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Oh Neal! Your photos do them justice! Beautiful! :wub:

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~~Larry Brown

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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...?

 

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Aaww thanks Wendi... I do try to make them look as real as I can...! :blush:

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Thank you Neal for posting that on here.

I can't remember exactly when I did this overlay, but I suspect that it was quite a while ago. I think that it was before I got interested in doing a series of Fairy designs, [and that must have been over a year ago!]

Funnily enough, I was looking through my 'stuff' here in the workshop, and found a 'nest' of them, [with the base-pens already made up] so hopefully I will get them finished and assembled shortly!

Truffle Finder. :)

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Yesterday up at Portobello, was a bit 'underwhelming' sadly, but I did meet a few vintage pen collectors, who bought a few pens.

The only pen that I bought yesterday, was a Burgundy Oversized Vacumatic, which needs re-sacking, and the tail-end tassie replacing, [but I am hopeful that I have the appropriate one in amongst my 'spares'!] :unsure:

A good customer of mine, brought in a very early NY Mabie Todd [No:6 nib] Eternal for repair, he had bought it at a USA pen show, and had not noticed that there was a crack in the mouth of the barrel, so he left it with me to repair it as invisibly as possible! It means pretty major surgery, but I feel fairly confident that I can do it!

Truffle finder. :) :excl:

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I am pleased to report, that the pen repairs have all been done. Sadly the oversized Vacumatic, still has a black tassie fitted at the back end of the barrel, [i couldn't find a 'patterned' one in my 'spares box'], but it is now a fine example of that model of pen, even with a black tassie!

The 'major surgery' that was required to repair the Mabie Todd Eternal was also successful, It is nearly an invisible repair, but certainly much more robust than it was before I started working on it! I'm quite sure that my friend will be very pleased with what I haver done. I hope so anyway!

Truffle Finder. :)

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Like this one of David Nishimura's?

 

http://www.vintagepens.com/images/cat/10826b.jpg

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http://www.vintagepens.com/images/cat/10826g.jpg

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Thanks Esterbex!

Yes that is the same pen as the one that I have worked on, the only difference is that my customer's one has the Swan Eternal No:6 nib in it!

I think that this early form of 'mottled hard rubber' is very attractive, in comparison with the later type. This one looks as through someone has dragged a lightly loaded paint brush in a spiral round the length of the pen, very strange!

Being a great fan of Steven Fry, here is a Quite Interesting 'fact' about Swan Eternal nibs:- A Swan Eternal nib weighs precisely double that of a standard Swan nib of the same [numbered] sized nib. Obviously having been made from double thickness sheet gold, which would explain why it would be very rare to find a flexible Swan Eternal Nib!

To quote Michael Cain, "Not a lot of people know that!"

Truffle Finder. -_- :excl:

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Hi!

Yesterday at my weekly trip to Portobello, I met up with a few of my regular customers, as well as a visit from an American [who I had met when I last went to the Columbus Ohio Pen Show,] he had E-mailed me during last week, to tell me of his intention to come and see me there, so I thought that I would take my Pension Scheme folder of Vintage Pens to show him. He did appreciate having the opportunity to see them, and seemed genuinely impressed by the condition of the pens within!

I was offered a job-lot of vintage pens to buy, namely a Watermans 'Mustard' Ripple 52V pen and pencil set, with 9ct gold cap bands in it's original box. The lever box needed replacing, [don't nearly all of them?] anyway, they have both been done, and they look fabulous in the box.

There were also a couple of Lapis Conklins, one with the matching prop: pencil, [ladies ring-top set] and the other one was with the spring clip, they both needed refurbishing, and they are all done, so now I plan to mow the lawn now, very therapeutic!

A very satisfying day, yesterday, and hopefully today as well!

Truffle Finder. :) :excl:

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Yes Esterbex, once again you have found pictures of the very same pens that I have been so diligently working on this morning!

Thank you so much for completing the pictures so quickly.

Truffle Finder. ;) :excl:

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By "mustard" do you mean "olive"? Does this one look like it? Photo from Vintage Fountain Pens, Inc.

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This is definitely the same Watermans model, with the exception that my one has a 9ct Gold band on the cap, and one on the Propelling Pencil!

Truffle Finder.

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Ahhh...like these ones...no close-ups of the hallmarks, but described as "9-carat cap band"

 

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Hello!

 

At Henry's request, I am trying to upload a picture of the engraving of the pen I am doing at the moment.

 

This is a very close...close up!

 

This is a reproduction of a 15th century engraving by one of my favourite engravers, Aldegrever.

 

The head of the sphinx ( well, I guess it is a sphinx, a winged creature!) is 8mm high. And I am really excited to be working on this!! can't wait to meet Henry again and finish this first pen!!!

 

Working on silver has been very different from working on mild steel, but I think I am getting there.

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag371/Katcha_Katia/IMG_0861_zpsbb48cf84.jpg[/url]

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My engraving website. http://www.gunengraving.co.uk

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Ahhhh! Katia I think you're on the right track!

God is seldom early, never late, and always on time.

~~Larry Brown

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Katia, your engraving work is 'exemplary'!

I look forward to seeing you again, [and the overlay in the 'flesh'].

I'm sure that the finished pen will be purchased very quickly after it has been completed.

Truffle Finder. :wub: :rolleyes: :excl:

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I am the Chap who had a pleasant visit with Henry at his Portobello stand.

 

Henry indeed brought a folio of some highlights from his personal collection to show me and although he was quite enamored of the rare nibbed parker mentioned above as well as many incredible Onotos and Conway Stewarts, the pen that leaped out at me in the lot was his virtually perfect Green Triad. Wow Henry, simply wow!!! ( although to be fair, the man has some unbelievable Conways :excl: :) )

 

Thank you Henry, it was a treat to see some of your collection.

 

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I seem to recall this nice face from Ohio. Hope to see it again this year!

God is seldom early, never late, and always on time.

~~Larry Brown

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I spy a wine bottle above the Truffle's head....wonder if anything is in it.....ink perhaps? :rolleyes:

God is seldom early, never late, and always on time.

~~Larry Brown

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some sort of ink bottle actually, according to Henry.

Thanks for righting my photo :)

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