Esterbrook Desk Set Teal Base with Restored Green DeLuxe Fountain Pen and NOS 2668 Medium Point Nib Vintage 1950's

During the 1940's and'50's, these esterbrook desk sets with their "8-ball" ceramic paperweight bases were quite common in businesses, banks, and schools. As writing instruments go, they are fairly common artifacts of the mid-century era, a testament to esterbrook's quality, and their marketing and distribution prowess.

This base is the less common teal color, paired with a deluxe desk pen in complimentary green pearl. In all of my esterbrook restorations, i fit the pen with a new-old-stock nib, in this case a durachrome #2668 firm medium point. The footprint of the base is about 88mm in diameter, and it's about 50mm high. The pen is 179mm overall. All of my esterbrook restorations are 100% guaranteed.

I restore only the best specimens, with tight clips and caps, undamaged bodies and jewels, good pressure bars. The sac i install is exactly the same as the esterbrook factory specification.

I test each pen with water. In every restoration, i install a new-old-stock nib. It is as close as you can get to a new pen.

And i will give you the old nib as a spare. My prices are determined by the quality and scarcity of the nib installed. I include a copy of the original esterbrook instructions with every pen.

While esterbrooks in "the wild" look pretty good as found, they typically have a patina of wear and oxidation. My ten-step polishing process restores the beauty of the original. It not only works like a new pen, it looks like a new pen.

You will need a bottle of good ink labeled for fountain pens. I still use the ink i used in grammar school: sheaffer's skrip. You will find good paper there, too. The better the paper you use, the more you will enjoy your pen. Other countries please inquire for rates and terms.

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