Has Anyone Heard Of Henry Simpole?

[esterbex]

Alright....finally received, re-sized and uploaded the Little Rock Trunk and Pen Show pics...it was an ordeal this time. (Bloody Mac! )

But a nice way to recap and end this month of March I can still feel the good vibes...

 

Lisa Vanness (who suggested the Trunk Show) and a verrrry good customer!

 

 

One of my favourite pen women, Sherrell Tyree...Ms. Sheaffer, Inc.

 

John had some reeeeally nice vintage pens...which Truffle Finder availed himself of.

 

There were young bright things to be seen meandering about...

 

Ladies were well-represented...

 

The Queen...Sam Fiorella

 

And her accoutrements...

 

Doing her Royal inspection of the Queen's Doll House instrumentation....

 

And keeping her people educated....

 

It was busy in the pens and parts and ink departments...

 

Even our watch_art was in on the action with lovely bride in tow!

 

Now random shots....I'm exhausted...

 

[esterbex]

These two were inseparable.

 

That little pen got lots of attention.

 

Lisa V and my boyfriend, her father-in-law.

 

Truffle keeping the troops encouraged...

 

[Truffle Finder]

I've just come on here to see how things were doing, and low and behold, this thread has just gone through the 100,000 views mark!

'Keep looking in folks! You never know what might be in here!"

Truffle Finder.

[esterbex]

I'd say that was a milestone worthy of fanfare!

 

 

http://www.goostreyrosefestival.co.uk/parade.gif

[Truffle Finder]

I am pleased to report that Saturday turned out to be a very successful day up at my booth at Portobello.

A gentleman from New Delhi turned up to see me, with a view to buying a Jasmine [A.E.], and 'possibly' a red hard rubber Simpini Pen.

After quite a long time talking and looking at the overlay pens in my selection box, he decided that he wanted the two pens afore-mentioned, and the Marilyn Monroe Pen!!!

Which was very welcomed business!

I only bought one vintage pen during the course of the day, a silver-striped pattern Oversized Vacumatic, but I spent most of Sunday working on it, and eventually got it finished today by lunchtime! They are one of those pens, where you can discover something wrong with almost every part of the pen! The more you take it apart, the more that you find another bit that needs replacing!

Still, I persevered, and now it is done!

Thank goodness!!!

Truffle Finder.

[billydo]

Wow that sounds like a great day at the office!

 

On a separate note there's a long-overdue portfolio added to Henry's website gallery.... http://penman.photium.com/the-simpini-pen

[esterbex]

Thanks Neal! Too bad Marilyn got away before she could make it into the hall of fame....

That was a tremendous Saturday, indeed! This keeps up and you'll need bodyguards

and an armoured car!

[Truffle Finder]

A brief montage of Henry's visit to The Little Rock Pen Show...

 

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/12954613683_7320be0164_b.jpg

I did a bit of repairing yesterday, the little Parker Duofold Junior [Jade] with the rare two-tone Duofold nib. [bottom right hand side of the picture above].

I bought it at the Little rock Pen Show, and was told at the time that those nibs are particularly rare, not only because they are two-tone, but because they were sequentially numbered, [similar to the idea first started by Sheaffer's, whereby people were able to identify their pen by the number on the nib!]

After Parker 'adopted' the idea, Sheaffer took them to court over their infringement of the idea, and subsequently won the case! Parker withdrew the remainder of the pens that had been made, and so now they are quite 'sought-after' by collectors!

At least that is what the 'seller' told me when I saw it!!!

I have no reason to disbelieve the story, but I have never seen another one of those nibs in all the time I have been dealing with fountain pens, but I would welcome any comments about the validity of what I was told when I bought the pen.

Truffle Finder.

Edited April 10, 2014 by Truffle Finder

[Truffle Finder]

I've had two bursts of inspiration over the last few days!

I have made another Marilyn Monroe overlay, [having sold the first one just recently], and now I am working on a second 'Mermaid with Bubbles'. Both are in silver, and I must say the bubbles are particularly difficult to execute. I made the first one over four years ago, and I had completely forgotten just how carefully I have to be to get it right, there is no room for a mistake, one slip of the piercing saw, and bang goes all the work done so far! Which means that the further one gets with the work the pressure gets more intense!

