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Hi! I traded my coworker for a big lot of pens he won at an auction as he had buyers remorse and no longer wanted them and I thought they looked cool and am dumb. Some of them have names written on them like Parker & Sheaffer . Some do not. If anyone has any extra time could you see if any of them stand out? I picked out two that seem to be the best quality (Heavy) . The blue one says Francesco smalto the Gold & Black one has no writing on it but the ink cartridge says Rollerball Mont Blanc and sees to be made of possibly gold on the cap part. These 2 weigh 1.7 ounces each.

 

Any help would be appreciated! I am posting some photos

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Looks like you hit a home run, there are quite a few worth something there.

"Oh deer."

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Awesome! I started to look some up but its hard to figure them out . I cant find the blue pen or the gold and black one. When I search for MontBlanc it seems they all have stars on the top but this one doesnt?? Is it possible they just put an ink cartridge of one inside of it? Anyway to tell if its gold?

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I think I figured out what that one is , the reddish one. I can not figure out how to get its top off. The bottom part unscrews and pulls down but the top wont come off when I pull it and it just spins when I try and unscrew the top.

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I spy an early model Lamy Safari in Safari Green, which may be worth a fair bit now, as well as a couple of nice Parker 45s, one in Stainless Steel.

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A few of the pens look like they were hand made from kits. The black pen with the gold cap you have separate does not look like a Montblanc, but someone could have used a Montblanc refill.

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Ooh! What’s that little silver one on the chain? It ought to have a mark somewhere.

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Thanks guys! I will check the silver one when i get back home. I think it just had intials like rfb or something. It turns and a pencil comes out

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I can see the first Lamy Safari edition (Savannah Green) :thumbup:

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"""I spy a carmine Sheaffer."""""" Me too, one of those 'grail' pens....

 

 

The Golden Rule of fountain pens is..............take your time.

You have a wonderful collection.

Separate them out into the brand names and then look in the sub sections under that name.

Always look at the nib, in sometimes the brand name is marked only there.

 

Now to hold a fountain pen, hold it so it is behind the big index knuckle at 45 degrees or at the start of the web of the thumb at 35 degrees.

A fountain pen is designed to float on a tiny puddle of ink.....requires no pressure.

 

A number of your vintage pens, will have old crumbly rubber sacs......vintage = old....your basic 50-70-80 year old pen. :)

 

You might well be looking to keep a number of those pens :notworthy1: and not just one or two. :doh:

 

Take your time.............and it helps to learn how to do rubber sac's your self, and save money....first for your self...................second a properly new sac'ed pen sells for much more.....the 'half' you may decide to sell.

Many, many of us have learned how to do that....a touch of shellac is needed, and a few new sacs. If I can, so can you. :)

Look in the Repair section....and it is not overly complicated actually.

 

:sick: There is a major case of envy happening. :puddle: :cloud9: :happyberet: :happyberet:

 

We will walk you through it all.....after all we do have the keys to this nut house and :W2FPN:.

There are first, second and third tier pens....I've had fun with all three.

So don't become an 'instant snob', That carmine Sheaffer, is only a second tier pen. :thumbup:

 

 

Some of your ball points or mechanical pencils are well worth collecting also.

 

Grand slam....Do....Not....Hurry!!!

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In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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Thanks everyone for the responses! My plan is I want to get 5 or so to keep for myself probably not the most valuable as I want to try and get them working again and use them at work (hopefully no one steals them haha ) . The rest I will probably try and trade for what I collect (Old documents, photographs or anything old paper) . A lot of times when I try and buy something its not for sale but people will trade for them if I have something they want or sell them if someone does not have anything to trade so I can buy more of what I collect . I took some more photos of the ones I have been able to figure out from the responses.

 

The one on the silver chain I could only find letters on the chain clasp. HRB?

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I will add the one on the chain looks gold colored to me not silver except when the camera flashes if that makes sense.

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There are some common 40 or so nibs, counting width EF-BBB and flex (rigid manifold(nails),semi-nails, regular flex, semi&maxi-semi-flex and three levels of superflex that we don't have to worry about more than likely in this collection though there could be a couple. .............so just five is not enough.

 

10 maybe..............not only the difference of the nibs, but of size and balance....and from what era and in the end.....how pretty a pen is.

 

I chase the nib, in it's the nib that writes................but many of your pens comes from when a pen had to have very good to great balance to sell; in they were used all day. (Better balance than many to most modern pens)

 

I don't collect Sheaffers, but I think you have an Admiral or such in your wide cap band black Sheaffer Snorkel. I'd wanted a '50's Sheaffer Snorkel with a rare semi-flex nib....and if so one of the fancy ones. Then I got a less fancy one with a semi-flex nib made in Australia, so stopped :puddle: so much about which Snorkel I'd get.

 

Do take your time.....in it could well be you have more worthy pens.....and nibs, than you know.

 

That propelling pencil could be from as far back as 1870's..........1900 is well with in range. (I've a couple my self....but think mine are more 1900 than older.) Something for the vest pocket.

Put that picture in the non-fountain pen section....for BP&MPs. There are folks that know things.

 

 

Yep....old paper is better coated/sized so better to write on. I've 8 sheets of old cheap ball point paper pad from the mid '70's that is perfect. No watermark so I can't trace it back to a maker. I've got good more expensive paper made today.....that is not as perfect. :crybaby:

IMO

The Golden Age of Fountain Pens died about 1970.

The Golden Age of Paper about 1980. :(

But we are Living in The Golden Age of Ink. :thumbup:

Edited by Bo Bo Olson

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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