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[david i]

Hi
In that case, please allow me to present my "Ripley`s" content.

Regards
Paul.

Great set Paul. I've seen- I'd guess- fewer than 20 of the Ripley's pens over the years. Many had issues. As with most old writing tools, pencils are more scarce than pens. I doubt I've seen five pencils in my time in the hobby and have owned only one.

Thanks for sharing.

regards

david

[amble63]

And after all that detective work, THIS looks remarkably like my pen, right down to the nib: http://cgi.ebay.ca/w...=STRK:MEWAX:IT. A late model Canadian (hey, I'm a late model Canadian, so I guess that works for me). Of course I'm speculating a bit, since the imprint is so weak on mine but what is discernible seems consistent with the pen on eBay.

[penmanila]

that would be a vacumatic standard then. i have one exactly like yours, also canadian, date-coded to 1935 with a black section and an amazing flexible nib, a lucky buy a few years ago in london's portobello road for 35 pounds. have you tried writing with yours? often as not, my canadian vacs have the sweetest nibs. (as you can see from this shot, it had been mislabeled as a 50s pen):

[amble63]

that would be a vacumatic standard then. i have one exactly like yours, also canadian, date-coded to 1935 with a black section and an amazing flexible nib, a lucky buy a few years ago in london's portobello road for 35 pounds. have you tried writing with yours? often as not, my canadian vacs have the sweetest nibs. (as you can see from this shot, it had been mislabeled as a 50s pen):

ah, I remember you posted a picture of this on FPN. I had to send my pen off to Danny Fudge for a new sac and I asked him to smooth the nib. It is now a gorgeous writer, especially inked up with Diamine Oxblood.

[June H]

ah, I remember you posted a picture of this on FPN. I had to send my pen off to Danny Fudge for a new sac and I asked him to smooth the nib. It is now a gorgeous writer, especially inked up with Diamine Oxblood.

Here are my burgundy vacumatics. Wondering what the size are? I should say all of these pens are Canadian

[penmanila]

a very quick read, left to right:

a standard, much like the one i posted above, about 5"; a debutante, about 4-5/8"; a black junior, not a burgundy, also around 5"; a pencil to go with the debutante; another debutante. very nice pens!

[david i]

a very quick read, left to right:

a standard, much like the one i posted above, about 5"; a debutante, about 4-5/8"; a black junior, not a burgundy, also around 5"; a pencil to go with the debutante; another debutante. very nice pens!

Hi Jose,

Note the bonus with the pencil

regards

David

[penmanila]

you got me there, david--i know next to nothing about vac pencils (i know, an all too common lacuna even among avid pen collectors)--aside from your observation that the rarest ones are often harder to find than the pens. your intervention will be most welcome.

[parkercollector.com]

Hi
In that case, please allow me to present my "Ripley`s" content.


Regards
Paul.

Ouch! Nice!
Only second pencil I've seen depicted!


I have two Ripley's, one marked Vacuum Filler, one imprinted Vacumatic. This is the VF:



/Tony

[david i]

you got me there, david--i know next to nothing about vac pencils (i know, an all too common lacuna even among avid pen collectors). your intervention will be most welcome.

Note cap larger than barrel. Most pencils not like that. Injector/Repeater pencil. In USA pretty much just couple months or so production around start of 1939, bridging the earlier 1.1mm lead and later .9 mm writefine lead.

regards

david

[penmanila]

ah, so.... thanks! i should start paying my pencils more attention--i just stash them away somewhere!

[penmanila]

very nice pen, tony. i don't suppose this just turned up somewhere in sweden

Ouch! Nice!
Only second pencil I've seen depicted!


I have two Ripley's, one marked Vacuum Filler, one imprinted Vacumatic. This is the VF:



/Tony

[parkercollector.com]

Shot this long ago. Still, it has merit... I suppose.

Can you identify the pens and quirks?

//snipped//
regards

David

Only one I could add to this line-up is this one:
/Tony

[parkercollector.com]

very nice pen, tony. i don't suppose this just turned up somewhere in sweden

Nope, bought it from Lynn Sorgatz many years ago.

/T

[amble63]

okay, here's a dumb question. Both my vac and the one in eBay listing I posted have a nib that says "Duofold" - is this common or just random luck?

Anna

[penmanila]

not common to me at all--haven't had one in my 80+ vacs--and would seem to indicate nib replacements.

[June H]

a very quick read, left to right:

a standard, much like the one i posted above, about 5"; a debutante, about 4-5/8"; a black junior, not a burgundy, also around 5"; a pencil to go with the debutante; another debutante. very nice pens!

I am sending another picture of the black junior. I don't want you to think I don't know black for burgundy. It is a very poor effort with pen photo. I was trying to be artistic at 1:am in the morning. Here is a better picture of the centre pen. It is indeed just over 5inches or 13 cm. I am surprised about the pencil. I thought everyone had tons of pencils. I am also impressed what infomation you all can glean from pictures.

[penmanila]

thanks for the new pic. seems like i'm the one who doesn't know black from burgundy but it was hard to tell from the first pic.

if it's a burgundy junior then your have a truly rare (i think that word would be justified here) pen. i'm sure david i. will chime in on this one. congrats!

[June H]

thanks for the new pic. seems like i'm the one who doesn't know black from burgundy but it was hard to tell from the first pic.

if it's a burgundy junior then your have a truly rare (i think that word would be justified here) pen. i'm sure david i. will chime in on this one. congrats!

Both the standard and the junior are approx the same size. What makes a standard and a junior different. Date? Also note that both of the dubutantes have not got black sections?

[david i]

Only one I could add to this line-up is this one:
/Tony

There goes Tony again... upping the ante with the solid-gold-cap-band Canadian pens.

I really hate when people do that

... as per this thread...

Vacumatic collection solid gold cap-bands. Canadian

Couple of those shots. Are we into shown-and-brag yet?

Should be some red in the bunch...

regards

David