Pen Craze, Continued

As a child, I remember my grandfather's pens. He had beautiful handwriting, and he always had a nice-looking pen in his shirt pocket. He tended to use both ball-point and fountain pens. However, for several years before he passed away, he had senile dementia and gradually lost interest in his hobbies, playing violin and doing crossword puzzles.

Recently I came into possession of pens that he owned. Thee are not in the best conditions, since these hadn't been used for over 10 years. Also, one of the pens grandfather had given to me when I was a child, and mother kept it for me.

So . . . here's the pen that he gave to me:

I've learned that it is a Parker Vacumatic. There should be two bands at the lower end of the cap. There's a fracture in that area so that may be why the bands are missing.

At the end there is a push button, which I've been told is a replacement:

And here's a Parker Duofold:

Obviously, it's not in the best of shapes. This is mandarin yellow, and apparently caps in this color have a flaw that causes this to happen. But properly restored, it can be fixed.

And looking at this you can tell that it is old.

Parker Duofolds are supposed to be top of the line and very durable. I'm really looking forward to trying this out once it is restored.

Finally, here's a Sheaffer PFM:

Supposed to hold a large supply of ink. You just untwist the cap, dip in the pot of ink, push down once and it will drink up all the ink it needs. Due to it's being unused for years, and I think there's dried ink inside, I can't get it opened. It will need to go to a pen spa as well.

Fortunately, I've got other pens that I can use. But of course, I'll be impatiently waiting for these to be restored.