WE320: Eversharp Skyline.

Date: c1940s

Size: Capped - 5 5/16 inches; posted - 6 1/8 inches.

A very attractive glossy midnight blue Skyline with a bright and unbrassed gold filled cap.  The barrel and section are both glossy with no noticeable surface scratches or other damage and have the characteristic sharply tapered end that contrasts to the rounded, blunter end to the cap.  The cap is topped by a black coloured derby.  This pen is in excellent condition, and the only damage I can see are a few surface scratches on the rear of the cap - I have taken a close-up photo below so you can see them.  As usual, the photograph tends to over-emphasise the problem.  The distinctive over the top pocket clip has the double tick quality mark at the top and is engraved "EVERSHARP" down the length of the shaft.  The gold filled cap body is decorated with incised hoops .  The cap has no dings at all and no brassing either, and unusually there is no noticeable plating wear on the filling lever either.  The nib is a shiny and undamaged Eversharp in 14 carat gold.  It is my favourite type of Skyline nib with the short stubby tines and the teardrop incising around the air hole.

I have fully serviced this pen.  The nib is very smooth to use and lays down a lovely wet, and consistent extra-fine width line.  This nib really is a needlepoint!

A classic wartime pen.  Would make a super every day writer.