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“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

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Beautiful! I love my 1266!

Rationalizing pen and ink purchases since 1967.

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Fun thin pen

Congrats! I saw it in-store recently. One of those designs from MB that actually piques my interest!

Fountain pen novice. I am aquiring pens at a frightening pace, I am afraid it might be an addiction... I see I am not alone here on FPN! Latest acquisitions - Platinum 3776 Kumpoo with Diamine Eau de Nil, Opus 88 Koloro inked with Diamine November Rain, Franklin-Christoph Model Pocket 66 prototype inked with Franklin-Christoph Honeycomb.

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Congrats! I saw it in-store recently. One of those designs from MB that actually piques my interest!

 

Yeah. I don't know what about it grabbed my attention as much as it did. Normally I like really big fountain pens like the 139, 149, M800, that new Wahl-Eversharp Decoband. It gets the most compliments out of all of my pens (except for my 400nn brown tortoise).

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I'd interested to read a review of this pen - I like MB, sterling silver but just not sure about this (1970/80's?) pen...

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I'm ready to give my presentation to the local pen club on Sunday, on the topic of Esterbrook. I may not be using all of these at this very moment, but I have written with just about every one of these except for the black transitional and light blue CH pens which I just received yesterday.

 

If you want to know what everything is, I've listed it all in this thread.

 

Going from right to left is oldest to newest. it's not absolutely everything Esterbrook I have (especially dip pens), but I tried to be at least representative of most of Esterbrook's main products for most of their history.

 

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“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

Check out my Steel Pen Blog. 

"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."

-Montaigne

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Waterman 12S Safety Pen

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wow

 

how did you clean the pen... adn especially the nib polished???

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Andrew, I wish I were a member of your pen club, but it's a bit too far for me to drive out to NC. I hope they appreciate your presentation the way it deserves.

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The Leonardt G nib I was using previously wore out so I'm trying out a new nib. It's a no name/rebranded crown nib, but it's easy to handle and excellent for writing small and fast. It's not very flexible (this is about as much as it will flex), though it flexes easily and is very smooth. I really like it. :)

 

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Ink is J Herbin Rouge Hematite, which is not quite suitable for dip pens. It doesn't give fine hairlines, though as it doesn't blob everywhere I'm still using it.

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wow

 

how did you clean the pen... adn especially the nib polished???

I dint touch the pen, it came in this perfect/Mint condition, only the nib I polished with simichrome.

 

BTW seeing your country flag, this pen came from India ;)

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I'd interested to read a review of this pen - I like MB, sterling silver but just not sure about this (1970/80's?) pen...

 

 

Don't have time to do a full review of the 1266, but mine has an OBB nib that is absolutely stellar. The pen is a marriage (a 126 cap on a 1266 body), but the parts fit so well you'd never know it unless you went to the trouble to look up the numbers. It was leaking when I got it, but Osman Sümer generously fixed that. I love these non-Meisterstück pens from the '50s-'70s and have collected several of them, most recently a 24 with a nice springy medium nib. I also just won an auction for a 254 with an OBB wing nib that looks to be in great condition--I should have it within a couple of weeks. These pens are terrific writers, and they don't attract the attention of those whom I call the Envious Scolders--the ones who start in with their snarky comments when they see anything Montblanc.

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I broke down and shelled out $64.99 for the Waterman Phileas, top, but, not being wealthy, that will probably be the last time that I spend that kind of money for a pen. Why would I, when the Chinese Jinhao, below, is every bit as good--actually a bit better--at $2.00 on Ebay? The French pen works fine, but so does the Jinhao, one of about twenty that I own. One sees wonderful pens advertised for $1,000.00 or more. Why would Bill Gates spend that kind of money?

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Northstar, sweet 12S! :yikes: I love the stubby nib.

Thank you, it's indeed a lovely nib, though was thinking to exchange this nib with the 14PSF nib, 12S is not very practical to use.

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Waterman 12S Safety Pen

Parker Quink Blue-Black

 

What's the approx. date on this beauty? Amazing condition, or an amazing restoration. Very cool!

 

“When the historians of education do equal and exact justice to all who have contributed toward educational progress, they will devote several pages to those revolutionists who invented steel pens and blackboards.” V.T. Thayer, 1928

Check out my Steel Pen Blog. 

"No one is exempt from talking nonsense; the mistake is to do it solemnly."

-Montaigne

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What's the approx. date on this beauty? Amazing condition, or an amazing restoration. Very cool!

I have no idea, I hope someone can help, it came to me in this condition with parts of the label on it, it's almost mint, I only had to polish the nib.

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Don't have time to do a full review of the 1266, but mine has an OBB nib that is absolutely stellar. The pen is a marriage (a 126 cap on a 1266 body), but the parts fit so well you'd never know it unless you went to the trouble to look up the numbers. It was leaking when I got it, but Osman Sümer generously fixed that. I love these non-Meisterstück pens from the '50s-'70s and have collected several of them, most recently a 24 with a nice springy medium nib. I also just won an auction for a 254 with an OBB wing nib that looks to be in great condition--I should have it within a couple of weeks. These pens are terrific writers, and they don't attract the attention of those whom I call the Envious Scolders--the ones who start in with their snarky comments when they see anything Montblanc.

Thanks for your comments. My interest is piqued.

 

I have been looking at 256's recently. Surprisingly big pens!

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