Sharing My Esterbrook Nib Case

[johnboz]

I was just looking at this today and wanted to share with everyone here. This Esterbrook nib case is probably one of my favorite fountain pen related purchases. It just appeals to me on so many levels. It's a unique part of Esterbrook and at one point was certainly a part of daily life for many people. It also lets me be organized (or at least pretend to)! I don't actually keep my nibs in it, but all of the old nib boxes do look great in there, don't they. Finally, it has tiny little metal labels for each nib type. For some reason I just love this little feature.

 

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

 

http://i.imgur.com/1OKKCf0h.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/uWFDPH7h.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/JkRR914h.jpg

[OcalaFlGuy]

Whoa. That looks like it could have been in a pen shop yesterday.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[ScienceChick]

How cool is that! What's the story of how you acquired it?

[johnboz]

Whoa. That looks like it could have been in a pen shop yesterday.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

It's in pretty darn good shape. The red printing on top has faded quite a bit, but it's still legible. Otherwise, the wood has stood the test of time very well.

[johnboz]

How cool is that! What's the story of how you acquired it?

 

Unfortunately, I don't have a good story. I actually picked it up on eBay about 6 years ago. It arrived safely due to a very good packing job. Both drawers were full of nib boxes. Unfortunately, they weren't all still full of nibs, but it did actually come with quite a few. I ended up keeping a bunch of nibs that I wanted, selling the rest and actually made a decent profit on the purchase!

[ScienceChick]

Woo hoo - wins all the way around! Congrats! Thanks for showing off the box.

[MAGGIEMINPIN]

That is a neat case. Here is mine.

[johnboz]

That's a nice case, MAGGIEMINPIN. Do you know what those dots stand for? Was it the nibs that were for sale in the case?

[MAGGIEMINPIN]

Each of the small dots are marked with a "DC". Not really sure what it could of meant, my guess is that those nibs were Discontinued or were out of stock at the time. I am kind of hesitant to try to remove them in fear of damaging the print. The case still looks good in my office.

[sd10521]

Nice finds on those cases.

Congratulations to both of you and thanks for the share.

[Brian Anderson]

There is actually a lot of variability in the images on these cases. I probably have three or four of the smaller unit, and probably three or four like MAGGIEMINPIN shows, including one with a giant nib on them. They could be collectible items all in themselves.

[gweimer1]

Daly's Pen Shop has one of those cases in their shop. Brad(?) was telling me when I stopped there once that when he got it, it was filled with nibs. I've bought a few from him.

[bsenn]

I have the same case as the OP (minus the nib boxes and cool metal tags). Unfortunately the nib chart has tears in it, and curls at the tears.

 

I would be grateful to anyone who could get me a high-res scan (or square-on photo) of the chart. That way i could print a chart and laminate it and my case would look so much better.

 

Thanks,

Brian

[JotterAddict62]

I like stuff like this. Anyone can buy a pen but when you pick up displays like that now your collecting and the current keeper of the item.

 

Nice nib display...

 

From a Parker collector.

[srfcasey]

Very cool!

[aalmcc4]

That is so incredibly awesome!

 

I love it.

 

I have an old Esterbrook (circa 19teens-1920's) counter display box for their dip pen nibs.

 

I love stuff like this!