Here Are A Couple Restoration Attempts...

[JDHudson]

The red and chrome carries a fine nib and seems to be a mix between a deluxe and a cx-100. I didn't smooth and polish the plastic yet, but I have cleaned everything up and replaced the sac. Interestingly enough, it has a 12/64's neck on the section, so I used a size 12 sac. I may replace with a necked 14 that I just picked up.

The second is a cleaned and polished LJ (?) that I spent a good bit of time on. I think it turned out pretty good. It has a 2668 firm medium nib, and writes a rather wet line.

Both write smooth as silk, the nibs are smooth and do not scratch a bit.

[dennis_f]

I love those copper LJs (I'm not familiar with the Esterbrook). It looks like you did a great job -- in that, they both look like new.

 

Well done,

D.

[gweimer1]

Looks nice. How long is the copper pen? If it's 5", it's an LJ. At 4.75", it will be an SJ.

 

The red pen is a CX-100.

http://www.esterbrook.net/cx100.shtml

[JDHudson]

Looks nice. How long is the copper pen? If it's 5", it's an LJ. At 4.75", it will be an SJ.

 

The red pen is a CX-100.

http://www.esterbrook.net/cx100.shtml

 

It is 5" on the money, so LJ it is! Thanks for the direction on the CX-100. I picked it up on eBay for next to nothing, so I should be good on it. Reading the description in the webpage, I don't think I would have wanted to drop much money on it.

[ac12]

congrats on two successes.