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Oct
31
Ever seen one of these before?
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Yesterday a pen crossed the bench. This is, per se, neither unusual nor of significant interest. But this pen was both. I’d never seen one. Jim, who drew the short straw and got to restore it, had never seen one, either. This is my photo of that particularly interesting — and, these days, quite possibly downright rare — pen:
I can hear the gears turning already, you’re thinking, “What is this, some kind of joke?” Well might you ask. The pen sure does look like a Wahl-Eversharp Doric, doesn’t it? It’s the right shape, the right size, faceted, and fitted with the right furniture. It even has a One-Shot plunger filler and a Nº 7 Personal Point adjustable nib with the (in)famous Safety Ink Shut Off that the FTC told Wahl-Eversharp to stop advertising. And, to answer the next obvious question, no. It is not a clone or a counterfeit. It was made in the great state of Illinois, in the heart of the good old U.S.A. Yet it is not a Doric…
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