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!
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.