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I am using TWO Sheaffers today, a Signature Snorkel and a Targa. I just received both back, repaired, from Ron Zorn. So I had to ink and write with both. Ron did an amazing job on the repair. The Snorkel was a present from my wife in 1955. The Targa was given to me by Sheaffer when they said in the 1970s that the could not repair the Snorkel.

 

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My special treat this week was finding a 1930/31 Lifetime Balance in Marine Green at a roadside flea market. It took some cleaning and polishing, but it is in use today and writes wonderfully (F nib). It has some minor blemishes, and I suppose would be called user grade, but I'm very pleased with how it writes. And it doesn't hurt that I got it for under $10, which is a rare event for me.

 

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My special treat this week was finding a 1930/31 Lifetime Balance in Marine Green at a roadside flea market. It took some cleaning and polishing, but it is in use today and writes wonderfully (F nib). It has some minor blemishes, and I suppose would be called user grade, but I'm very pleased with how it writes. And it doesn't hurt that I got it for under $10, which is a rare event for me.

 

http://www.picturebay.net/img/members/penburg/2008Oct27_167.jpg

 

http://www.picturebay.net/img/members/penburg/2008Oct27_171.jpg

 

 

Sandy,

 

WOW!!! Unbelievable. The Lord blessed you my friend to find one of those in the wild at that price. I can just imagine the great sermons that'll flow out of the end that baby. :)

 

Dave

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Let's start a new topic: What Sheaffer pen are you using today?

 

I have:

1. Prelude, fine point, with blue-black ink

2. Agio, fine point, with black ink

 

Today I used a Matte Black Targa with gold trim (the 1003), medium point, and a 1948 Triumph, fine point. I used the Targa to draft a poem in my workbook and the Triumph to mark a few papers. I used Deluxe Blue Script ink with both.

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Today I am using my Sheaffer Legacy Heritage, and Sheaffer Valor. Both pens have medium nibs

 

David

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My special treat this week was finding a 1930/31 Lifetime Balance in Marine Green at a roadside flea market. It took some cleaning and polishing, but it is in use today and writes wonderfully (F nib). It has some minor blemishes, and I suppose would be called user grade, but I'm very pleased with how it writes. And it doesn't hurt that I got it for under $10, which is a rare event for me.

 

I inherited some years ago from an aunt a pen that's a dead ringer for yours...I got it free, as no one else wanted to bother with it. :D

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Sheaffer Balance II in Aspen acryllic, Stub nib using Noodler's Ottoman Azure.

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Looking for interesting Sheaffer OS Balance pens

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Fernan Vintage

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My PFM I. A true friend, for 48 years.

 

Wrote all my essays throughout high school and college, as well as some poetry when I was much younger...

 

Recently restored by Sean Gosse at PensRx.

 

Using it today to take notes doing research currently, on « Writing », from a personal perspective.

 

 

Fernan

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A Cheapie black Sheaffer No Nonsense vintage FP with a fine italic nib and a Sheaffer black cartridge in it.

 

Pure nostalgia and one of my favorite writers!

 

~ Rainwalker

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Sheaffer Intrigue Shark Whale M nib. The inlaid nib is perfectly wet and slightly springy and the size and weight of the pen just perfect for my liking. It could hold more ink. But the rest, is superb.

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Red Veined Gray Pearl Balance, short 5-30, with Sheaffer Blue Skrip.

 

Dennis B

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My PFM I. A true friend, for 48 years.

 

Wrote all my essays throughout high school and college, as well as some poetry when I was much younger...

 

Recently restored by Sean Gosse at PensRx.

 

Using it today to take notes doing research currently, on « Writing », from a personal perspective.

 

 

Fernan

 

 

I'm a huge fan of the PFM and am interested in the longevity of your pen. Have you been using it consistently for the last 48 years or just on and off? Has it always performed flawlessly and how many times has it needed restoration within that 48 year period? I only got interested in them a couple of years ago and wonder how they will stand up to the test of time.

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My PFM I. A true friend, for 48 years.

 

Wrote all my essays throughout high school and college, as well as some poetry when I was much younger...

 

Recently restored by Sean Gosse at PensRx.

 

Using it today to take notes doing research currently, on « Writing », from a personal perspective.

 

 

Fernan

 

 

I'm a huge fan of the PFM and am interested in the longevity of your pen. Have you been using it consistently for the last 48 years or just on and off? Has it always performed flawlessly and how many times has it needed restoration within that 48 year period? I only got interested in them a couple of years ago and wonder how they will stand up to the test of time.

 

 

I used it consistently from the beginning to the end of the sixties, until the first half of the seventies, when I switched to ball points and pencils -- that's another topic in itself.

 

Then I would use my PFM on and off, as circumstances allowed me to do it, making the mistake of leaving ink in them to dry for a number of months, and in a number of occasions years at a time. Over the past fifteen years, I would fill them up, with the intention of using it regularly, but they wouldn't last more than a standard page or two. A few months ago, I learned why this was happening. This brought me to do some research into restoration. Since this pen's value is more sentimental than commercial, I was reluctant to send it to someone unknown... I was very fortunate to find somebody within Canada (no borders to cross) who seemed to be very reliable who did a wonderful job restoring it.

 

It now writes like it used to do. Wish restoration could be done on people like they can on pens, returning one to a younger state...

 

 

Fernan

 

 

 

Fernan

 

http://fernancarriere.com/

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