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Hullo.

 

No: I've never seen a No 1 Eternal. I have here a No 2, a 3 and two 4s though! They'll stay in the spares box for a long time - at least until I find an eccentric who would like to buy them!

 

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Yes, I've had the occasional No 1. Beautifully smooth writers, like all Eternals.

Regards,

Eachan

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sorry, can't get my head round these very firm tips - they're so hard that smoothness is not one of the words that comes to mind:-) Only guessing, but assume they were made for manifolding - i.e. when multiple copies of notes/letters were required …………. pre Xerox days.

I hadn't seen a No. 1 either - would imagine uncommon, and not entirely sure I see the logic of that degree of firmness in such a small nib - as someone else said recently, you could almost dig the garden with the larger Eternals. Assume there is a 5, but not seen one yet.

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