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1 hour ago, essayfaire said:

the similarly coloured late 479 looks just like this with different trim, don't you think?

I think that their dimensions tell me that they were probably made with the same or similar tooling.  The 475 was made from '37 to the 1940s, and the 479 from '31 to '50.  The 475 was the higher priced of the two. 

 

Interestingly:

Price of an early model (c 1937) 475 = 7/6d (shillings and pence)

Price of a 479 in 1937 = 5/6d

Average wage of an industrial worker in 1937 was somewhat less than 1/2d (1938 rate) per hour rate.  With that, a CS 175 or 479 cost a 'blue collar worker' about 5 or 6 hours of hard graft.

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1 hour ago, ParramattaPaul said:

Price of an early model (c 1937) 475 = 7/6d (shillings and pence)

I was wondering about the pricing.  Thanks for the clarification.  How'd you know I'd be translating it into labor hours??;)

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25 minutes ago, essayfaire said:

How'd you know I'd be translating it into labor hours??;)

I call it the Theory of Natural Progression of Thought.   😎

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Journal pen today: a brown Opus 88 Picnic F filled with Diamine Chocolate. A favourite.

 

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Will work for pens... :unsure:

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29 minutes ago, I-am-not-really-here said:

Pelikan M215 "Rings" F with Edelstein Moonstone.


That sounds like a very nice pen/ink combination.

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On 3/13/2022 at 4:43 AM, OldTravelingShoe said:

@DvdRiet, I didn't know Diplomat made such colorful (and celluloid-based) pens. I saw their Zepp, but are there any rumors about a(nother) possible 100-year pen? 

I have the Diplomat 75 year anniversary pen. It's made from resin not celluloid. Only 75 pens made. Currently there is one listed on eBay (not mine ;-).

Ubi bene ibi patria.

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7 hours ago, AmandaW said:

Journal pen today: a brown Opus 88 Picnic F filled with Diamine Chocolate. A favourite.

 

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Looks really nice in brown, and an excellent pairing with the ink.  👍

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12 hours ago, essayfaire said:

I stand amended! 

Ask and you shall receive: 

and @ParramattaPaul, the similarly coloured late 479 looks just like this with different trim, don't you think?

 

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Thanks for that. It's a beauty, and by the looks of it, an excellent writer too. Nice one. 

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Santini Libra Sienna with a flexy stub nib and Pelikan brown ink.

This is a grail pen and an absolute delight to write with. Definitely worth waiting for.

 

“Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do it today and like it, you can do again tomorrow!”

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8 hours ago, AoKiu said:

I have the Diplomat 75 year anniversary pen. It's made from resin not celluloid

Without your prompt, @AoKiu, I would have never imagined a search string like "Diplomat Classic 75th Anniv LE #22/75" or "Hand Turned Precious Resin".

 

Pretty and pretty expensive pen. Congratulations for the former, I've learned to suspend any form of judgment about the latter 😄

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21 hours ago, essayfaire said:

I stand amended! 

Ask and you shall receive: 

and @ParramattaPaul, the similarly coloured late 479 looks just like this with different trim, don't you think?

 

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Wow.  That's a pretty pen!

Today not using anything quite so elegant -- so far it's been the Shrek "Puss in Boots" Parker Vector, with Noodler's Tokyo Gift.  But the pen made me laugh when I saw it and said "OMG -- I must HAVE that!"

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1 hour ago, lionelc said:

another old school pen - an onoto 3000 with waterman mysterious blue

 

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Beautiful!!!

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Ancora Perla in amber pearlescent acrylic and sterling trim with 18K fine nib and Noodler's Kiowa Pecan ink.20220314_183617.thumb.jpg.f32661e9a46c6d0452d694c799f5b042.jpg

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In my pocket is my new Ranga Zayante Z2 with 1.1 stub and Levenger Forest Green 

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"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind" - Rudyard Kipling
"None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try." - Mark Twain

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