Updated Penhero.com Article - Eversharp Slim Ventura

[PenHero]

HI, folks!

 

I've updated my article on the Eversharp Slim Ventura, the last high end quality fountain pen marketed by Eversharp before the company was sold to Parker.

http://www.penhero.com/MainPagePics/EversharpSlimVenturaMain.jpg

The Slim Ventura line was introduced in 1953 and shared its name with the prior lever-fill Ventura, which was not much more than a revamped Symphony sporting a new cylindrical cap.

http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Eversharp/Pics/EversharpSlimVentura1024_10.jpg
Gold-Filled Eversharp Slim Ventura fountain pen

Eversharp packed the pen with features, such as:

Concealed Diamatic-Filling: Eversharp's long-winded name for its rubber sac aerometric style filler.
Air Jet Exhaust: "Allows the pen to be filled with 40% more ink." This really is all about giving the pen an extra long breather tube.
Duo-Angle Nib: Slim Venturas were fitted with two-way nibs.
Protecto-matic Clip: a fancy name for a spring loaded clip.

http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Eversharp/Pics/EversharpSlimVentura1024_09.jpg
Eversharp Sterling Silver Slim Ventura fountain pen and pencil set

There was a wide range of models:

Slim Ventura - a gold filled cap pen with a plastic barrel
Sterling Cap Slim Ventura - also with a gold filled clip and plastic barrel
Sterling Clip Slim Ventura - a gold filled cap pen with a plastic barrel
Sterling Silver Slim Ventura
Gold-Filled Slim Ventura - cap and barrel

Check out all the new details and the updated larger pictures and a full screen slideshow!

Eversharp Slim Ventura 1953-1957 article link:

http://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/Eversharp/EversharpSlimVentura.htm

Thanks!

[joss]

Hi Jim,

 

Thank you for the update on the Eversharp Slim Ventura!

 

The PenHero website is a real great source of information on vintage pens and your pen pictures are always stunning.

 

Thanks for your efforts to share all this, it is much appreciated!

[PenHero]

Thanks, joss!

 

You might be surprised that all those pics are from 2004. I just went through a major overhaul and rework on them.

[joss]

You might be surprised that all those pics are from 2004. I just went through a major overhaul and rework on them.

 

Yes, I think that the patent scheme is new but anyway, the pictures are still great and they show this pen in all its, maybe somewhat neglected, glory.

 

What amazes me is that some of your pictures allow even the cheapest pen to become a little star in its own right. I for instance remember reading your review on the Venus Campus pen some years ago. It is a cheap school-pen but when seeing the pictures of those mint cobalt blue versions, I just had to have that pen in my collection. Great fun for an affordable price!

 

For those interested, check this out:

http://www.penhero.com/365_2010/365_012310.htm