My S.T. DUPONT pens are missing!

[LandyVlad]

Well to be fair I never had them. 

 

What I do have is an ST DUPONT presentation case with lighter, and it has space/holders for two pens.

The tag reads:

S.T. DUPONT's master craftsmen have painstakingly fashioned this work of art for your pleasure, a timeless tribute to beauty and elegance, a symbol of S.T. DUPONT's mastery of the ancient craft of lacquering.

This exquisite example of the goldsmith's art is coated with authentic Chinese lacquer, a natural living substance extracted from the sap of the lacquer tree (Rhus Vernicifera) and collected in the Far East specially for S.T. DUPONT.

 

It also states: Certificate No 62510 Q.

 

I am trying to discover SPECIFICALLY which pens would have been in this set, so I can attempt to complete the set.

 

I'd greatly appreciate any assistance and information you may be able to provide. Thank you. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have sent an email to the ST DUPONT store here in Australia as a starting point, awaiting their reply but I'll bet there are some people on this forum who'll know about these pens...

Edited Wednesday at 12:02 PM by LandyVlad

[LandyVlad]

If it helps I think the lighter is a ST Dupont Ligne 2 model.

(Serial?) number stamped on the bottom of the lighter is 81GEB19

[LandyVlad]

This appears to be the lighter I have

https://www.elegantlighters.com/shop/p/st-dupont-ligne-2-wood-grain-lighter

 

Possibly pens similar to these ballpoints may have been what was originally in this set?

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-pair-of-s-t-dupont-ballpoint-pens-with-laque-de-338-c-04a4c88bc4

 

or more likely a pair very similar to these but with a woodgrain appearance as these are noted as "in Chinese lacquer, 18K solid gold feather"

https://www.antiques-delaval.com/en/various-collectibles/10308-pen-pen-pencil-ball-st-dupont-feather-18k-gold-lacquer-of-china-cabinet-twentieth.html

or https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1731379901/st-dupont-laque-de-chine-ball-pen

or https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1772189512/authentic-st-dupont-laque-de-chine-18k

or https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1732272760/high-end-dupont-st-dupont-chinese

finding the actually correct model/s could be a challenge.

 

I found this case which is similar though not the same

https://tangibleinvestmentsinc.com/product/s-t-dupont-lighter-pen-set-with-box-and-papers/

and while the pens may be correct (no way of knowing), the lighter clearly isn't from that set as it doesn't fit neatly in the designated place.

 

 

[mulrich]

I have nothing to add but I love Dupont pens so I'm interested to see what you learn. 

[sandy101]

The pens may never have been in the box.

 

I have one S T Dupont pen - the box came with an empy space for the lighter. 

 

However, the S T Dupont I have is a lovely writer. 

 

I hope you find what you are looking for. 

 

With Black Friday coming up, you may get a good deal somewhere on a couple of new ones. 

 

 

[PAKMAN]

Take a look here:

 

 

[LandyVlad]

Thanks will do.

[Bo Bo Olson]

As far as I can tell, not having a Tiffiny or Cartier fountain pen, Dupont makes the finest fountain pen**...if only the nib was a tad softer. I had a counterfeit one once...great looking pen, outside the nib.

Even the underside of the clip is polished to perfection. Not quite that level on the counterfeit.

** Some Japanese super expensive pens can match a Dupont...MB is ok, almost but not quite in the same class as the Dupont...IMO.

 

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I do have a Dupont lighter, a silver plated one, one of the many Ligne 2 ones. 

We have something called the local 'the give away market'. My wife went to get one thing, and brought back a pile of lighters....that didn't work (so much for plan A), no matter how pretty they were...well they had been lying around for 30 years or more. I sold two at the flea market, and didn't make back the price of a bottle of gas.

 

I could get the guts to make the Dupont work for some €20....but the lighter is lacking the famous 'click'. I'd have to send it off to the factory.....and me trying to scrape up gelt for fountain pen repair.

I did give up smoking, outside of an occasional bum and smoke yours.

Still hooked.

 

The price of Dupont lighters was always a bit high....now totally shocking. (so worth the repair costs)

Ronson was the lighter one could get back in the day...instead.

In real life, I use to lose Zippos....never a Storm King, folks would run after me to give it me back that left on the table contraption....a Zippo had a life of 6 weeks.........then came Bic.

A Storm King was a cheap Zippo copy.