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#40919 Sheaffer thread sealant question
Posted by Rocco P on 11 May 2015 - 07:03 PM in R & R: (Repair and Restoration)
I'd say it's worth the piece of mind of knowing that a little heat it's all it would take to open pens sealed with it.
Just my 2 cents
#40917 Trade Marks List for 1922 - USA
Posted by Rocco P on 11 May 2015 - 06:53 PM in Elements of Collecting: Hunting, Valuing and Polemicizing
#40920 Trade Marks List for 1922 - USA
Posted by Rocco P on 11 May 2015 - 07:06 PM in Elements of Collecting: Hunting, Valuing and Polemicizing
Hi Paolino. Yes, but international shipping alone bumps the cost a bit.
I've had the files ready for months. Just need to get the copies done.
regards
david
Great. Count me in, and thanks.
#42808 SWAN 3620 - shrinking feeder problem
Posted by Rocco P on 06 January 2016 - 08:54 AM in R & R: (Repair and Restoration)
Thanks, Deb. I'll follow your advice on my next restoration.
#42800 SWAN 3620 - shrinking feeder problem
Posted by Rocco P on 05 January 2016 - 11:50 AM in R & R: (Repair and Restoration)
It seems that your problem is a consequence of soaking. I'd never seen that because I don't soak sections and feeds, partly because of the risk of fading but also because there is no benefit in it. There are better ways of loosening parts and removing dried ink.
I don't know how the "Swan" imprint aligns. It's not something I've ever paid any attention to.
I try to use as little (cold) water as possible, for fear of fading, but I'll be the first to admit that I have little experience. I'd like to learn better techniques. How do you remove ink without soaking at least up to the nib?
#41694 Pelikan 400N
Posted by Rocco P on 12 July 2015 - 06:10 AM in Post Your Pen Finds
I do remember, though, that the box carries a price sticker of 50.000 Lire, the equivalent of 25 euros or 22 dollars, so the box, at least, is quite old.
#41712 Pelikan 400N
Posted by Rocco P on 14 July 2015 - 08:25 PM in Post Your Pen Finds
The Logo on your case is 1968 or later. Have a look at here:
https://www.grafik.n...orm/pelican-ink
C.
Then M400 it is. Thanks for the info. I have much to learn about pelikans.
#41587 Pelikan 400N
Posted by Rocco P on 05 July 2015 - 12:23 PM in Post Your Pen Finds
I am only casual with Pelikans, but even I know the 400N is uncommon compared to the plain 400 or the 400nn.
Nice find.
-d
Actually, I'm not an expert on Pelikans. My pen may very well be a 400. Next to my 400 it seems a tiny bit longer and has a more rounded blind cap, which should be telltale signs of a 400n.
Anyway, since I'm moving, the pen will go with the others in a box. No more pen hunts for me, for a while.
#41585 Pelikan 400N
Posted by Rocco P on 05 July 2015 - 12:03 PM in Post Your Pen Finds
#42309 MontBlanc 252 Ring of the cap no engraved with Brand MB
Posted by Rocco P on 03 October 2015 - 06:15 PM in OTHER EUROPEAN and ASIAN PENS
Here's the photo from your gallery.
#42904 More finds at Porta Portese
Posted by Rocco P on 24 January 2016 - 11:03 AM in Post Your Pen Finds
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.
#43133 More finds at Porta Portese
Posted by Rocco P on 03 April 2016 - 10:31 AM in Post Your Pen Finds
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.
#42940 More finds at Porta Portese
Posted by Rocco P on 31 January 2016 - 05:03 PM in Post Your Pen Finds
Today, I have found a nice vacumatic, with incredible transparency, a (cheap) vacumatic P51 and a NOS german piston filler.
#42969 More finds at Porta Portese
Posted by Rocco P on 07 February 2016 - 04:51 PM in Post Your Pen Finds
This week I have found a beautiful Aurora Selene - a "Lady" model - a rolled gold Zenith Extra and a lowly Pelikan 120.
#43115 More finds at Porta Portese
Posted by Rocco P on 27 March 2016 - 10:47 AM in Post Your Pen Finds
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
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
#43016 More finds at Porta Portese
Posted by Rocco P on 21 February 2016 - 12:42 PM in Post Your Pen Finds
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!
#42622 More finds at Porta Portese
Posted by Rocco P on 22 November 2015 - 01:24 PM in Post Your Pen Finds
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.
#42689 More finds at Porta Portese
Posted by Rocco P on 06 December 2015 - 12:48 PM in Post Your Pen Finds
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.
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.
#42016 Was there Parker 61 Custom Insignia?
Posted by Rocco P on 29 August 2015 - 10:48 AM in PARKER: (USA "Big Five")
The vast majority of Parkers of any vintage found in the wild here in Italy is made in England.
#41229 A marbled Skyline?
Posted by Rocco P on 15 June 2015 - 04:25 AM in WAHL, WATERMAN and CONKLIN (USA "Big Five")
#42713 Gold Covered duofold
Posted by Rocco P on 08 December 2015 - 08:42 PM in PARKER: (USA "Big Five")
#42010 Was there Parker 61 Custom Insignia?
Posted by Rocco P on 27 August 2015 - 07:51 PM in PARKER: (USA "Big Five")
#42702 Gold Covered duofold
Posted by Rocco P on 08 December 2015 - 11:55 AM in PARKER: (USA "Big Five")
Was it a jeweler job or did it come from a Parker factory?
Oggetto: PARKER DUOFOLD 18CT VERY RARE
URL: http://pages.ebay.co...9561284&alt=web
#42623 Recent finds at Porta Portese
Posted by Rocco P on 22 November 2015 - 01:32 PM in Post Your Pen Finds
Continues at this post.
#42318 Barclay Restoration
Posted by Rocco P on 04 October 2015 - 08:54 AM in OTHER EUROPEAN and ASIAN PENS
Beautiful pen. Are they difficult to find? I'll have to keep an eye out for these.
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