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    Default Re: Can anyone identify this pen?

    Quote Originally Posted by Scrawler View Post
    I have just seen an Eclipse pen that has the same body shape, art deco cap ring and similar looking celluloid but it is green where this is grey. However the clip is quite different as is the cap top and barrel end. So I am going to search Eclipse pens to see what else I can find.
    I have an Eclipse "Vis-O-Ray" model made of the same material (but different cap and barrel styling)

    Someone on FPN was trying to ID a pen that was the same as my Vis-O-Ray but in reddish-brown. He did some research and said his was an American-made Swan in red marble & lizardskin, ca. the late 1930's. I couldn't find that pattern in a Swan pen when I used Google, although I know that different pen companies sourced their celluloid material from some common manufacturers....

    Whatever it is, it's a very nice-looking pen

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    Default Re: Can anyone identify this pen?

    Holy resurrected threads Batman!

    The original picture is not available anymore so I cannot compare the photo, but this thread popped in my head when I saw this blog post today: http://goodwriterspens.com/2013/08/1...en-pencil-set/
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    Default Re: Can anyone identify this pen?

    Quote Originally Posted by KrazyIvan View Post
    Holy resurrected threads Batman!

    The original picture is not available anymore so I cannot compare the photo, but this thread popped in my head when I saw this blog post today: http://goodwriterspens.com/2013/08/1...en-pencil-set/
    Sorry I cleaned out my picture files and was just a bit too enthusiastic. I will go look for it and try to repost it later. That is the same Greek Key band, but it is a small pen about the size of an Esterbrook SJ and the pen pictured here is described as large. The nib on mine is a Mabie Todd.

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    Default Re: Can anyone identify this pen?

    Well, if it is the same band (and that's what struck me as being the same) it may at least be the same manufacturer.
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    Default Re: Can anyone identify this pen?

    Obviously I cannot see the picture but did you check out AltecGreen's thread on vintage Italian pens? In the 30's and 40's there were several brands, including lower tier, that used a Greek key band similar to the Omas one.


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