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The high point of an otherwise completely crappy day of work was an extremely poorly wrapped padded envelope in my stack of mail. I get plenty of packages there, and I always love to see a package from the UK. Almost always guaranteed to brighten a person's day. :)

 

I won an auction lately that was fairly poorly worded. The picture was, of course, blurry and dark beyond compare, but I spotted a gem. What rolled out of the padded envelope was a nice Relief 3-L in Lapis. Unforunately, the clip is wrong, but it's all there, no cracks, light brassing and that nice big #3 14kt nib. A perfect companion for my Lapis 3-S button filler. :)

 

Off to fix it up. It seems like it's been a loooong time since it was used. I hate to keep that trend going. :)

 

Any other #3 (or better yet, #4) owners?

 

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Brian

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Forgive the rotten pics, but this'll give you an idea:

 

http://www.esterbrook.net/funpics/lapispair.jpg

 

The top one is a Relief 3-S button (stud) filler. Unfortunately, this one developed a crack in the barrel on me. I was very sad that day. :( The bottom pen is the new Relief 3-L. No cracks but wrong clip. I suppose I could swap caps, but the 3-L has the red band and the 3-S does not. I'll leave them for now. :)

 

http://www.esterbrook.net/funpics/lapisall.jpg

 

A shot of the 3-L open. The model 3's are a pretty good sized pen. The color seems brighter in the picture than it is in real life, but it is still a pretty color.

 

Enjoy!

 

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Brian

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Nice addition, Brian! When you say "wrong clip" do you mean that someone substituted a later clip or even another model's clip?

 

Thanks for the photos--your Relief collection is getting too big for photos!

 

Dan

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Thanks Dan! My pics are really crummy and were taken with minimal light. The clip is completely wrong, from another pen, in steel rather than GF, etc. But, being washer style, it is nice to have a clip that actually works well.

 

That's actually one tray of almost four that are all Relief. Most are BHR or BCHR, so there isn't much to look at on a "wow" scale like those marbled plastic ones. :)

 

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Brian

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