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What Is Your Oldest Pen?


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Oldest in age, 1840’s. (Dip pen)

 

Had longest, 1982 Targa I got for high school graduation.

 

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The oldest (i.e., longest in my personal collection) is probably the cloisonné pen I picked up in China in 1996. The oldest pen I own is probably one of my Esterbrooks, I suppose.

 

Sharon in Indiana

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Oldest in age - dip pen with agate holder (19th century)

Oldest fountain pen - Waterman 0552 (1920s?)

Longest in my possession - Parker "51" Aerometric (grammar school graduation in 1951, date code 1950)

Baptiste knew how to make a short job long

For love of it. And yet not waste time either.

Robert Frost

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Oldest in age, two Parker Duofold Seniors BHR and RHR 1923.

 

Oldest with me, Parker 21 Black 1961.

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My oldest fountain pen is... pretty old. I think 8 years at most.

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