Still, I'm enjoying the challenge!

Truffle finder.

[esterbex]

I know someone who may be very happy about the "bubbles" edition....

So nice to be inspired....Hast thou acquired a Muse?

[Chris Chalmers]

I know someone who may be very happy about the "bubbles" edition....

So nice to be inspired....Hast thou acquired a Muse?

I do too!!!! She lives near the sea too...........!!!!

[Truffle Finder]

I've just got back from an Antiques Fair, [out in Essex!] where I picked up a Watermans Canadian Snakeskin Pattern No:92 [mushroom colour], it wasn't cheap, but I made the mistake of not inspecting it properly before I bought it! Anyway as it turned out, somebody had put the wrong sized lever-box in it, [it was too small for the slit, and when I tried to lift it, it popped out!]

Anyway, having found the correct sized lever-box in my 'spares draw', I have just finished replacing the lever-box, and it does look really nice. needless to say, I will be taking it with me tomorrow, [mainly because, if the weather is better tomorrow, there will hopefully be more outside dealers there, and hopefully some pens there to buy] and I will point out the problem with the Watermans Pen that I bought today, to the dealer who sold it to me!

Anyway, I'm pleased that I was able to fix it, and I'm pleased that I bought it!

Truffle Finder.

[esterbex]

Hmmmm. Mushroom you say? I've seen brown, which could be a mushroom, but let's see which one of these comes close.

 

Greg Mckinney's "brown" Canadian 92 found here on FPN:

 

http://www.gergyor.com/images/waterman92.jpg

 

Another "brown" Canadian 92V c. 1930 from an ebay sale:

http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/6/3/4/5/8/3/webimg/672740316_o.jpg?nc=825

 

And then there's Dr. Isaacson's 92V which isn't brown at all, also Canadian:

http://vacumania.com/penteech2/waterman92Vsnakep50per.jpg

[esterbex]

Then there's this "pearl" beauty, American, also from an ebay sale:

 

http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/6/3/4/5/8/3/webimg/674758924_o.jpg?nc=765

[esterbex]

My friend Álvaro Romillo calls this "Snake Lizard". It's a Canadian 92.

 

http://www.estilograficas.org/imagenes/examen/Waterman-92-Snake-Lizard/Waterman-92-Snake-Lizard-1.jpg

[esterbex]

Here's another "Snake Lizard" on a 92V:

 

http://www.estilograficas.org/imagenes/examen/waterman-92V-Snake-Lizard/waterman-92V-Snake-Lizard-1.jpg

 

So which one is yours Truffle?

[Truffle Finder]

My one's the Alvaro Romillo one!!! The 92 in 'mushroom' Snakeskin pattern!

It's a lovely looking pen, and quite uncommon to find.

Lovely!

Truffle Finder.

[esterbex]

My one's the Alvaro Romillo one!!! The 92 in 'mushroom' Snakeskin pattern!

It's a lovely looking pen, and quite uncommon to find.

Lovely!

Truffle Finder.

 

We have a winnah!

http://www.estilograficas.org/imagenes/examen/Waterman-92-Snake-Lizard/Waterman-92-Snake-Lizard-1.jpg

http://www.estilograficas.org/imagenes/examen/Waterman-92-Snake-Lizard/Waterman-92-Snake-Lizard-2.jpg

http://www.estilograficas.org/imagenes/examen/Waterman-92-Snake-Lizard/Waterman-92-Snake-Lizard-3.jpg

http://www.estilograficas.org/imagenes/examen/Waterman-92-Snake-Lizard/Waterman-92-Snake-Lizard-4.jpg

http://www.estilograficas.org/imagenes/examen/Waterman-92-Snake-Lizard/Waterman-92-Snake-Lizard-5.jpg

[Truffle Finder]

Hi Chris!

Nice to see that you have come back here!

Truffle Finder.

[billydo]

I've been catching up on some editing work from earlier this year and have a few of Henry's bespoke designs to feature. I believe that this is one of the Fairy designs, although I'm sure that Henry will clarify for us. It might still be for sale...? Or it might have sold when he visited the States last month...?