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Another weekend find. Again I found a box of pens, took a look, and was convinced the box had nothing in it of interest to me, just Pentel gel pens and pencils. But as so often, a bit of rootling found something interesting. I thought this was a very odd find; from the outside this looks a very 1980s-ish pen, but when I open it up, it's practically a safety pen! It's not an eyedropper though - there appears to be room for a cartridge inside - and it's much, much heavier than any of my BHR safeties. http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t411/amk-fpn/harleype.jpg Well, it's a Harley Davidson*, 'Spirit' retractable. It's engineered quite nicely - the twist action propels the nib out, and the clip is flush with the cap but springs out when you push down on the cap top. I particularly like the knurled edge to the cap. The blue is quite metallic. http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t411/amk-fpn/harleypen2.jpg 'HD Spirit' and a number are engraved rather nicely on the cap, while the body has a 'Harley Davidson' cartouche in black metal. I rather like the nib. It's quite plain, with vertical stripes and a wide 'gold' border, and no breather hole - quite good looking. I haven't cleaned it up and tried the pen yet. http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t411/amk-fpn/harley1.jpg The only thing wrong with this pen, from my point of view, is that it's too heavy. (A bit like the bikes...) But otherwise, I'm quite impressed with it. I wish I knew more about it; I know Waterman made a Harley-branded Kultur and a sort of 'spark plug' pen, but did they make this one as well?

Hello! My mother dropped her Harley Davidson pen that was purchased for her in 1996 that was originally manufactured by "Stypen", and the nib broke off. I tried searching on eBay, but to be honest, I have no idea what the model number is and how to find discontinued nibs to purchase for her (if there are any). Here are the two photos I took of my mother's pen, and the box she has says the following at the back: HD RGE SUNG BR -- I believe this is French "HD Rge" = HD Rouge or HD Red RED BALL HD -- English name Made in France 385328 -- I am assuming this is the model number but I don't know what the model name is. If anyone could please help me try and find a new nib for her, I'd be forever grateful! Update: Goodness, I don't know what's wrong but the images are too large. My apologies! I don't know how to fix it.

This is my first review here and I thought I would do a hand-written one. Unfortunately, my scanner has broken down and the images below are snaps taken with my mobile phone camera. A couple of the close-up pen shots were taken with my Nikon D-SLR and a Macro lens. I struggle to give marks, and have restricted myself to giving stars (3 stars being the best). I have also uploaded this material to a new blog I have started, on the insistence of a colleague (http://fpensnme.blogspot.in/).

Hello I am trying to get a cheap waterman pen. And I have narrowed it down to those two. But I do not know the difference between those two so I want FPN's advice. As I heard both those pens resemble Philea,right? And that means the nibs are compatible, am I right? I have a laureat so I want to try different nibs than laureat but if there is a difference in those two pens (except some minor apperance) please give me advices , thanks.