Wearever flattop – 1930s

The pen featured in my last post, but cleaned up and with new sac and J-bar installed.

I couldn’t find a replacement nib so I left the original in.
It’s a very wet writer. I did bend the nib down closer to the feed, and reset nib and feed with hot water but the base [...]

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Sheaffer 444

We found this Sheaffer 444 in a second-hand goods shop. The barrel was stuck, but the finish was near mint. Not a scratch and stickered too (although the lettering had faded). The section had some scuffing from the inside of the cap but nothing bad.
After a long soak and some work with section pliers, [...]

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Sheaffer Craftsman Touchdown, black

This pen was the one featured in my earlier post.
My first Touchdown restoration. Was lucky that there were no major problems with the pen. All I had to do was replace the sac and the O-ring and reassemble. It fills and writes just fine, with a sweet medium #33 nib.

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Pen disassembled

The next one I’m trying to repair / restore:

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Esterbrook SM (“Deluxe”), black

I bought this one intending to resac it, and finally got to do so. My second repair job
Upon writing I discovered it’s a little thinner, a little shorter than I would like. I like the pen design though. Although released in the 1949 it seems to me to have a certain Art [...]

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1st FP repair: Esterbrook J, Blue

The first pen I’ve repaired — just an ordinary blue Esterbrook J.
It was working fine when I bought it at the NY pen show this year, but while filling it I heard a loud snap from within the barrel. The section came off easily, and I found that the J-bar had snapped. So much [...]

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