Help Me Identify Please?

[SeanKidd]

I am trying to catalog my fountain pens and I do not know what model of Estherbrook this is. Can someone help me? Thanks! I LOVE this simple little pen. It's probably the least valuable of my collection, but it writes like a DREAM!

[gregamckinney]

Looks like an LJ to me, but would be easier to be sure if you could provide the dimensions.

I suspect Bruce will be along shortly to give you more details about the sizes of the J series pens.

 

greg

[savingbirds]

Yeah, probably either a J (5" long, capped) or LJ (4.75" long, capped).

[ANM]

A J and an LJ are about the same length but the LJ has a smaller diameter and the jewels on both ends are the same size. A J will have a larger cap jewel than the one on the end of the pen. The SJ is shorter than either.

 

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/DSCN1319_zps4ffd15c1.jpg

Edited March 17, 2014 by ANM

[ANM]

The red one is an SJ

 

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii101/matthewsno/DSCN1320_zpsdf4a729c.jpg

[lahlahlaw]

Edit: i hadn't seen ANM's post, I concur.

 

A measurement and a look at the jewels will tell you.

 

The J and LJ are both 5 inches long, but the J has a larger cap jewel whereas both of the LJ's jewels are the same size.

 

The SJ is 4.75 inches long, I think of this one as Short J = SJ. Like the J, the SJ has different sized jewels.

 

If you only have pictures to work with, the J is differentiated from the SJ by looking at the distance between the lever and end of the barrel. On the full size J, the distance is just about the same length as the lever itself, whereas the SJ's distance is appreciably shorter.

Edited March 17, 2014 by lahlahlaw

[OcalaFlGuy]

Everyone has done a great job with the details.

 

Turned that way greatly reduces the number of clues to go on.

 

My inclination would lean towards a LJ. I have seen some LJs. jewel to jewel be a bit longer than 5", as much as 1/8" more.

 

It also doesn't take much of a shift from a dead on shot to change the perspective just that little to make it harder still to tell.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[OcalaFlGuy]

  On 3/17/2014 at 10:17 PM, lahlahlaw said:

The SJ is 4.75 inches long, I think of this one as Short J = SJ. Like the J, the SJ has different sized jewels.

 

 

 

Only the J has different sized cap and barrel jewels.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[pajaro]

To the OP: esterbrook.net has a lot of interesting information for further pleasure, and it is enjoyable to scope out all those pens.

[OcalaFlGuy]

Hey Sean, how about taking the time to tell everyone WHAT pen it is once you figure it out. (With their help.)

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[cplschnapps]

Here's another mystery, to me anyway. Seller described it as a CA101, but it looks nothing like the CA101s on Esterbrook.net. I couldn't find anything else that looked like it on the site, either. Has "Esterbrook" stamped on the clip, and "Esterbrook medium", no number, on the Renew Point.

[Dermo]

Looks like a CX-100 to me - check under "other pens" on Esterbrook.net.

[ANM]

CX100 came in cartridge versions and your pen is a cartridge pen.

[cplschnapps]

OK, thanks. I did see that page on Esterbrook.net but I guess I just looked at the lever fillers, and didn't read the text.

[SeanKidd]

My pen is indeed an SJ. I really appreaciate all of your help and knowledge as I grow in this area. I have loved fountain pens for years, but have not invested the time to learn more about those I own. I am a pastor in the Grand Rapids area of Michigan and my Estherbrook came to me from a beloved pastor I had known in my college days. When he passed on, his son gave it and three Parkers to me. His father had used them write his sermons back in the 50's.

 

I posted to this question twice as I did not get notified instantly as I had on the other forums, so I thought it had not posted. I am sorry if my second posting annoyed anyone. Still getting the feel of this forum stuff. The site is wonderful.

Edited March 25, 2014 by SeanKidd

[OcalaFlGuy]

Interestingly, there have been several Estieville members who are clegymen.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[SeanKidd]

I think we would be fast friends if I were in your neck of the woods, Bruce. You admire Jesus, you love pens, guns and bikes. Amen. :-)