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#1 Rocco P

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Posted 22 November 2015 - 01:24 PM

This week I have found:

  • A Pagliero/Stilnova 22 ring-top button filler with a very nice celluloid. The celluloid has great depth and pearlescence. The blind cap has pretty deep teeth marks, though. I'll have to try and remove or at least reduce them. Also, the pressure bar was thoroughly rusted, to the point that there remained little more than half of it, the rest having been reduced to powder. And, the nib tip is bent. I'll try to address this last issue as soon as Mr. Nishimura nib block, which I ordered recently, reaches my doorstep. I'll appreciate if someone will share his experience in using the block for nib straightening.
  • Two Aurora 88s in good shape. In the photo, the nearest one is a late production first generation while the other is an 88K, a second generation pen, and not an early one as indicated by the black plastic "jewel". These finds bring the grand total of Aurora 88s bought this last month to four, and I have passed over many others, in worse shape or whose vendors asked too much. I have yet to clean and restore the pens, as my seals supply is still boxed away along with my pen collection, after my move a few months ago.
  • A Columbus extra 150 in great shape. It is yet another P51 clone from Italy. Like the Aurora 88, it is a piston filler with a hooded nib. Unlike its more famous cousin, the hood covers a traditional nib and section!

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Edit: formatting and grammar. I'm Italian and I'll appreciate if you'll point to me the grammar mistakes that are undoubtedly still present.


Edited by Rocco P, 22 November 2015 - 01:30 PM.

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#2 Rocco P

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Posted 06 December 2015 - 12:48 PM

This week I have found an aerometric Parker 51, an Omas Lucens and a Soennecken Pony.

 

The P51 is a run of the mill black aerometric with a gold filled cap. The cap has the converging lines pattern. I have already several such P51s, but the vendor asked only 10 euros and I didn't resist buying it. P51s are the second most common pen to be found on the wild in Rome, the most common being Aurora 88s. By the way, every gold-filled P51 cap I have (and I must have at least a dozen) is of the converging lines kind.

 

The Omas Lucens would have been a great find, were it not for a broken cap (the cap top and lip are partly missing, as is the clip). The barrel is thoroughly scratched, but none of the scratches are deep. The Lucens was a nice pen offered by Omas both in a faceted version (Extra Lucens) and with a round barrel (Lucens). The barrel is semi-transparent, hence the name. Mine has a ringed pattern and I hope that with a good soak I'll be able to restore some transparency to it. The filling mechanism was called: "stantuffo tuffante" and follows the same principle as that used on Dunns.

 

The Soennecken Pony is in great shape, but for a hairline crack in the nib, originating from the vent hole, and a few shallow scratches on the barrel.

 

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I am Italian and not at all at ease with the English language. I'll be thankful if you'll point to me any grammar errors or other mistakes.


Edited by Rocco P, 06 December 2015 - 12:50 PM.

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#3 Rocco P

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Posted 24 January 2016 - 11:03 AM

This week my haul is quite meager: a lonely Pen-Co 53. It's a first generation model, a plunger filler with a conical nib.

 

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Posted 31 January 2016 - 05:03 PM

Today, I have found a nice vacumatic, with incredible transparency, a (cheap) vacumatic P51 and a NOS german piston filler.

 

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Posted 02 February 2016 - 05:43 AM

You are having good luck :)

 

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Posted 07 February 2016 - 04:51 PM

This week I have found a beautiful Aurora Selene - a "Lady" model - a rolled gold Zenith Extra and a lowly Pelikan 120.

 

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Posted 21 February 2016 - 12:42 PM

This week it's the turn of a lever fill rolled gold Columbus Extra - a lady size pen - with a very nice, very flexible nib. I have also bought another Pelikan 120. For 5 euros (as much as last week) I could not say no!

 

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Posted 27 March 2016 - 10:47 AM

Today has been a lucky day!

 

First group, from top to bottom:

 

1. Omas extra - a nice piston filler in black celluloid

2. Sagitta 89 - a very nicely built piston filler with hooded, flexible nib

3. Parker VS - black good cap, deep posting rings

4. Sheaffer Vacuum-fil - black with abalone shells. What is the name of this model?

5. Tibaldi infrangibile - see this topic for a little more info

 

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Second group, from top to bottom:

 

1. Montblanc 221

2. Kaweco Dia 02G

3. Stipula α-χalegrafica 

4. Montegrappa 302

5. Swan self-filler 6260

 

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Posted 03 April 2016 - 10:31 AM

Today I have found only two pens. An Omas Extra Lucens anellata and an aerometric Parker 51 (yet another black one, with rolled gold, five converging lines cap).

 

The Omas is a very nice find and cheap to boot! The 51 came with it and is in fair condition, but has a fossilized sac filled with red ink. It's the first time that I have found an aerometric 51 with an unusable sac. Luckily, PVC replacement are available.

 

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