Vintage EVERSHARP SKYLINE Fountain Pen Blue & Gold, FLEX M-2.0 mm Nib -RESTORED

Description

RESTORED Vintage Standard-Sized
Navy Blue
and Gold Capped
Eversharp
Skyline Fountain Pen with FLEXIBLE Nib
Circa 1940's
Navy blue body (hard to tell) with ringed gold cap,  gold-filled trim, and 14kt gold nib.  Lever-filled.  Made in U.S.A.
Iconic pen.  Great for everyday writing, at the office or home.
Nice flex!
Ready to be used!
Eversharp was one of the "Big Four" pen manufacturer's during the Golden Age of fountain pens (others were Parker, Sheaffer, and Waterman).  Renowned for their FLEXIBLE nibs.
Restoration - Installed New Sac and Cleaned/Polished/Waxed
Restoration included soaking, disassembling, ultrasonically cleaning, scrubbing, swabbing, flushing, & buffing.  Dismantled section/nib/feed and thoroughly cleaned, soaked, ultrasonically cleaned, and polished with jeweler's cloth. Smoothed nib. Tested nib for smoothness and flex (See photo of writing sample.), then flushed.  Removed old ink sac and replaced with new.  Confirmed lever moves freely.  Confirmed lever depressed the new sac and draws water.  Brushed and swabbed to clean the inner diameters of cap and barrel.  Buffed the plastic of cap and barrel, and used jeweler's cloth to polish gold-filled components.
Materials and Conditions
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Body including Cap -
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Standard-sized
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Navy blue plastic barrel and cap helmet while remaining cap is gold-filled with horizontal decorative rings.  (
Hard to tell it is navy blue without bright light.  It may look black otherwise.
)
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Gold-filled clip and lever.  Clip is imprinted with "EVERSHARP" plus the double-check "W" logo.  Imprinted on the band of the clip "EVERSHARP SKYLINE PAT. MADE IN U.S.A."
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Gold-filled Trim:
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Besides micro-scratches, gold cap and trim have the following:
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Two tiny dings in gold cap.  One 10 degrees right of clip.  One about 90 degrees to the right of the clip.
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Many pits through gold coating on end of clip.
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Cap:
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Screw-on cap.  Threads nicely onto barrel.
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Clip holds tightly to the rim of a pocket, but very easily slip over the rim when put into pocket.
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Plastic body:
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Several tiny scratches where the cap rubs on the barrel screwed onto the barrel.
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Several tiny dings on the far tapered end of barrel, along with other smaller and shallower subtle dings elsewhere on helmet and barrel.
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Three or four scratches in helmet of cap right along the vertical gold band going over the helmet.
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No chips, cracks, significant scratches, engravings, or discolorations.
Nib -
14 kt gold nib engraved "EVERSHARP    14K    MADE IN USA"
Breather hole is oval-/elongated diamond-shaped
The face of the nib has a high luster.
Tines are properly aligned and touching with plenty of the iridium tips which are smooth (See close up photos).
Writing sample was done by filling ink sac was to confirm ink feed could keep up with its flex.
The second of the writing sample shows “normal writing,” which exhibits nice line variation with no effort.
WARNING
: flexing this nib beyond the 2.0 mm range will likely damage the nib, either by springing it or initiating a crack that will grow with every use.  Consider 2.0 mm inch the
extreme
maximum, and not the everyday writing line width.
Sac
New rubber sac
Sac was shellacked in place then powdered with pure talc to prevent if from sticking to the barrel walls.
Filling system was tested with water and ink
Ink flushed from sac using lever/pressure bar -- may have some of the Pilot's Blue ink remaining
Dimensions
This is Eversharp's standard size Skyline pen
Length:
Capped - 5-1/4 inches (133 mm)
Posted - 5-3/4  inches (146 mm)
Maximum diameter of the barrel - 0.45" (11 mm)
Weight – 0.7 ounces (20 grams)
See the photos to get a feel for the other dimensions.  The grid pattern is in 1/2" (12.7 mm) increments.
Shipping Details:
Shipped with
USPS First Class
.  If being shipped
outside of USA
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except Canada.
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combine
shipping, happily
I will ship using a
faster
USPS method (Priority, for example), if you pay the difference in price
Note, shipping speeds are much slower than normal