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[david i]

I don't aggressively  collect Skylines.  The 10-15 I'm currently keeping mostly turned up in the mix with other pens.  Skyline actually offers a huge range of variants. They often make nice writers and are of decent construction, save that the injection-plastic (solid color plastic parts) can be a bit fragile.    I enjoy seeing nice examples and often stock the series for sale. I concede I've never reviewed the old catalogues that might show this model.

 

At risk of "yeah, sure", I really have never set out to find the oversized model-- Executive-- which is a somewhat poorly appreciated pen in the general hobby community.  I've bought them when they were part of larger collections or when I stumbled on pens at pen shows in situations in which I simply could not pass.

 

In fact, I had never seen one in brown-- or thought I hadn't-- until the Los Angeles Pen Show, Feb 2014, when I stumbled across and bought two not an hour apart. When it rains it pours. Then, when I returned home and continued to sort a few hundred pens I'd not explored in a couple years, I found a third example, albeit something of a parts pen.

 

So, reviewing my old pens, I turned up 7 Executive pens and a pencil. Found one in burgundy.

 

Then it occurred to me that I'd not seen an image online showing together  four colors of Executive.

 

I'm not really crazy about the following images.  They're a bit contrasty and don't do the pens justice.

 

So, anyone care to add info/images? 

 

Any other trim found?

 

When did these appear in catalogue?

 

The pen at right is standard size Skyline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

regards

 

David

[Hugh]

Hi David,

 

They really are very attractive, maybe I'll have to keep an eye out for one of those big boys. Perhaps there could be a green barrel "out there" ?

 

Regards

Hugh

[PatM]

David and Hugh -

 

I have a couple additional variations of the Executives.  One is in fact a solid green barrel and derby with a striped cap and the other is a black barrel and derby with a striped cap much the same as the cap on your blue pen.  I'll try to shoot them before Raleigh and post the photo, but if not I'll bring them to Raleigh so that you can see them.

 

I think that the OS Executive Skylines are pretty scarce, and most of them that are out there often go unrecognized unless they are seen side-by-side with the other two Skyline sizes.  They just aren't seen enough to instantly be recognized as OS.

 

BTW - in my experience the standard size with the gold derby and wide band as shown in the photo isn't all that easy to find.

 

Best,

Pat

[david i]

 

 

BTW - in my experience the standard size with the gold derby and wide band as shown in the photo isn't all that easy to find.

SNIP

 

Best,

Pat

 

Hi Pat,

 

I've vague recollection some have claimed that sort was  military-related.

[penpalace]

David,

 

I too have a solid green executive with striped cap (gold and green I believe) and matching pencil.

 

Pearce.

[Hugh]

One turned up on ebay Aust. so how could I resist!! It's a really dark blue.