I Should Have Been Warned

[Sailor Kenshin]

This is interesting.  

 

Unusual Dip Less

 

[Misfit]

@FarmBoy and @gweimer1

Can you both, with your vintage pen expertise, let me know what base would work with the pen I got with the lever fill and sac?  I’d so appreciate it. I’m out of my depth with Esterbrook Dip-less pens and desk sets.  

[gweimer1]

Get the "eight-ball" base.  There are usually a few on eBay.

 

 

[Misfit]

@gweimer1  Thank you so much for your help. I appreciate it very much. 

[Misfit]

5 hours ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

This is interesting.  

 

Unusual Dip Less

 

And this.  

 

Why these pens aren't interchangeable

I got a warning about the second link. 

[FarmBoy]

5 hours ago, gweimer1 said:

 

The question is - which was the winner?  The nib or the Dremel?  Inquiring minds want to know.

A nib never wins that fight. 
 

Never period. 

[Sailor Kenshin]

16 hours ago, Misfit said:

I got a warning about the second link. 

Same here.  Yikes.  I wonder if I can edit it from the post.

[gweimer1]

20 minutes ago, Sailor Kenshin said:

Same here.  Yikes.  I wonder if I can edit it from the post.

 

It's just an old unsecured site.  It's still Brian Anderson's page...you know...the moderator of this forum.

[gweimer1]

So you thought you should have been warned?   Here's the rabbit hole I jumped into.  Now, if only I could get my hands on a white A-101....there must be one out there somewhere.  

 

Left to right - Transitional J in Copper (shop model with a black barrel end disk), Dollar B (shop model 1940), and one that's really hard to find - it's a transitional SJ.  While these aren't supposed to be rare, just try and find one.   This one was put together from parts in 2 different auction lots at the Ohio Pen Show.

 

 

[FarmBoy]

7 hours ago, gweimer1 said:

Now, if only I could get my hands on a white A-101....there must be one out there somewhere.  

 

 

I seem to recall seeing at least one somewhere...

[Misfit]

I like the looks of the Dollar pen. I wish I could find a working one for $1. 

[Misfit]

The thing about the “set” I got is, I’ll have to buy another base and another pen. Let my mistake, or lack of research help others.  

[Nantucket Workbench]

How can I put a date on my Feed-Matic/Dip-Less sets?

[yossiantokolitz]

My question is this: why am I so envious of some of the desk stuff seen here when I have about 60 such Esterbrooks myself? adding a picture I resently poste of most but not all my black ones. color is for another day.

 

Yossi