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I recently bought a cache of pens. One of the pens looks exactly like an Esterbrook J model. Has a steel nib with the inscription:

Hawaiian 2556

inscribed on the barrel I find:

Hawaiian

FOUNTAIN PEN

I’ve done an exhaustive google search about this pen and could find nothing.  Was it a commemorative pen made by Esterbrook for the statehood of Hawaii?  Just a guess on my part. If anyone can shed light on this unusual find please do not hesitate!!  Thanks  IMG_9288.thumb.jpeg.d0f375153f98e8f73ec3f7fcb9b5335e.jpegIMG_9287.thumb.jpeg.008ae1aa657ecee12ce25950f756a1d7.jpeg

 

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Interesting.  I don't think I've ever seen that sort of material used on an Esterbrook, (looks more like that for a Silver Pearl Parker Vacumatic).  The clip and cap band do look somewhat similar to those on vintage Esterbrook J series pens (but I was just looking at two recent acquisitions I had at hand and both of them say 

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T

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R

B

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O

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K

along the lenth of the clip (yeah, like this).  The number on the nib below the text does sort of suggest Esterbrook -- at least for that) 

What sort of fill system does it have?  All of mine are J series pens in various sizes, and are lever-fillers.

Wondering if it was some sort of custom-made pen that was some sort of tourist shop gift or if there is a hotel called "Hawaiian" and that the pen was made for it for employee or customer use.  Because I have been unable to find a "Hawaiian" brand pen....

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Before Esterbrook clips said Esterbrook they were mute. 

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Good to know.  But I still wonder about the barrel and cap material, because it really DOES look like that for a Silver Pearl Vac Major.

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5 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Good to know.  But I still wonder about the barrel and cap material, because it really DOES look like that for a Silver Pearl Vac Major.

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I have a few Japanese homages to Vacumatics which have very similar colors and patterns as vacs. More than one fooled me in eBay auction lots.

 

 

 

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I love this pen!   I have a few of those Japanese copies - Masterlook, Whymper, Howard.  The one you have beats them all.   I like how even the fake nibs have the correct numbers on them.

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You mean that the numbers match those nib sizes for the real Esterbrook nibs?  Interesting....

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Very interesting find. I love the vacumatic look too. Never heard of a "Hawaiian" pen or nib company. I'm not counting the local koa turners or Kanilea Fountain pens (which is not made in Hawai'i).  Mahalo (thank you).

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