BU157 Burnham No. 56. (Soft Medium)

BU157 Burnham No. 56. (Soft Medium)

Date: c1950s

Size: Capped - 125mm; posted - 149mm.

A beautiful Burnham No. 56 in splendid glossy green and black marbled casein.  The pen is in very good condition with no cracks, splits or chips to either cap or barrel.  There are no noticeable surface scratches either.  The only damage I can see on this pen is the obligatory plating wear to the pocket clip and also a little to the filling lever.  The plating on these pens was just a gold wash really so rubs off at the slightest use.  The cap is topped with a gold plated button that holds on the tapered clip.   The two cap bands and filling lever are also gold plated.   This pen has a very cute little nib marked "Burnham 14 carat gold".  It is still nice and shiny, and in a medium width point.

I have fully serviced this pen.   The nib writes well - very smooth and produces a good wet and medium width line.  It has some softness to it and writes with a good springy action.  It won't really produce any noticeable line width variation with normal writing pressure.  

A very nice little 50s Burnham.  Burnhams seem to have appreciated in value a fair bit over the last couple of years and good examples like this one are getting hard to find.