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So, I took a chance at a blue SJ on the bay for $3.99. Bad picture, but seemed at least all there, and it had free shipping. Take a chance. Why not?

 

It showed up today and, let's say, the post office was not kind. But then I really blame the shipper. Really? A pen shipped in just a plain business envelope?

 

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Well, the bad news is that the jewels on both ends are partial stubs. (really difficult to see in the bad photos)

 

The good news is that the pen somehow managed to keep from cracking despite being shredded by the post office in a standard envelope. Just needs a new sac.

 

Oh, and the nib turned out to be a semi-flex 9048 in great shape. :yikes: :D :D

 

I'll change the sac and put on a plain old nib and give it away to someone. But the 9048 nib stays with me!

 

“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

Check out my Steel Pen Blog. 

"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."

-Montaigne

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You paid $3.99 for a blue Estie with a 9048 nib?! :thumbup: NIIIIIIIIIICE....

Oh, and I officially hate you.... :lol: (How did I miss this listing? I've been wanting a 9048.... Sigh....)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Ebay sellers who are not familiar with pens don't always understand how fragile pens can be.

Consequently, I always (as in ALWAYS) include a message when paying wherein I ask the seller to make sure it is packed in a small, sturdy box or tube and not just an envelope, not even a padded envelope.

 

Nonetheless, you got a great deal. Enjoy that nib!

 

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Daniel

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You paid $3.99 for a blue Estie with a 9048 nib?! :thumbup: NIIIIIIIIIICE....

Oh, and I officially hate you.... :lol: (How did I miss this listing? I've been wanting a 9048.... Sigh....)

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I'll live with that. :)

 

The listing didn't say anything about the nib and it was such a good deal on a Buy it Now that I just pulled the trigger without waiting to write.

 

Yeah. Next time I include a note. I've been buying dip nibs for a while now I've forgotten how to buy fountain pens on the Bay.

 

“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

Check out my Steel Pen Blog. 

"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."

-Montaigne

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Bad jewels or not that is one sweet blue J Andrew. Especially with that nib. And I thought I got a good deal on a gray J for $11.12 with 9461 that arrived today. (also needs sac)

 

With it's stable mates: (red SJ, green J, black LJ Bell Systems skunk)

 

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af283/Runnin_Ute/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-01/20160127_180935_zpsxwmycjtl.jpg

 

The lever isn't coming up at all, It also looks like someone "tried" to remove the section to replace the sac and either couldn't get it out or something as there is a gap between the end of the section and the end of the barrel wide enough to get my fingernail into.

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Bad jewels or not that is one sweet blue J Andrew. Especially with that nib. And I thought I got a good deal on a gray J for $11.12 with 9461 that arrived today. (also needs sac)

 

With it's stable mates:

 

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af283/Runnin_Ute/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-01/20160127_180935_zpsxwmycjtl.jpg

 

The lever isn't coming up at all, It also looks like someone "tried" to remove the section to replace the sac and either couldn't get it out or something as there is a gap between the end of the section and the end of the barrel wide enough to get my fingernail into.

Got it apart. Sac petrified. J bar in good shape - won't need to replace. Now I just need to order sacs and stuff from Anderson Pens. The nib and section are soaking in a 10:1 H2O:ammonia solution as I type this to make sure they are good and clean. I will leave the nib in longer than the section. I just wanted to make sure any gunk in the threads is taken care of.

Brad

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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Cleaned up the nib (pen still waiting to have sac replaced) and it does have a bit of flex. The problem is that the normal line is so "broad" (relative to most dip nibs) that the difference is not that great between the thick and thin lines. But it's wonderfully smooth, as you normally find from Esterbrook nibs, and fun. I'll try it next with a better ink for flex writing, like perhaps an IG ink like the Salix I use in my Pilot Falcon. I might be able to get the thins a bit thinner that way.

 

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“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

Check out my Steel Pen Blog. 

"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."

-Montaigne

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