Holster worth having restored?

alanint · 02-24-2011, 10:21 AM

Those were "fountain" pens, Rich!

I think the ink markings add history to the piece. Observe how excited archeologists get when someone's name appears etched in a stone!
Imagine finding a Roman sword with the legionnaire's name etched onto it!
I find it especially fascinating when the name, unit, date and place of capture and other details are known thanks to these markings.

sheepherder · 02-25-2011, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by alanint

Those were "fountain" pens, Rich!

Yeah, that's them!!!

I can remember filling them, but not writing with them...Big cumbersome metal thingies, always leaked, tore the paper more than they wrote with them...Strange; I can remember bringing newspapers to grade school to practice our writing with large crayons, but not with 'fountain' pens...

(A mind is a terrible thing to waste...)

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02-24-2011, 10:21 AM	#1
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Those were "fountain" pens, Rich! I think the ink markings add history to the piece. Observe how excited archeologists get when someone's name appears etched in a stone! Imagine finding a Roman sword with the legionnaire's name etched onto it! I find it especially fascinating when the name, unit, date and place of capture and other details are known thanks to these markings.