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Thursday, January 15, 2015
Eclipsed by the Pens?
Later Eclipse models are fun to collect. Right up until the end, Marx Finstone’s gift for gimmickry and a neat turn of phrase lived on in the company’s products, such as these:
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To learn more, this full article is included in The Leadhead's Pencil Blog Volume 3, available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and everywhere else you buy books, or you can order a copy signed by yours truly through the Legendary Lead Company HERE.
I've always loved Eclipse pens. If there was such as thing as kitsch in writing instrument design, Eclipse owned that nitch. I found this clear-red Lucite Hooded Knight at a pen show that spoke to me. If there was such a thing as over-designed, this pen was it. They copied everyone, but embraced no one. Surprisingly it writes very well. -Wayne
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What is the approximate production run for these Eclipse models?
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