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I received this Sheaffer Junior Balance Ebonized Pearl with an EF nib on Xmas eve. It is a delightful writer, very delicate. large.IMG_1551.jpeg.50b0fab282f4c64c2f6bcaad1d64b9dc.jpeg

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 20 currently inked pens:

Sheaffer 100 Satin Blue M, Pelikan Moonstone/holographic mica

Parker T1, Dominant Industry Dominant Blue

Pilot Custom 743 <FA>, Oblation Sitka Spruce

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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Two Oversize lever fill Balances followed me home from the Little Rock Pen Show, Beautiful Jade and Red Veined.

 

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3 hours ago, PAKMAN said:

Two Oversize lever fill Balances followed me home from the Little Rock Pen Show, Beautiful Jade and Red Veined.

 

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Man. You have excellent taste in pens!

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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3 hours ago, IThinkIHaveAProblem said:

Man. You have excellent taste in pens!

Thanks!  They fit right into my mini-OS Balance collection.

 

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1 hour ago, PAKMAN said:

Thanks!  They fit right into my mini-OS Balance collection.

 

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Very nice

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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Looking at the picture, it looks like I need to polish up that black Balance. lol

 

 

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56 minutes ago, PAKMAN said:

Looking at the picture, it looks like I need to polish up that black Balance. lol

 

 

Looks fine to me. Looks like it’s appreciated and gets to do its job 

Just give me the Parker 51s and nobody needs to get hurt.

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Agreed.  I should pull out the one Sheaffer Balance Oversized I have -- it was the pen that belonged to my husband's grandfather (although I had to get a replacement cap because the cap on the pen when my mother-in-law gave it to me a few years ago was from HER Eversharp Skyline (I know it had been hers since her name was engraved on the cap...).

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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pianopenpal Dipped Only

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Just got this carmine Admiral as a birthday gift to myself to clean up! Waiting on sacs for this and some other pens... While I'm pulling the section to get the old sac off, should the nib and feed be pushed in this far? They're a little off kilter, so I need to adjust them anyway...image.thumb.jpeg.add2e0fa4014c6bfc64101b801cfd00c.jpegimage.thumb.jpeg.022727739df26fc51f67c29277535060.jpegimage.thumb.jpeg.0273ccc882f2111df73c6b5d59873ecb.jpeg

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27 minutes ago, pianopenpal said:

Just got this carmine Admiral as a birthday gift to myself to clean up! Waiting on sacs for this and some other pens... While I'm pulling the section to get the old sac off, should the nib and feed be pushed in this far? They're a little off kilter, so I need to adjust them anyway...image.thumb.jpeg.add2e0fa4014c6bfc64101b801cfd00c.jpegimage.thumb.jpeg.022727739df26fc51f67c29277535060.jpegimage.thumb.jpeg.0273ccc882f2111df73c6b5d59873ecb.jpeg

Was it a surprise? Just kidding/ That is an outsandingly beautiful pen. Happy Birthday. 

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On 5/8/2025 at 3:33 PM, pianopenpal said:

Just got this carmine Admiral as a birthday gift to myself to clean up! Waiting on sacs for this and some other pens... While I'm pulling the section to get the old sac off, should the nib and feed be pushed in this far? They're a little off kilter, so I need to adjust them anyway...image.thumb.jpeg.add2e0fa4014c6bfc64101b801cfd00c.jpegimage.thumb.jpeg.022727739df26fc51f67c29277535060.jpegimage.thumb.jpeg.0273ccc882f2111df73c6b5d59873ecb.jpeg


Looks a little deep… perhaps the section got stretched out over time. If you like the way it writes, I’d say leave it alone. 

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@pianopenpal -- That is a really pretty pen!   Once you get it up an running, please post pix of how it writes.

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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This old Targa with a 14K gold nib. I think I figured it was from the 90s. The pen guy at my local antique store recommended it, and it has been a pleasure to write with.

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Penguincollector Donor Pen

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  All of these showed up today. Some nibs look like replacement nibs, but all of the pens work and the nibs are in good condition. large.IMG_4909.jpeg.21eccda9ea4ac5b3eff766ae1a0330fd.jpeg

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 20 currently inked pens:

Sheaffer 100 Satin Blue M, Pelikan Moonstone/holographic mica

Parker T1, Dominant Industry Dominant Blue

Pilot Custom 743 <FA>, Oblation Sitka Spruce

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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Congratulations on your recent acquisitions -- that red one in particular is quite nice looking! :puddle:  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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Great selection of Sheaffers in this purchase. I'm a big fan of Balance, your Abalone makes me want to have one for myself even more. Congratulations on these gems!

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  Thank you, @inkstainedruth and @Switala. I’m excited to get to know them. The Ebonized Pearl is my favorite in looks, but the Carmine Jr has a really soft medium nib. They all feel really good in hand. 

Top 5 (in no particular order) of 20 currently inked pens:

Sheaffer 100 Satin Blue M, Pelikan Moonstone/holographic mica

Parker T1, Dominant Industry Dominant Blue

Pilot Custom 743 <FA>, Oblation Sitka Spruce

Platinum PKB 2000, Platinum Cyclamen Pink

Waterman 52 EF, Herbin Bleu Pervenche

always looking for penguin fountain pens and stationery 

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Received this 1949 Valiant "fat" Touchdown with a Gregg nib earlier this week. First I thought I just had a pen with a scratched section, but randomly stumbled onto a page just now about Gregg pens on Richard Binder's site, and though, heyyy, that mark looks like the scratch on my pen... Learn something new every day! I've replaced the o-ring and am just waiting on a new sac, and we'll be in business!

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That's a nice looking pen!  I didn't know that other companies besides Esterbrook made Gregg nibs.  (Boy -- the stuff I learn on here even after over a decade!)

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"It's very nice, but frankly, when I signed that list for a P-51, what I had in mind was a fountain pen."

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