The Esterbrook Forum Estie Loaner Program

[mtbradley]

Thanks Bruce! By all means send me the user info. Thanks!

 

Matt

[OcalaFlGuy]

Matt,

 

Unfortunately, the Loaner Outer of that particular pen informs me he no longer has that pen.

 

However there IS a Copper J with a 2556 Fine nib that should write very similarly.

 

If you will contact Estieville resident/FPNer Nolan613, he has what you want.

 

Enjoy!

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl and the Esterbrook Loaner Program

[mtbradley]

No problem. Thanks Bruce!

 

Matt

[dcpritch]

Bruce, the Blue Icicle LJ is no longer available but I have a nice grey J and a blue SJ I can make available, and a fair selection of nibs.

[OcalaFlGuy]

David,

 

Let me know which nibs you have and I'll make the changes.

 

I am already Way Behind in updating the public list And My Own reference list.

 

And Thank You again for being a Loaner Outter.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[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 10/01/14.

Black Transitional, 2442 Falcon nib

Blue SJ, Medium 2668 nib
Red J, 2668 nib
Blue SJ/Gray J with the following nibs: 2284 Stub, 2312 Italic, 2968 Broad, 9556 Fine, 9550 Extra Fine, or 9788 flex (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

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

Red SJ 9460

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 October 1, 2014 by OcalaFlGuy

[amberleadavis]

Bruce... May I borrow

 

Red J 9314-B broad relief (oblique) stub

 

please?

[OcalaFlGuy]

AL-

 

I contacted your Loaner Outer, standby to hear back from them.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[dcpritch]

Hi Bruce,

 

I'm guessing my pen is the Blue SJ listed as fourth in your list above. Either way, this is what I have available for loaning out:

 

"Blue SJ or Grey J with the following nibs: 2284 Stub, 2312 Italic, 2968 Broad, 9556 Fine, 9550 Extra Fine, or 9788 flex (Borrower to specify which nib)"

 

Sorry about the delay getting back to you - I was on a canoe trip and was off the grid for several days.

 

Cheers, DAVID

[OcalaFlGuy]

David,

 

Please post that wonderful pic of you, "Shoes by the water", from Facebook here.

 

[EDIT] Your loaner pens entry was edited.

 

Bruce

Edited October 1, 2014 by OcalaFlGuy

[dcpritch]

Bruce, this one?

 

 

I took that picture in the same vicinity as this one, which gives a better idea of the wonders of autumn in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness:

 

 

 

Sorry for the off-topic photos, but Bruce made me!

[OcalaFlGuy]

Yep.

 

The shoes tell the whole story of the pic. That's a pro shot right there IMO. (As is the 2nd one for that matter.)

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[amberleadavis]

WOW -- what are those Orange things? Are they like the Green things? We don't have them out in the desert... some to think of it, what is that shiny stuff?

[amberleadavis]

A helpful hint about shipping Esties...

 

I was the one who didn't get the pen fully dry...my apologies!!!

 

Here was the advice:

 

Before returning the pen, flush it completely and then dry it. You can do a complete cleaning with or without removing the nib. If you are pulling Estie nibs to do a full flush out before returning a pen but however you flush it, be sure and either leave the pen, section down, with the nib out to drain for a couple hrs or if the nib stays in, wrap the nib area in some good paper towel for a few hours to get the last bit of liquid out of the pen.

[sirgilbert357]

Bruce, the Blue Icicle LJ is no longer available but I have a nice grey J and a blue SJ I can make available, and a fair selection of nibs.

 

OK, my recent "Small Pens for 150 or Less" thread has brought me to mounds of research on Esterbrook SJ's and I love the blue. I'd love to get in on this, but would prefer a medium nib if possible...

 

So, I guess I'd like to borrow: SJ in blue with medium nib. If that's not possible, just any SJ in medium nib would be fantastic. I have two bottled inks: Noodler's Liberty Elysium and Pelikan Edelstein Topaz, and then other various ink samples too.

 

Anyone have a pen that fits? (uh, have I been here 30 days yet?? LOL)

 

Edit: Yes!! I have been here for more than 30 days!

Edited October 30, 2014 by sirgilbert357

[OcalaFlGuy]

Sirgilbert, A resident of Estieville has stepped forward with a pen for you to borrow.

 

Please check the first post in this thread to be sure you know how the Loaner Progam works and stand by to hear from your Loaner Outer.

 

Thanks for participating!

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl and The Esterbrook Loaners Progam

[sirgilbert357]

Sirgilbert, A resident of Estieville has stepped forward with a pen for you to borrow.

 

Please check the first post in this thread to be sure you know how the Loaner Progam works and stand by to hear from your Loaner Outer.

 

Thanks for participating!

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl and The Esterbrook Loaners Progam

 

Thanks! Yes, we have been communicating. I declined to accept the loaner pen...I kind of just bought one on Ebay, LOL. It was a blue SJ with a "new in box" medium 2668 nib, with the pen supposedly fully restored. Pretty excited...but I may be back soon to try a J series...

[amberleadavis]

[OcalaFlGuy]

LOL!

 

Great vid too.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[amberleadavis]

I'm self amusing.