I am familiar with the name Aiken-Lambert for their fancy overlay pens and dip pens, but are their later pens any good? For example, something like this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/231072652334
Thanks
Edited by wastelanded, 14 October 2013 - 05:48 PM.
Posted 13 October 2013 - 09:48 PM
Edited by wastelanded, 14 October 2013 - 05:48 PM.
Posted 14 October 2013 - 04:54 PM
Posted 14 October 2013 - 05:47 PM
Decidedly lower in quality, though their nibs can still be very nice. Lever is a simple stamped piece, working against a sprung J-bar rather than a proper toggled pressure bar as found in earlier ALC/Waterman pens. Overall construction econopen level, crimped-on clip etc.
Note that the spelling is "Aikin", not "Aiken".
best
David
Posted 15 October 2013 - 04:15 AM
The Aikin combo that's up now is a little more interesting, can't remember the last one I've seen. Waterman combos are fairly uncommon and I gather Aikin combos can't be too common.
Davey's Quest to Complete an Aikin Combo from the "1000 pen hoard".
Posted 15 October 2013 - 10:15 AM
The Aikin combo that's up now is a little more interesting, can't remember the last one I've seen. Waterman combos are fairly uncommon and I gather Aikin combos can't be too common.
Hi Pearce,
Here's a chat at our wee FPB about an Aikin Combo... with a happy ending...Davey's Quest to Complete an Aikin Combo from the "1000 pen hoard".
regards
David
Posted 15 October 2013 - 01:21 PM
That combo looks to be made of similar material to the one I pointed out. Now that I see the price of the combo up right now, I'm wondering if the price of the one in my OP is high? Especially since that's my bid on it. Just wondering if I made an error in judgement. I got an Essex with 14k nib for $10 from the same seller, saw grey marble on this one and jumped quickly.
Lee
Posted 15 October 2013 - 08:57 PM
Posted 15 October 2013 - 08:59 PM
The Aikin combo that's up now is a little more interesting, can't remember the last one I've seen. Waterman combos are fairly uncommon and I gather Aikin combos can't be too common.
Hi Pearce,
Here's a chat at our wee FPB about an Aikin Combo... with a happy ending...Davey's Quest to Complete an Aikin Combo from the "1000 pen hoard".
regards
David
Posted 15 October 2013 - 10:34 PM
Lee,
I think at $40 your fine, retail I would think it would be $80-100 but it's not to say you couldn't win the same pen for $20 a month from now. I think as a steady rule if one can buy a good clean pen for half of that pen's approximate retail value then your doing well.
Pearce.
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