Jump to content

Oriental Blue Blackbird


Recommended Posts

Hello,

 

I'm looking for a oriental blue Blackbird, but these are quite rare pens, and was wondering if waiting for the next pen show (November) would be a better idea than to keep looking for it online. Are these pens normally fount on large (Madrid) pen shows, or it is so rare that I should not expect so?

 

Thanks!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 11
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Greenie

    4

  • MarcShiman

    3

  • Jose80

    3

  • PaulS

    2

It's a very attractive pen - looks like lapis combined with a gold marble effect - a lever fill pen with a stepped intrusive clip, and from the early 1930s. I wouldn't know this but for the illustration in one of Andreas Lambrou's books, and suspect rather uncommon. Wish you luck.

As an off the cuff suggestion you might contact people like Gary Lehrer for example who's stock often includes high-end pens.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Pen shows are the best sort of place to find such a pen, but there are no guarantees of course. I've seen two sell on EBay over the past year, so with some patience (and a willingness to bid aggressively), they are difficult but not impossible to find

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I agree with Marc. If you are waiting for one of these pens on ebay, it will seem like a long time. But the pen is not very rare.

 

I do see this pen on ebay a few times per year. Just check ebay regularly and be patient!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

with a stepped intrusive clip,

They also came in a clipless version.

 

 

 

 

Edited by MarcShiman
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Here is a lower end pen currently on ebay with the same plastic

Of course, it is not the same thing at all.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-rare-FORD-039-S-Blue-and-Bronze-Fountain-Pen-Restored-/122456493845?&_trksid=p2056016.m2518.l4276

 

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/xP8AAOSwLEtYk5Ao/s-l1600.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Is it the same? I've seen those before, and I thought they were closer to the waterman Turquoise. The Blackbird color is slightly brighter somehow.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I'd suggest torquoise is quite a bit different - nowhere near as deep or rich a blue as that.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

A Patrician picture found quickly on line, followed by a picture of my Blackbird.

 

http://vacumania.com/penteech2/watermanpatricianturq50per.jpg

fpn_1492828241__swans_20.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

A beautiful pen Greenie, what a beautiful pen.

 

This weekend there was an auction on ebay for an almost destroyed blackbird in oriental blue, it sold for way more than I could justify for a pen with the nib destroyed, celluloid deteriorated and clip and lever oxidized. I'll have to keep looking.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

A little patience goes a long way. Mabie Todd pens can go for a lot. But keep trying and you will get a bargain. Every so often, no one else seems to be bidding.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33474
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26573
    5. jar
      jar
      26101
  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o
  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More
  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...