Many thanks to everyone who came to our August meeting last night; I'll post some photos from the meeting over the weekend. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this lovely recent find of Christopher's!
Christopher writes:
"It is hard these days to find a vintage pen sporting, in part, a cream
coloured finish that isn’t somewhat, or even a wee bit, discoloured. Ink
left in these gems, discharge gases from old rubber sacks or even skin
oil can wreak havoc with plastic coloured finishes over time... especially
if the plastic is not cured properly in the beginning. Sometimes
different treatments like bleaching can be applied to reduce this
discolouring but, for the most part, it is just something regarding
vintage pens that collectors as such have to live with. Saying that,
when a vintage pen is found with no trace of discolouring, especially to a
cream colour finish, it is just an amazing find. Such was the way with a
Wahl Eversharp that came my way recently. Plus, not only is there no
sign of discolouration, but the Pyrroline plastic had retained its
brilliant surface sheen.
The pen in question is the shorter model, but with the Wahl
‘Personal Point’ option. This allowed the user to have interchangeable
nibs and feeds set into a screw-in unit to be placed in the section.
Over and above, this pen sports the Gold Seal. This feature was reserved
for the top pens in this line and is comprised of a small gold oval
sporting two check marks to assure the pen owner that the pen in
question had been doubly checked by the factory."
(photo courtesy of Christopher ~ please click on image to enlarge)
"Starting with the overall finish, it is a brilliant cream with jet and pearl mottling. To offset this very attractive finish, the fittings are 14K Gold filled and, in the case of this particular pen, banding has been applied in three different places, with a double banding at the open end of the cap. This pen is a lever filler but the lever, although short, is quite substantial and works extremely well. At each end of this pen, barrel and cap there is a rounded, slightly convex jet black end, and in the case of the cap, on the top is a round 14K Gold filled circular insert. This brings me to the clip, which is the ring type, tapered to a roller ball ending with the company branding running vertically down the length of the taper. The section is also jet black and quite substantial, plus it sports an absolutely superb, well-tipped Eversharp marked 14K gold nib.
This nib with a F for fine marked feed, gives a healthy flow of ink but I would have to classify the nib as a general writing medium flex and, even saying that, I am being somewhat generous regarding the flex. Still, do I like writing with this pen? Well, the answer has to be "yes", and mostly for its laying down of the ink evenly and consistently. So to sum up, this is an exceptional vintage writing instrument, all and all, and a definite contender to go straight into my vintage pen collection"
Our thanks to Christopher for sharing another wonderful vintage pen find with us--it is much appreciated!
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