Wade
December 30th, 2016, 10:59 AM
Hi folks... I have recently rec'd delivery of an eBay lot of vintage pens to practice repair/restoration, two identical pens in the group are completely eluding my attempts to identify. I call them Herman & Ned, named after their personalized imprints.
There are no factory imprints that I can see, nothing on the nib or barrel that identifies the manufacturer, but there are some distinct features that I am hoping someone may recognize and provide a hint or clue (or just outright tell me what the hell they are, I'm easy) as to their origin.
Pens are burgundy plastic with gold-plated caps, quality seems pretty decent, here are the distinguishing features as I see them (pics below):
Clip is short, but not military short, folded end, with what looks like fletching running down the sides.
Cap off, you can see the nib is semi-hooded and the section is rounded on the dorsal side but delta-shaped on the ventral side.
There is a very wide clutch band between the section and barrel.
Finally, there is a diamond shape punched into the end of the fill lever.
I have not yet attempted disassembly, as I'd really like to research the pen a bit before trying to yard apart. Any help would be much appreciated!
Cheers,
Wade
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There are no factory imprints that I can see, nothing on the nib or barrel that identifies the manufacturer, but there are some distinct features that I am hoping someone may recognize and provide a hint or clue (or just outright tell me what the hell they are, I'm easy) as to their origin.
Pens are burgundy plastic with gold-plated caps, quality seems pretty decent, here are the distinguishing features as I see them (pics below):
Clip is short, but not military short, folded end, with what looks like fletching running down the sides.
Cap off, you can see the nib is semi-hooded and the section is rounded on the dorsal side but delta-shaped on the ventral side.
There is a very wide clutch band between the section and barrel.
Finally, there is a diamond shape punched into the end of the fill lever.
I have not yet attempted disassembly, as I'd really like to research the pen a bit before trying to yard apart. Any help would be much appreciated!
Cheers,
Wade
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