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Some of the members here may recall - with a shudder no doubt - when this one first (dis) graced this forum early last year. EoC was looking to replace a Sheaffer pen that was a family heirloom - in the sense that it was owned by the late father of EoC. In the end this one bought a Sentinel from Peyton St Pens, but it has never felt right and so is going to be sold (at a vast loss, unsurprisingly).

 

Today, this one received a message from a family member to note that father's Sheaffer had been found!

 

The downtrodden feeling of selling a decent pen (the Sentinel) for a veritable song is vastly, vastly overshadowed by the joy in hearing this news.

 

EoC just wanted to share, having nobody else to talk to about this who would understand. :D

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An heirloom fountain pen is to be cherished. Which model is it ? I hope you will have it restored to full service.

 

I have my father's Parker, which he used for decades. I have grandfather's Sheaffer, with which he wrote my birth certificate. Cousins have sent me a couple of pens belonging to aunts, knowing that I will care for them lovingly. I was given, by his family, the desk pen of an Air Force general, one of the early commander of the Stategic Air Command. (Old friend of Dad's) Maybe you can build a reputation of being a good steward of heirloom pens.

Auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn.
Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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This one doubts that 'good steward' would ever be personally applicable or warranted. EoC does not know what the pen model is, only that its provenance trumps everything else. When it arrives EoC will have a better idea of condition and model type.

 

EoC is very excited by this, perhaps to an unseemly degree?

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