"User" Hemingway

[Beechwood]

7 minutes ago, zaddick said:

 They are based on the 139 flattop style, but use the #9 size nib. The Homer also uses a #9 nib, but is closer in size and shape to the 149.

 

In the year 2000 there as a Golden Dragon edition that looked like an all black Hemingway with a large gold dragon clip with a pearl in its mouth. The pen was also more expensive and not part of the Writer Edition series. But they can be modified to basically be a modern 139 if the clip is replaced and the nib swapped. 

 

 

Thank you for that, I have learned something today

[Hanoi]

Very beautiful pen along with the Victor Hugo.  I am on the hunt for a good deal on the Hugo set.

[purkinje]

I will continue to hunt for a user-grade Hemingway. I have eBay alerts set up, which mostly involve disappointment as nearly every new listing is a ballpoint. At this point, there is nothing else I really want in a pen!

[meiers]

Knowing what you want is a good thing. 

[ak47]

On 1/9/2021 at 12:34 AM, Uncial said:

The first three - at least, I think they were the first three - are slowly but surely acquiring cult status. Perhaps the Hemingway is already there. In terms of price though it would seem the Hemingway, Agatha and Wilde will all soon be on the same high price plateau. 

 

I think Zaddick has given you the best advice; get the Dumas with the wrong signature for a fraction of the cost. I found it to be the prettier pen and its basically a Hemingway in a different outfit.

It is interesting. In your opinion the first three pens will increase price? But about Wilde.. what s about the oxidation that seems to hit this model?

[Uncial]

The Wilde is meant to have gold filled furniture, or so I read once. Mine has quite a tarnish which would point to gold plate, but I like it that way. It adds to the look of a vintage pen.