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My first pen show this past weekend (won't be my last) and still relatively new to fountain pens. The first first thing I bought this weekend was something I was specifically looking for: a couple of inkwells so I could use some dip pens with some ink I really don't want to put into a pen and within 5 minutes, I found a vendor selling a dual inkwell from the 1940's for some company I've never heard of called Esterbrook. Bought it and I was intrigued watching the vendor swap out the nibs on the pen.

 

Got it home, put the ink I wanted into it, and have been using it happily every day since Sunday. Although the nibs are a little bent. It still writes pretty well, but I probably need to replace/repair the nibs at some point.

 

Got me to begin reading over what an Esterbrook was, so, of course, now I'll have to see if I can get a few over the coming months. Learned a lot.

 

Oh, in the pic, you'll have to forgive the intrusion of my beloved Visconti Hall of Music. It just seems to show up everywhere! :)

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Oh-no! This is the start of many more Esterbrooks in your future! This looks like a very nice set. What two inks will you choose?

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Congratulations on your marvelous find. Welcome to the world of Esterbrook. You now have the opportunity of really experiencing the wonderful world of fountain pens through great pens for a very meager expense. Here is a great site to start learning about Esterbrooks: http://www.esterbrook.net/ .

 

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Congrats, nice set!

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Oh-no! This is the start of many more Esterbrooks in your future! This looks like a very nice set. What two inks will you choose?

Two inks that I did not want to put into pens. One is Diamine Registrar's ink. I wanted a blue-black that was waterproof. The other is Diamine Majestic Purple. That's a color that matches my company's logo. I've heard the Registrar's will deteriorate pens over time, so I thought this was a good way to do it. Although I might just get a cheap burner pen for it if I need the ink portable. Same with the purple.

 

And yes, once I got this, I started reading about Esterbrooks. And I think I caught the Esterbug.

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Nice. One of my personal favorites. As a teacher, blue and red are handy to have at the ready, and I love the convenience (at least, it seems convenient to me) of not having to find my pen, fill my pen, wipe my pen, just grab and go. Of course, if I weren't chained to a desk all day, maybe desk pens wouldn't be my favorite ....

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Yeah. That's why I got this. 1/2 my week is at a desk, the other half is out. So when I'm by a desk (I work from home), I can work in sweats without pockets. It's great to just pick up a quality pen without searching and write with an awesome ink.

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Beautiful set. How I wish - my Estie dipless would love it :rolleyes: Congratulations on such a find.

Was the first thing I found at the first place I looked at my first pen show. And my first thought was, "ooh! I need that!" One in million chance.

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Oooo I love this, I have one of these in my office that I keep around. One is filled with Hero 233 blue ink that I have with an Esterbrook 9668 nib and the other is with Noodlers Manhattan Black with an 9550 nib. The black I use with general writing when it comes around and the blue is used for signing.

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I keep Diamine Registrar's in my Esterbrook Dip-less pen on my desk at work. I do all my bills and write checks with it, as well write short notes. The ink works quite well on a wide range of paper. I just wrote out the tags for my Christmas gifts this year with it. The reason I'm writing my gift tags at work is that my company offers a free gift wrapping service for employees. Take your stuff downstairs, and a couple of hours later you pick them up all wrapped. But they don't put tags on, just the post-it note you originally put on the item. I love that benefit!

 

Congrats on the desk set. I'm sure you'll find it quite useful.

 

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