WTS: 6 Stubs, 1 Raden Fine: Parker, Pilot, Stipula, Visconti, and Edison

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Pilot Custom K, Raden Overlay

Let’s start with the one and only Fine. This is the black resin version of the Custom K, with a Raden overlay. This overlay was created by a Vietnamese artist (he’s a scientist too, smart and very nice), Ong Dinh Bai Tri. You can see his more recent work here:
https://www.instagram.com/ongdinhbaotri?stkn=MThsZnM1YjBhejM4ag==

The pen is 5.25” long. It does not post well due to the added layer of raden. The original trim is in good used condition; no plating loss, scratches, or nicks. The 18K yellow gold Fine nib is smooth. Nib date code is H574. Slip cap, includes converter.

Condition B, used. Price is $300 including insurance and shipping.

Pilot "Custom" Seirei-Nuri (蜻蛉塗り) / Dragonfly Wing, Model Number FK-35SP-SR

Lovely abstract traditional pattern over brass. The lacquer finish is clean and intact. The only damage to the pen is at the barrel end, which is slightly flattened. The lacquer at this point is fine, your touch will find the flattened end more than your end. The pen is 5.5” long and posts deeply and securely to 6.25”.

Please note the photo next to a Pilot Super 300, also in seirei nuri, to see the differences between generations of Pilot artists.

The #10 14K nib is a Medium, ground to very nice stub. Date code is A809. This is a screw cap pen. CON-70 converter included.

Condition B, used. Price is $250 including insurance and shipping. Original box included.

Edison Herald in red/black Ebonite

This is a very early Herald, before he had his own stamped nibs. The 14K #6 nib is a stub, ground presumably by Brian Edison. This is a cartridge/converter and a converter is included.

This pen is 5.75” long and does not post (nor do I recommend posting ebonite caps without cap bands—or even with to be very safe). The black and red ‘woodgrain’ ebonite is slightly faded on the exterior, as the contrast with the brighter section shows, but that’s reversible with polishing. Otherwise, the pen has no faults, scratches, nicks or mars.

Condition B, used. Price is $200 including insurance and shipping.

Stipula Bellini LE

This is #223 of 351 of the Limited Edition Bellini in red/black wood grained ebonite. It’s a cart/converter pen, converter included, with trim in vermeil (gold plate over sterling silver). The clip and capband are marked ‘925’ but the barrel end ring is not.

The nib is a steel #5 Stipula Stub, a very nice writer. I believe it was gold-plated but the thin plating has worn off.

Condition B, used. Price is $125 including insurance and shipping. Original box included.

Parker Vacumatic Major

A very nice, clean example of a Vac Major with a big plus. First, the trim is excellent, the blue diamond bright, the barrel imprint visible. The barrel transparency is excellent! It’s 5” long; 5.75” posted, which I don’t recommend.

Then there’s the stock stub. You don’t often see high shoulders like that on a Vac nib; it’s built to be rigid to support that stub nib. The nib has a date code of ‘37’; the barrel code is 3 with three dots. Very nice stub, as I hope the writing sample illustrates.

I’m not sure how old the diaphragm in the Vac mechanism is, but it fills just fine.

Condition B, used. Price is $200 including insurance and shipping.

Stipula Ventidue 22

The original 22 with its titanium pen was a pen everyone wanted to love, but it had multiple flaws. The later versions, which varied from LEs to a very cheap (but working!) version, were much better.

This version has chrome trim and a chrome section, a large ink window with the Stipula name across it, and a handsome grey marble acrylic for the barrel and cap. No scratches, cracks, or chips. It’s 5” long and posts securely to 6 1/8”.

The nib is a #6 14K Stipula 0.9mm stub, a size I like a lot. It’s smooth and an easy writer. The piston filler fills properly.

Condition B, used. Price is $150 including insurance and shipping. Box included.

Visconti Skeleton

This skeleton pen is sterling silver over black resin. The sterling silver is PVD coated with grey titanium. It’s 5.25” and posts securely to a rather long 6.5”. This is a cartridge/converter pen and will include a converter.

The nib is a #6 14K two-tone Medium, ground to a very nice stub.

This pen is in very nice condition, except for some light scratches on the lower barrel, as captured in a photo.

Condition B, used. Price is $250 including insurance and shipping. Box included.