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Gold Starry Baby Safety, Black Ebonite, Inox Steel Nib
Gold Starry Baby Safety, Black Ebonite, Inox Steel Nib
HM1225096
Gold Starry's baby-size safety — a slim pocket pen with a floral filigree cap band that gives it more personality than its size would suggest. Small and thin enough to disappear into a shirt pocket, but writes full-size when posted. Great ink capacity for a pen this compact.
The nib is stamped "Inox" — from the French inoxydable, a chromium-iron stainless steel alloy built for corrosion resistance and durability. These were Gold Starry's standard nibs for their everyday-carry lineup, and they hold up remarkably well after decades. This one has a soft, bouncy quality that gives you 4.54x line variation at 300g. It's not a flex pen for excessive calligraphy — don't railroad it through pages of Spencerian — but for natural handwriting with a bit of expression, it's an amazing writer. The kind of steel nib that makes you wonder why people chase gold.
Black ebonite in B+ condition. Full safety mechanism rebuilt with fresh gaskets. Ebonite rejuvenated and hand-polished.
Tested on Rhodia 90gsm with Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Black.
Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications
Brand: Gold Starry
Model: Baby
Production Year: 1940
Material: Black Ebonite
Trim Color: Gold
Nib Size: 1
Nib Material: Steel
Nib Grind: EF
Nib Flexibility: g
Line Variation: - (4.54x)
Pen Length: 100.27
Pen Grip Section:
Restorer: Heron's Mooncake
Restoration Grade: B+
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Gold Starry Baby Safety, Black Ebonite, Inox Steel Nib
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Appendix for Listing Details
Sweating the details is fundamental to understanding, appreciating, and knowing the peice of history you have in your hands.
All pens are filled and tested, not just dipped in ink, which does not reflect writing characteristics whatsoever.
Line Variation Standard
Different restorers have different standards for line sizing and especially for vintage pens, the printed tipping size will not always be accurate due to repairs/grinds/etc. Please use this as a frame of reference for consistency.
Flexibility Standard
Nib flexibility is such a controversial topic, but there needs to be some level of consistency so please take this table as a frame of reference for my restorations and as someone who is writing in a calligraphic/spencerian style of cursive script. Without objective measurements, flexibility terms such as wet noodle are useless as someone with stronger forearms and grip strength will make even manifold nibs into a wet noodle.
Restoration Ratings
These are guidelines incorporated from various online sources not limited to Reddit, David Nishimura, etc.
