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[Hugh]

Rather poor pic...but the nib reads

18ct (symbol)
Eversharp
US of America

It's a No.3 adjustable fitted to a Doric Jnr. from the mid 1930's. There is no doubt 18ct nibs can be very flexible!! Clearly for export to Europe ( this one went to Australia, strange as a 14ct would have sufficed) , anyway thought this might be of some interest and out of the ordinary. The pen has some sentimental value as it was mums ( I believe 18th b'day present).

Regards
Hugh

[david i]

Rather poor pic...but the nib reads

18ct (symbol)
Eversharp
US of America

It's a No.3 adjustable fitted to a Doric Jnr. from the mid 1930's. There is no doubt 18ct nibs can be very flexible!! Clearly for export to Europe ( this one went to Australia, strange as a 14ct would have sufficed) , anyway thought this might be of some interest and out of the ordinary. The pen has some sentimental value as it was mums ( I believe 18th b'day present).

Regards
Hugh

I've never seen an 18k Wahl nib, Export variant would be fair guess. There's been lots of chatter about the "18k required to call solid gold in Europe" theme, though not clear this applies to Britain. Not clear to me either if/when the 18 requirement kicked in.

Nice find. Maybe I should look more closely at all those Wahl nibs that cross my "desk".

regards

David

[penguinmaster]

Recently on the 'bay there is was an Eversharp Wahl "Piston Filler" with an 18 carat nib. That's what it's titled at least I can't figure the pen out myself. It looks to be an Eversharp Symphony style pen, fitted with a Parker Vacumatic type plunger on the end of it. The seller wants way more than I'm willing to spend. It shows up every now and then. Maybe I'll finally jump on it next time it comes up.

-Tom

[penguinmaster]

Speak of the devil, the pen just showed up on eBay today.

http://cgi.ebay.com/...#ht_2233wt_1343

I'm even MORE confused now. This auction finally had decent pictures. Take a look at it at tell me what you think.

I'd almost say it was a jerry-rigged symphony w/ an 18c nib. However the barrel has no lever cutout so it was made like that...

-Tom

[Teej47]

Funky. Kinda has a frankenpen yet not look to it, doesn't it?

Tim

[brettttt]

I know very little about any of this of myself, but here's an old FPN thread that seems relevant:

http://www.fountainp...arp-i-deja-vue/

Interesting that none of the pens in that thread seems as early as this Symphony-ish one on ebay. Also interesting that France seems to be a common place of origin/destination for many, at least.

FWIW,
Brett