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Paul-in-SF

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Hello, here I am again begging for knowledge. I got this pen in a lot of Wahl-Eversharp pens, and it wasn't identified by the seller. It is a lever-fill pen. I've been reading up a lot on W-E pens but this doesn't look like anything I've seen. Photos below, here is the other info:

 

Measurements: capped 118 mm, uncapped 105 mm, posted 141 mm.

 

Engraving on barrel: WAHL EVERSHARP (both words in the trademark Eversharp font, no hyphen)

Made in U.S.A.

 

No engraving on cap, clip, cap band or lever.

 

Engraving on nib: EVERSHARP

14K

MADE IN U.S.A.

 

Nib is small, and 2-tone with rhodium plating (probably?). Perhaps you can see the pattern in the photo.

 

There is an un-drilled gold double-check seal below the clip, which you can see in the photo.

 

Also visible in the photo is a little "lucky curve" doodad coming out of the feed instead of a breather tube.

 

The cap threads are cut so that it is possible to line up the lever perfectly with the clip (although two other alignments are also possible).

 

My WAG: this is confusing. The gold seal makes it a fairly early pen, doesn't it? I don't remember any of the other early pens having barrel engraving. From the small size and relatively anonymous and utilitarian features (although apparently well put together) I would guess some kind of school pen, perhaps a precursor to the Wahl Oxford.

 

So, how far off am I?

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Perfect, thank you! Mine is clearly the lady's model, from the size and the placement of the gold seal. I've heard vaguely of the Victory somewhere (it isn't mentioned in Richard Binder's W-E book, probably because of its brief production period). This will make a nice addition to my W-E pen collection.

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That's some good info. I have the same exact pen sitting in one of my binders that I picked up at the Philly show sitting in a pile of fix it uppers. I did not know they had a full size model. I like the two tone nib yours has. Mine has a single tone nib.

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That is actually a vintage Faber-Castell nib, the original Victory nib was badly damaged. It still has some iridium on it, and writes quite smoothly and wetly; I don't know if it was ground or not. In any case, I have since replaced it with a nib from a Skyline, which seems to fit this feed better (being a fellow W-E product).

 

Edited to add: I don't know why I didn't identify that as a replacement nib in the original post. It doesn't help the ID for the pen at all, does it?

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