The Esterbrook Forum Estie Loaner Program

[Auspice]

Looking forward to my gold status... would love, love to trial run an Estie.

[amberleadavis]

How about a just barely oblique Stub?

 

Google Esterbrook 2442 Falcon images.

 

That one.

 

I have it in a Black 3 rib Transitional, in my opinion, the quintessential Estie. It is as wide a pen as the double jewel J and within 1/8" of being As Long.

 

It is my Loaner Program pen, you are welcomed to try if you like.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

 

 

I'd love to!

[TheModernGent]

I've never tried a stub nib or an Estie so why not kill 2 birds with one stone?

 

Green Transitional J 2284 broad stub

[OcalaFlGuy]

 

Important Change to the Esterbrook Loaner Program;

We will no longer be able to send pens from Within the U.S.A. to borrowers residing overseas. There was a United States Postal Service rate increase last year that more than doubled the prior reasonable rate of around $3.00 to ship a pen overseas to $7.35. It therefore is unreasonable to expect overseas members to pay the approximate $15.00 in postage to borrow a pen when they can BUY their Own Estie for about that same amount.

There are NO changes to the Loaner Program for pens borrowed within the Untied States or within Other countries where the Loaner Program has pens available.

IF you happen to be a prospective overseas borrower and you ARE willing to pay that near $15.00 postage to borrow an Estie, you are still welcomed of course to post your request to borrow a pen and we'll be glad to set you up.

We DO have a Very Limited number of pens listed for In Country loan outs Only in England/Europe, Australia, and on the island of Curcaco.

 

If you are a FPNer residing outside the U.S. that owns a good condition, nice writing Esterbrook and would like to help us spread the Estie joy, we would Greatly Appreciate you allowing us to add your pen(s) to the list of In Country loan outs available for Your country.

Pens available for borrowing Within the United States as of 06/10/14.

Black Transitional, 2442 Falcon nib On Loan

Blue SJ, Medium 2668 nib
Red J, 2668 nib ON LOAN
Blue LJ, 9556 F or 9550 XF nib (Borrower to specify which nib)
Blue SJ, 1550 XF, 2556 F, 2284 S (Borrower to specify which nib)
Copper J, 2556 F nib and a 2668 M
Copper J, 9556 F or 9668 M or 9048 whichever the Borrower desires
Green J, 9788 M
Blue LJ, 2312 italic

Green LJ 9048 extra flexible fine

Green Transitional J 2284 broad stub On Loan

Green Transitional J 9556

Red J 9314-B broad relief (oblique) stub

Blue J 9314-F fine relief (oblique) stub

Green J 9460 manifold medium

Red SJ 9550 ON LOAN

Red SJ 9460 ON LOAN

Turquoise M2 2284 broad stub

Turquoise M2 2312 italic

SJ Nurse Pen Red Jewels Sonnet 18K medium nib (if you have a taste to try the bizarre)

Silver J, 2668, or Osmiroid: one italic, broad, and one rolatip broad. (This pen will come from Curacao, it's postage may be slightly higher and postage delay a bit longer, it's Loaner Outter has more info on this.)

Pens residing overseas for in country loan only;

Australia-Silver SJ, with either a 1551 M or 2668 M

The United Kingdom/ OTHER countries within Europe-Green J 2556, Copper SJ 2668 (Either can come with a 1555 or 2314 B too) NO LOANER POSTAGE FEE on these two pens Within the UK! Other European country members can discuss/agree on the postage costs with this Loaner Outter.

The subject of a few Estie Borrowers not fulfilling their part of the postal reimbursement has been discussed among the Estie Loaner Outters. They are those most immediately impacted.

As a result, there is a *PENDING* change to at least the order of how things happen in the Loaner Program.

The change is simply that the Borrower will Paypal Gift the agreed on postage to them to their Lender Outter, either $3.00 or the amount they agree to with the Lender Outter, BEFORE the Estie is placed into the mail to the Borrower.

This eliminates the After borrowing postage issue thusly solving it.

This change Will Remain *A PENDING Change* to the point at which Another Borrower than the ones currently known of, fails to keep their end of the Loan Out agreement up. At that point it changes from Pending to In Force.

The decision of when or if that ever occurs lies solely in the hands of those borrowing the Esties.

Bruce in Ocala, FL and The Esterbrook Forum

 

Edited June 10, 2014 by OcalaFlGuy

[OcalaFlGuy]

How about a just barely oblique Stub?

 

Google Esterbrook 2442 Falcon images.

 

That one.

 

I have it in a Black 3 rib Transitional, in my opinion, the quintessential Estie. It is as wide a pen as the double jewel J and within 1/8" of being As Long.

 

It is my Loaner Program pen, you are welcomed to try if you like.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

 

 

 

 

I'd love to!

 

 

I've never tried a stub nib or an Estie so why not kill 2 birds with one stone?

 

Green Transitional J 2284 broad stub

 

ALD, please shoot me a good Addy backchannel and I will have it out to you this week.

