What is the oldest pen you own?

[Anne]

... and yes, I care to know even if your most "aged" pen is from 2006
I think that I top out at around 1937 with a Parker Vacumatic. So far ...!

[Jon Szanto]

The oldest I know for certain is a Sheaffer Flattop (I'm forgetting the catalog number ATM) that is from circa 1926. I have an HR pen from the small "Golden Rule Pen Co." that may pre-date it, but no real documentation to get it down to a reasonable year.

[grainweevil]

Waterman's #22 Taper Cap, which I understand dates somewhere between 1900 and 1915.

[FredRydr]

Well, it depends if you exclude dip pens. I have a gold-nibbed little dip pen from the mid-19th century, pre-American Civil War. As to fountain pens, I sold my mottled 1902 Conklin to a well-known Portuguese collector, leaving my long matchstick-filler Weidlich gold overlay to be my senior pen. An engraving puts it at 1906 or earlier. I broke the hard rubber barrel in my pocket the same day I bought it years ago from the late John Roede of Philadelphia, and it was carefully restored by Rick Horne of Georgia USA.

I just filled it with Aurora black ink and it is in rotation for writing postcards. Its big 14-karat nib has nice flex from EF to BB, but I am careful with it; it's irreplaceable.

Fred

[jar]

Probably a pre-WW1 Conklin Crescent.

[fountainpenkid]

Until I sold it to Daniel Kirchheimer late last year, my ~1916 Waterman's 14S was my oldest pen. I very briefly owned a 1912 12S saftey. Currently my oldest is an OMAS Extra Vest pocket from 1948. I tend to like midcentury pens, so most have mine have been no earlier than the mid 1940s (excluding 5 or so 1st generation Parker Vacumatics).

[penwash]

I won't be surprised if this pen was produced in the late 1800's.

[Cob]

I have an Edward Todd "Traveller" eye-dropper; I imagine that it dates from the very first years of the 20th century.

Cob

Edward Todd Traveller 4.jpg

[Robert]

My oldest is a Wahl Eversharp Doric from the mid-1930's. Not as old as some of the others mentioned on this thread, but at least it's older than I am.

[ppmiranda]

Mine is a golden brown Sheaffer Triumph Statesman vacuum fill from the 1940's.

[Kaputnik]

The oldest of which I can be reasonably sure is a Waterman's 12 PSF, which I understand would have been made between 1913 and 1917. Nice pen to write with, but doesn't get used as often as it might.

A couple of my Conklin Crescents may be pre 1920, but the screw caps put them at no earlier than 1916 if I remember correctly.

EDIT: I can add a picture. Bottom pen here.

[TheInkluminati]

Edward Todd dip pen and magic pencil. 1871-ish.

[Wade]

My oldest pen (and soon to get a green-coloured twin) is a Waterman/Alco Canada-made Skywriter that I think is from the late 1930's, I also have a 'Locktite' combo that I think hails from a similar date. Other than that most of my vintage pens are 1950-60's.

[Spoonage]

The oldest I have is a MB Monte Rosa. Don't know the exact age but figure its had years of great use before coming to me.

[KrazyIvan]

Parker Duofold Jr. It is a button filler. I think it's from the 1930's.

[Wahl]

Parker Duofold Red Hard Rubber 1923.

I also have a BHR Waterman which could be older, but I´m not sure.

[roguez]

I posted these in the recent acquisition threads but I think these might be my two oldest pens.
First is a Conklin Endura from the 1920's I believe and a Waterman Ideal 56 I think from the same time period. Here are the pics for those who are knowledgeable about them.

Waterman Ideal1.jpgIMG_9104.JPG

[RayCornett]

A Faber dip pen and pencil combo from around 1850 or possibly before. The nib end and pencil end are removable so you can reverse them and put the points into the barrel which is covered with leather.

[farmdogfan]

I think this Parker jointless 018 is one of the oldest i have (still with the lucky curve feed intact).

[Hudson_MacBeth]

I just got into fountain pens quite recently (last month) so all 4 of my pens are modern. A pilot metro, a jinhao x750, a nemosine singularity, and a Schaffer calligraphy pen

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