A Croxley Dickinson

[penmanila]

i'd always wanted to have a british-made croxley dickinson pen, partly because of its distinctive parker-ish arrow pen, and i've also always been a sucker for golden-brown pens (marbled, mottled, tortoise), so when this one came up today on ebay buy-it-now, i couldn't say no:

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll296/penmanila/KGrHqRHJFEFH3lUYitjBSCW3wYtM60_57_zps09e817ac.jpg

it was advertised as having a medium nib and i would've been happy with that, given how the pen was in great shape; but when i scrutinized the ebay pics more closely after buying the pen, i saw that i was in for a pleasant surprise:

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll296/penmanila/KGrHqIOKo8FHpMiLTNBSCW4QeJ6Q60_57_zps39762cd7.jpg

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll296/penmanila/T2eC16FHJHFFlwU18BSCW4L0JJg60_57_zps53573274.jpg

not bad, i think, for $60 BIN

 

[penmanila]

i finally received the pen yesterday herein manila in a batch of 11 pens, and the croxley was easily the standout in the batch. it's absolutely mint, and all i needed to do was to realign the lever with the nib. the nib is a gorgeously smooth BB stub.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3780/9719665291_bfb96536d2_c.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/9719666477_853d714e69_c.jpg

it's actually almost as thick as, and just slightly shorter than, a duofold international:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3735/9722993404_f05c260fa4_c.jpg

the imprint is crisp and clear:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7311/9722897370_bdcfc1465e_c.jpg

and how can this parker fanboy not dig those arrows?

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3674/9723000916_fb032ddc5d_c.jpg

[Uncle Red]

Very cool, thanks for showing it to us.

[rwilsonedn]

Beautiful pen! Congratulations.

ron

[Azuniga]

Thanks for the images... Great pen, it is not easy to see one... and what a nib !! great (Nib is always the first thing I watch from a pen)

and this BB is superb.

Ariel

[Strang]

I have one of these in a boring green (as compared to your beauty) and the nib was awful when I got it. Had to send it to my nib guy to sort it out. But your nib is...oo-la-la!

[Malcy]

They are lovely pens. I have been using my black version this week which has a slightly flexy medium nib. Your pen puts it in the shade though with that wonderful celluloid and stub nib.

 

Well done, a great buy.