 

The ModernGent, standby to hear from the owner of your Loaner pen. In the meantime, be sure to familiarize yourself with how the Loaner Program works in Post #1 of this thread, Thanks!

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl and The Esterbrook Forum's Loaner Program

[TheModernGent]

Read before posting thanks Bruce!

 

I fully blame @amberleadavis for suggesting I find this thread...LOL

[pajaro]

When I send out a pen for a loan, I put my home address on the envelope and return envelope. Just lately I am finding people using business addresses, which might make sense for convenience, PO boxes, the like, apparently to avoid putting their home address out there. I am reconsidering this, and feeling that I am reluctant to put my home address onthese envelopes if the borrowers are not willing to do the same. So, I probably will not send a pen to a subterfuge address.

 

I might be willing to give the pens to someone who will use them mainly for the Estie Loaner Program.

 

My concern is that my wife is mostly disabled. So, if you are unwilling to send to me here in remote Michigan your street address, do you think I should expose mine to you?

Edited June 16, 2014 by pajaro

[amberleadavis]

As a person always worried about crazy stalker types....Of course you should use a PO Box or business address. That being said, I should not use my real name as my FPN name. I use my business address for all mail, not because I'm hiding it, but because I'm at work all the time. Also, I live in a really bad (by Las Vegas standards) neighborhood and anything left in my mailbox while I am at work, could very well be stolen.

 

Meanwhile, Pajaro, you are being very gracious in loaning out your pens. You should feel free to ask for whatever information you want especially an address.

[TheModernGent]

I don't think I'm interesting enough to warrant a stalker so I have no problem giving my home address for things. But, to Amber's point, I am at work 8-5 Monday through Friday so I have a lot of my packages/purchases sent here just so I can play with them sooner

[Auspice]

I work from home, so I just have everything sent here. I just can't justify the cost of a PO Box on my budget for the few packages I receive.

[amberleadavis]

So, I guess, we'd like to say we aren't hiding out, we just aren't at home. BUT we will all gladly give you our home addresses should you feel more comfortable having that information when you hare sharing a pen with us.

[injesticate]

So, I guess, we'd like to say we aren't hiding out, we just aren't at home. BUT we will all gladly give you our home addresses should you feel more comfortable having that information when you hare sharing a pen with us.

+1

I had never considered the potential home/business address issue. While I do not live in a bad area (as far as I am aware) I have almost everything delivered to me at my work address, simply because if an item is sent to me that needs to be signed for, it is guaranteed someone will be available. I would hate to be indirectly responsible for the loss of a pen.

 

On a separate note...I've recently acquired another Estie in less than spectacular condition: a nibbled upon black SJ, if memory serves. Once I work up the nerve to replace the j-bar and get it cleaned up, I may have a (very basic) pen or two for the program.

[dcpritch]

I use my office address for everything because I am here all the time, at least at any hour a postal or other delivery person might be working, plus I keep my pens and ink at my office so its the best place to have things delivered.

 

Oh, and my dog Parker - he is convinced that any box left at our door is a present dropped off for his personal enjoyment. He loves cardboard - tears it into tiny pieces - and sometimes a box's contents will suffer "incidental damage". That's why I have things delivered to my office!

[TheModernGent]

I use my office address for everything because I am here all the time, at least at any hour a postal or other delivery person might be working, plus I keep my pens and ink at my office so its the best place to have things delivered.

 

Oh, and my dog Parker - he is convinced that any box left at our door is a present dropped off for his personal enjoyment. He loves cardboard - tears it into tiny pieces - and sometimes a box's contents will suffer "incidental damage". That's why I have things delivered to my office!

I saw something on the news around Christmas time where someone had new iPhones delivered and the family dog destroyed the box and all of its contents

[ScienceChick]

Woo hoo - I made Gold!!! There are so many cool Esties to choose from. If the blue LJ w/9556 nib is available I'd love to try that one. Then I want to try a flex. And a stub. And . . . Can you tell I'm excited?

Edited August 23, 2014 by ScienceChick

[OcalaFlGuy]

ScienceChick,

 

I have loosed the carrier pigeon to your Loaner Outter. Standby to hear back from them.

 

In the interim, if you haven't already, please check out post #1 in this thread as to how the Loaner Program works.

 

Hoping you enjoy your test pen.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl and the Estiebrook Loaners Program

[amberleadavis]

Thank you for the loaner pen program. I had a great time and learned a whole lot. Oh, and ended up buying pens.

[ScienceChick]

Oh, and ended up buying pens.

 

Big surprise! This is like drug dealers giving out samples.

[OcalaFlGuy]

Big surprise! This is like drug dealers giving out samples.

Esties aren't called The Crack Cocaine of Vintage Fountain Pens for nothing...

 

(My entry in the 150th Estiebrook Anniversary contest here a few years ago.)

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl-friendly neighborhood Corner Crack Pen Enabler

Edited August 24, 2014 by OcalaFlGuy

[gweimer1]

Nice.