NOS Purse Pen?

[cjabbott]

Hello All!

 

So, my wife had time to kill out of town yesterday in a tiny little place about an hour away.  She asked me for suggestions for something to do, so I suggested the quaint town square and the antique shops in the area.  Shortly after, she started sending me pen photos (my wife is awesome!!)  She came home with a possible unused Sheaffer TD Admiral and this purse pen.  It appears to possibly be unused.  The price stickers are still there and the inner cap and threads are absolutely pristine!  The sac is even still pliable; I haven’t opened it up to inspect the sac, but I once found a J with a functional sac stamped “ESTERBROOK”.  I’m not that well-versed in purse pens, so any input is appreciated.

[Estycollector]

Beautiful pen. 

 

Perhaps a Safari??!!

Esterbrook Safari

[crescentfiller]

3 hours ago, Estycollector said:

Beautiful pen. 

 

Perhaps a Safari??!!

Esterbrook Safari

 

I don't think so. I think the "H" on the label is the clue.

 

Here's this from an old thread.

 

 

"Esterbrook was seriously into saving cost by simplifying and standardizing wherever possible, and all Esterbrook J-family pens (H, CH, SJ, LJ, J, SM, etc.) take a No. 16 sac cut to the same length.

 

All slender models except the purse pens (H and CH) have rubber plugs, like pieces cut from a rod of pink eraser, to set the internal barrel length. The plug in an SJ is about 1/8" long, that in an LJ about 3/8", and correspondingly for SM and other slender models."

by Richard Binder

 

[AAAndrew]

Yup, what you've got there is a pristine, never-used ~70-year-old pen. Nice. 

 

Even if the sac is pliable, if you're going to use it you'll need to replace the sac. The old ones that are still soft will work for time, but will fail pretty quickly, and spectacularly. (my very first vintage pen was a J with the original sac, and I learned this the hard way)

 

I like the color. Nice pen.