Esterbrook Brand Being Revived This December?

[OcalaFlGuy]

What polish do you use on the box to make it shine?

 

We Could tell you but then we'd have to delete you from Facebook.

[spaceink]

Has anyone compared the performance of these new Zombiebrook Esterboxes to the vintage ones?

[JotterAddict62]

 

We Could tell you but then we'd have to delete you from Facebook.

I'm not on facebook whatever that is..

[benbot517]

Has anyone compared the performance of these new Zombiebrook Esterboxes to the vintage ones?

 

My impression is that they are more expensive than the old ones without offering noticeable differences in functionality. The original Esterbox was a very functional piece of kit. It wasn't frilly, but it got the job done well. While these new ones might perform the same basic box functions, I feel like they go against the core ideas behind the original Esterbox. I haven't used a new Esterbox, but while they might be very nice, I don't feel like it was a true rebirth of the original at all.

[pajaro]

Duh. No joke Sherlock.

[bbycrts]

 

My impression is that they are more expensive than the old ones without offering noticeable differences in functionality. The original Esterbox was a very functional piece of kit. It wasn't frilly, but it got the job done well. While these new ones might perform the same basic box functions, I feel like they go against the core ideas behind the original Esterbox. I haven't used a new Esterbox, but while they might be very nice, I don't feel like it was a true rebirth of the original at all.

You know you want one.

[bbycrts]

You know you want one.

Save the box for me.

[SockAddict]

Well, if we're discussing the fine qualities of the Esterbox, where are the cat reviews? No one knows boxes like cats. "If I fits, I sits."

[spaceink]

Someone needs to get their hands on a Zombiebrook Esterbox so as to do a full blown review. With photos!

[spaceink]

My impression is that they are more expensive than the old ones without offering noticeable differences in functionality. The original Esterbox was a very functional piece of kit. It wasn't frilly, but it got the job done well. While these new ones might perform the same basic box functions, I feel like they go against the core ideas behind the original Esterbox. I haven't used a new Esterbox, but while they might be very nice, I don't feel like it was a true rebirth of the original at all.

Bravo. Thank you for sharing your impression. I much prefer to restore older Esterboxes, as well, if I can find them cheap. Those days seem numbered given the current attention. Now everyone will want their own eight-nib Esterbox!

Edited February 21, 2015 by spaceink

[benbot517]

Bravo. Thank you for sharing your impression. I much prefer to restore older Esterboxes, as well, if I can find them cheap. Those days seem numbered given the current attention. Now everyone will want their own eight-nib Esterbox!

 

It may not be an eight-nib, but here is an old Esterbox in pretty nice condition, with the pen included!

 

EDIT: Though if you prefer to restore them yourself, here is another Esterbox in well-loved shape!

Edited February 21, 2015 by benbot517

[mike.jane]

Meanwhile on the new-Estie kickstarter page:

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[tumbleweed tumbles past] ..... .....

.... .... [crickets chirping]...... .... .. [a crow flies past in the distance] .....

[Cryptos]

 

It may not be an eight-nib, but here is an old Esterbox in pretty nice condition, with the pen included!

 

EDIT: Though if you prefer to restore them yourself, here is another Esterbox in well-loved shape!

 

I see the new company is at least upholding the tradition of including a pen with the box then.

[inkstainedruth]

I'm not on facebook whatever that is..

You're not missing much....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[JonSzanto]

You're not missing much....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

Depends - highly - on the company you keep.

[gregamckinney]

deleted. looking in the wrong place

 

However,

• 15%
  funded
• $1,497
  pledged
• 5
  days to go

Does not bode well.

Edited February 26, 2015 by gregamckinney

[OcalaFlGuy]

The Zombiebrook is starting to remind me of a SenSen.

 

 

 

I don't even have to actually See one, just think about it, and I get a nasty taste in my mouth.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

[jdllizard]

deleted. looking in the wrong place

 

However,

 

• 15%

  funded

• $1,497

  pledged

• 5

  days to go

Does not bode well.

 

Yeah, I've been watching that, it's an epic #Fail.

[benbot517]

He might fund the rest of the project himself to make it appear successful. Then he would probably make a post saying something like "Thank you to our many contributors!".

[Ernst Bitterman]

The Zombiebrook is starting to remind me of a SenSen.

 

 

 

I don't even have to actually See one, just think about it, and I get a nasty taste in my mouth.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

Is it that being seen with either will give people to suspect you have a drinking problem?