Pens with Flexible Nibs: D to O
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9190: Diamond Point (?) eyedropper-filler: black hard rubber slip-cap, 14.7 cm long, gold filled "lucky 8" pattern overlay; high quality manufacture, nice early style looping scrollwork, smooth and very flexible #3 warranted nib. Holes in cap from Waterman-style riveted clip, now absent, with hairline between holes (see detail), hard rubber has been professionally reblackened.
DATE: c. 1910 • CONDITION: fine* •
NIB: extra-fine flex • $425 
8626: Eagle Rexall combination: black hard rubber eyedropper-filler, 15.3 cm long, pencil end uses standard 2mm drafting lead; introduced no later than 1913, this appears to have been the first mass-produced pen-pencil combo; hard rubber is crisp and glossy, with clean imprints including "S15" on the cap top; unusual version made for the Rexall chain of drugstores, bearing no Eagle marks, though carrying a characteristic Eagle 14K nib (very flexible).
DATE: c. 1918 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: medium flex
• $395
9509: Eclipse lever-filler: large mottled hard rubber flat-top, 13.4 cm long, gold filled trim, black ends, warranted nib is a smooth and flexible writer; gouge on side of cap appears to be a manufacturing defect in the hard rubber stock (see detail).
DATE: c. 1923 • CONDITION: fine* • NIB: fine flex • $165
7333: Edward Todd combination: 14K solid gold lever-filler with 1.1 mm pencil end, 14.2 cm long, crisp engine turning pattern, fully marked, scattered dings and flat spots, some difficult to photograph; top quality, excellent heft, handsome appearance.
DATE: c. 1930 • CONDITION: VG • NIB: fine flex • $650
9485: Eversharp Doric: iconic oversize facetted "Morocco Pearl" lever-filler, 14 cm long, gold filled trim, Gold Seal, screw-in adjustable Personal Point #10 adjustable nib. An all-time classic that has become almost unfindable in recent years, this example does have some softening of the barrel facets from posting, as well as some digs to the barrel end and some polishing down of the cap above the Gold Seal (see details).
DATE: c. 1932 • CONDITION: VG-fine • NIB: fine flex • $1250
9336: Eversharp Symphony: burgundy lever-filler, 14 cm long, polished stainless steel cap, gold filled trim, mint in box, pen in original cellophane sleeve, price sticker reads "Model/701/$5.00", nib grade sticker, "Flex/Fine"; sac has not been replaced, outer plain cardboard box lacks lid.
DATE: c. 1950 • CONDITION: mint
• NIB: fine flex • $165
9577: John Holland dip pen: rose gold filled body, removable ivory taper, 13.9 cm long extended, excluding nib, 12.2 cm retracted; metal is marked "O" and "4", light bumps to surface but engine turning crisp, ventless gold nib is fully marked, tip is very fine and rather scratchy on rough paper; typical roughness to underneath of front of ferrule where most exposed to ink (see detail), extensive toothmarks to taper.
DATE: c. 1875
• CONDITION: fine • NIB: extra-fine flex • $165
6000: Mabie Todd Swallow combination in box: black-veined red and amber pearl bulb-filler, 15 cm long, gold filled trim; late New York production, very flexible Mabie Todd New York nib, uses 1.1 mm lead, pencil mechanism propels and retracts; no brassing, barrel transparency like new, upper cap band shows crimp marks (from original manufacture); original petrified filler bulb has been left in place, to date we have only heard of one other bulb-filling Mabie Todd combo in collectors' hands.
DATE: c. 1932 •
CONDITION: near mint • NIB: fine flex • $650
7202: Mabie Todd Swan: gold filled fine barleycorn eyedropper-filler, 13.4 cm long, over and underfeed, early markings for Mabie Todd & Bard (1888 last patent date), engraved "DR. E. DALTON" in indicia; metal looks like solid.
DATE: c. 1890 • CONDITION: exc-near mint • NIB: medium stub flex • $695
7249: Moore Non-Leakable: small hard rubber retracting-nib safety ringtop with full chevron-pattern gold filled overlay, 9.7 cm long, very clean but for brassing to posting end (see detail); has been recorked, nib is a bit toothy but very flexible indeed.
DATE: c. 1921 • CONDITION: fine • NIB: fine superflex
• $595
9392: OMAS 556/S: clutch-cap piston-filler, 13.8 cm long, in uncommon "R" version with both gold filled cap and barrel; like new, no brassing, one tiny pinprick to back of cap; semistub nib is smooth and extremely flexible.
DATE: c. 1950 • CONDITION: exc • NIB: medium fine flex • $985
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