=========================================================================== Nib Noise Volume 1 Number 2 =========================================================================== Welcome to Nib Noise. This newsletter is a joint effort of Richard Binder and Don Fluckinger. We hope you'll enjoy reading this month's issue. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Broad Strokes" by Richard Binder --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheaffer's Triumph nib, introduced in 1942 on a new series of pens also dubbed "Triumph," represents a true innovation in nib design. Although manufacturers work continually to enhance the nib's basic design, improve- ments such the addition of hard tipping material are incremental; and most "improvements," such as the elimination of the breather hole, are actually only cosmetic. Read the article: http://www.virtualcrate.com/pens?nibs=triumph --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Extra Fine Points" by Don Fluckinger --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Collectors who comb the Northeast’s flea markets, antique “shoppes,” and estate auctions for vintage pens quickly learn that, like the rocky old New England soil, it’s a barren land. Every once in a while a beat-up old Duofold with a rusted clip and cracked barrel crops up. Or one of those ubiquitous 1950s Sheaffer steel-nibbed cartridge fillers. Or a new-old-stock 1940s Waterman Commando, in box, priced about three times what it’s worth. Every April at the New England Pen Show, however, we get a respite. Read the article: http://www.virtualcrate.com/pens?page=xfindex.htm&refp=xf0502.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pens for Sale --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the past few days, Richard added the following pens to the Web site's For Sale list: Parker ------ 1926/1927 Permanite Senior Duofold "Big Red," firm F nib. Condition: B. Price: $250.00 1940 Brown Shadow Wave Vacumatic Junior Debutante, firm F gold Arrow nib. Condition: B. Price: $100.00 Black 1944 Blue Diamond Vacumatic "51", Polished Stainless Cap, wet F nib. Condition: B+. Price: $110.00 During April, Richard was able to purchase a small number of new-in-box Parker 25 fountain pens, and these pens are now available for $20.00 each plus shipping. For more information, follow the link below to the site's Parker sales page. Parkers for sale: http://www.virtualcrate.com/pens?page=sale_pkr.htm Sheaffer -------- Green Striated Sheaffer's Lifetime Balance 875, streamlined clip, serial- numbered two-tone Lifetime M nib. Condition: B-. Price: $85.00 Red Sheaffer's Fineline, screw-interchangeable steel F nib. Condition: B. Price: $35.00 Sheaffers for sale: http://www.virtualcrate.com/pens?page=sale_she.htm Esterbrook: ----------- Copper SJ, 2556 nib. Condition: B. Price: $35.00 Esterbrooks for sale: http://www.virtualcrate.com/pens?page=sale_est.htm =========================================================================== To subscribe to this newsletter, send mail to richard@virtualcrate.com with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line, or click on this link: mailto:richard@virtualcrate.com?subject=SUBSCRIBE To unsubscribe from this newsletter, send mail to richard@virtualcrate.com with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line, or click on this link: mailto:richard@virtualcrate.com?subject=UNSUBSCRIBE