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Two more No Nonsense arrived this week: a purple fine and a black medium. Which, with the calligraphy set noted above means 3 pens and five nibs. This wasn't planned. The black m came with a vintage glass pen tray I ordered for The Pen Cabinet... it as if No Nonsense pens attract each other, like magnets. I buy one and look what happened in a few weeks.

 

And now I'm eyeing a Targa...

 

 

Will work for pens... :unsure:

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On 12/21/2023 at 6:10 PM, Gadget said:

For good or for bad it joined the collection of ..Why !! it kinda just appealed to me.

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That's interesting looking.  Don't suppose they made it as a fountain pen, did they?  

Of course I'd want one that didn't have a black barrel.  Maybe dark blue or dark green to match the acanthus leaf work on the cap....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Don't suppose they made it as a fountain pen, did they?  

 

Conversion to a fountain pen is easy.  Unscrew the RB section, use a paper clip to yank the spring out of the barrel, insert a NN nib unit, or a Balance II/Connaisseur nib unit.  I'm pretty sure you know someone who has  some of the NN and "vintage" (gold plated NN) nibs.

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Well, of course, that would presume I had the pen to begin with.... 

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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On 1/20/2024 at 1:37 PM, Ron Z said:

 

 

 

Conversion to a fountain pen is easy.  Unscrew the RB section, use a paper clip to yank the spring out of the barrel, insert a NN nib unit, or a Balance II/Connaisseur nib unit.  I'm pretty sure you know someone who has  some of the NN and "vintage" (gold plated NN) nibs.

No idea why this didnt occur to me before, now on the todo list, Thank you Ron :)

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Sheaffer Saratoga. Cleaned up well, will see in time if it needs new sac/washers.

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I only recently discovered Sheaffer so all (except the gold one at the top) are new to me in the past few months.

 

The Stainless Steel No Nonsense arrived as a rollerball, but is now a fountain pen with a fine italic nib.

 

This is my Sheaffer family. So far...

 

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Will work for pens... :unsure:

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A blue no nonsense with italic nib and a touchdown admiral with fine nib

The key to life is how well you deal with Plan B.

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Sheaffer Clipper

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Required new o ring and sac as did the Saratoga I got last month.

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A modest WASP arrived yesterday, good condition and a nice material. Just in time to use as the photo for our monthly pen club meeting in a week!

 

 

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Just bought this trim little Tuckaway Touchdown. I was expecting to have to replace the sac and o rings but to my surprise the sac held ink and it’s airtight! Nice fine nib too. 

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A stroke of luck, supported by a great friend, brought me this navy blue Sheaffer PFM V trio, very new. Spectacular fountain pen, the mechanical pencil and the ball do not disappoint.

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Sheaffer Snorkel Statesman, Verde Pastel - 1958/59 - Nib Palladium Silver - B4. Ponta muito rara e maravilhosa. Parece uma bola rolando. Essa caneta também foi encontrada graças ao grande esforço do meu amigo restaurador especializado em Sheaffers @RICARDOBORBA .

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