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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 233735, member: 360"]<img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/5f/5d/05/5f5d051225ec96be2de08199b8a43d2a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Picked this up today and spent about two hours fixing it. Careful application of heat, a few rounds in the ultrasonic cleaner, and I was able to carefully unscrew it. Then I pulled it apart, resacced it, popped it back together and took it for a scribble. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's a Wahl Eversharp flattop from the 1920s. This style of flat-topped, cylindrical fountain pen, made of brass with gilt exteriors, with decorative patterning on the barrels and caps, were extremely popular in the 20s and were commonly made by W-E. I have three or four others by the same company in a similar style.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 233735, member: 360"][IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/5f/5d/05/5f5d051225ec96be2de08199b8a43d2a.jpg[/IMG] Picked this up today and spent about two hours fixing it. Careful application of heat, a few rounds in the ultrasonic cleaner, and I was able to carefully unscrew it. Then I pulled it apart, resacced it, popped it back together and took it for a scribble. It's a Wahl Eversharp flattop from the 1920s. This style of flat-topped, cylindrical fountain pen, made of brass with gilt exteriors, with decorative patterning on the barrels and caps, were extremely popular in the 20s and were commonly made by W-E. I have three or four others by the same company in a similar style.[/QUOTE]
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