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[Pensee]

...how long did it take you to obtain such a complete & handsome looking collection?

thx

--Bruce

Hi Bruce,

I am not sure I deserve David's praise for "focused" collecting. I do like the 94's in particular, and have tried to acquire those. I guess I have been collecting pens for about 20 years, starting first with Parker Duofolds. I have probably been looking for 94's for about 15 years. I have a large collection of Parker Duofolds, Waterman Overlays, Waterman ripples, Wahl Flat Tops, Waterman Patricians, Wahl Deco Bands, Conklin Enduras, and a bunch of other ones. All in all, I think about 500 pens, although it's been a long time since I counted them. Lately, I have been acquiring Parker 51s - a pen I never cared for until I started using one. Then I appreciated the genius of the design (although I still think it's ugly).

Regards and Happy Searching,

Allan Goforth

15 to 20 years...

Have been at this 4 years & own a whopping 5 Waterman overlays which are my "focus"

So at rate of approx. 1 pen per year * x number of overlay patterns & x number Waterman models...

Am going to be at this a while!

So what you've done seems quite an accomplishment.

Cheers from the peanut gallery ; )

--Bruce

[david i]

Here is the only Gold Bond I have. It happens to be in this same celluloid. I think it is a really neat looking pen with the triple cap bands and faceted cap and barrel.

It is just slightly shorter than a 94.




Preston

I once owned identical pen. Bit sorry I sold it. Keeping in mind GB was made by other manufacturers for Montgomery Ward, I am not certain who made this version. the plastic indeed is more Waterman than Sheaffer, though at first peek the pen has some Sheaffer-esque features (I have not examined lever of late). I don't know that Sheaffer made pens for rebadging as store brands. But, one can wonder...

[david i]

I thought that Sheaffer had a grey pen in the same pattern, but it appears to be slightly different. Instead of red "flecks" it seems to have red "veins".

Indeed, not quite same color. I just acquired a bit of a monster Sheaffer Balance in the red veined gray. Here is link to this fresh (Oct 2012) thread

http://www.fountainp...d-jewelers-set/

and, an earlier thread featuring some quite scarce and interesting gray/red Balance variants.

http://www.fountainp...-red-eye-candy/

regards

d