Christmas 2014
Merry Christmas from Fountain Pen Restoration! 2014 has been a slow year at the old workbench. It’s not for lack of projects, which are piling up as I write this. Some times, however, family and job do take priority status. I have been cataloging projects for 2015 and look to get started shortly with repairs, photos, and research.
In the past seven years, my Christmas post has often shared a photo of vintage Christmas Advertisements featuring various pens. This years is a simple Sheaffer pitch from probably the late teens or early 20s. The Solid Gold set would certainly be nice to find under the tree this year!
To all of you who communicate with me through the year, and to those from year’s past – have a Happy Holiday Season, and a wonderful 2015.
Christmas 2012
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from Fountain Pen Restoration. This is my 6th Christmas Post. After running out of Christmas Pens, I have looked for some unique advertisements the last two years. Last year was a 1907 Wirt Christmas advertisement, and this year is a Waterman from the same year. This advertisement has a lot to look at, being theatrically themed, as it appeared inside the front cover of Theater Magazine. I am not an expert on early 20th Century theatre, but supposedly the persons depicted were recognizable to those that were.
My favorite section of the advertisement is below. To those of us that enjoy vintage pens – this would be a visit from Santa we would not soon forget!
Have a great Holiday Season and a Healthy New Year!
Sheaffer Holiday Pen 1997
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All from Fountain Pen Restoration. Each of the previous Christmas Posts have featured vintage Christmas Post Cards and the Sheaffer Holly Pen:
Christmas 2009
Christmas 2008
Christmas 2007
This year, I was lucky enough to pick up Sheaffer’s second Holiday Pen ~ The Snow Pen ~ which was produced in the same type of box as the Holly Pen (1996), in 1997.
Here is the pen, sitting on a 1913 post card with a nice Holiday Sentiment ~
Years May Come
And Years May Go
May Happiness
You Always Know
Merry Christmas
Here is the front of the Snow Pen box
And the inside flap, describing the Frederic Mizen painting ~
The snow pen is actually a Prelude model cartridge/converter fill. Research indicates that these also came in sets with a matching ballpoint, though it appears that mine came without this option. As you can see, it is a fine point.
Here is a photo taken along with the 1996 Triumph Holly Pen (broad nib). The Snow Pen was the end to the “Holiday Originals” two year series. I do not know if the plan was to continue for more years, but this pen marked the end to a unique marketing campaign. I am certain that vintage pen collectors, and especially Sheaffer collectors would have loved to see Holiday Pens based on the Balance, Pen For Men, Snorkel, and a Large Red Flat Top…
So, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, to all pen collectors and restorers out there. Have a great Season and here is to many more pens to discover in the future!
Christmas 2008
Happy Holidays to all of you. Over the past 13 months I have enjoyed writing these weekly (or so I try) entries. I have especially enjoyed receiving emails from you with ideas, questions, and kind comments. I hope I have provoked some interest in vintage fountain pens and in restoring them. It is not a mysterious science, and as many of you have discovered this year, it is quite rewarding. I hope to be able to add to these pages as we progress through another year. I encourage you to reread some of the previous 63 articles published over the past 13 months if you get a chance.
As we are approaching Christmas Day, I thought I would repost pictures from my entry of Christmas Eve 2007.
The pen is a Sheaffer Holly Pen, produced in 1996.
From time to time, I mention that I run into other interesting related collectibles to fountain pens and occasionally post them. A distant tie-in are vintage post cards which often carry interesting messages from the past on the back, often written with fountain pens. Here is a sample from 1913, though the back has no message.
As in 1913, I wish all of you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and may you find happiness in the New Year.
Merry And Bright Be Your Christmas
As this is Christmas Eve, I will depart from the restoration theme and just show the Sheaffer 1996 Special Edition Holly Pen. It has a broad nib and is a cartridge/converter fill.
Merry Christmas to all!
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