredible.

 

You may want to resize those pictures. They will take near 5 minutes to load on a dial-up line.

 

Ron

"Adventure is just bad planning." -- Roald Amundsen

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Oops! I am very sorry! I have since resized the images to about 40K and 28. Look much better, I think. Thanks for the encouragement regarding repair.

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Dial up Line? what's that?

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