A copper Universal and a silver Zemax. Alas, the Zemax was returned to Italy for a repair, and the registered parcel sent back to me never arrived. <sniff!>
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A copper Universal and a silver Zemax. Alas, the Zemax was returned to Italy for a repair, and the registered parcel sent back to me never arrived. <sniff!>
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Barry Gabay (October 26th, 2021), christof (June 28th, 2021), Cyril (April 4th, 2022), fountainpenkid (June 26th, 2021), Jon Szanto (July 4th, 2021)
Probably the most beautiful Italian pen I own ist this OMAS Extra Lucens from ca. 1936
Of course, these pens were highly inspirated by Parker's Vacumatic's. The celluloid, the nib, the arrow clip etc... Even the filling mechanism is kind of a vacumatic filler, just without diaphragm.
This example is NOS and has never seen any ink. Another neat detail is this tiny AS (Armando Simoni) stamp on the cap:
Barry Gabay (October 26th, 2021), catbert (June 28th, 2021), Cyril (April 4th, 2022), eachan (June 28th, 2021), fountainpenkid (June 28th, 2021), FredRydr (June 28th, 2021), guyy (June 28th, 2021), Kiineo (February 26th, 2022), mizgeorge (June 28th, 2021), pyiyha (April 4th, 2022), Schaumburg_Swan (September 27th, 2021), Yazeh (September 27th, 2021)
What an absolute stunner of a pen.
Thank you people for resurrecting this thread. I drew a lot of inspiration from OPs posts and went down a rabbit hole myself.
Christof, that Lucens is probably one of the most beautiful pens IMO. Here are couple of beauties to whet the appetite -
Omas Extra and Columbu 98
Enjoy
Barry Gabay (October 26th, 2021), catbert (September 27th, 2021), christof (September 26th, 2021), fountainpenkid (September 26th, 2021), guyy (September 30th, 2021), pyiyha (March 5th, 2023), Viktaurian (September 26th, 2021), Yazeh (September 27th, 2021)
Wow! I have never seen that wood herringbone (if that's an appropriate description) OMAS celluloid before--thanks for sharing markiv! Is it pre-stantuffo tuffante filler (i.e early '30s)?
Checking with experts this is pretty unique material so feel free to call it whatever...rattan arco is what I thought but wood herringbone makes sense too.
You are right - it's a lever filler predating the plunger filled models.
Viktaurian (September 27th, 2021)
These are fantastic pens. Thanks for showing.
PS: It's good to have you here Vik!
Viktaurian (September 27th, 2021)
Barry Gabay (October 26th, 2021), christof (September 27th, 2021), fountainpenkid (September 27th, 2021), guyy (September 30th, 2021), Jon Szanto (September 27th, 2021), pyiyha (March 5th, 2023), Viktaurian (September 30th, 2021)
Are those Ancora Damas (not Da-Ma? I've seen it both ways and haven't found clarification) both clipless and ringless?
That red arco is incredible!
I, too, am not clear about their nomenclature. You probably know this already - Da-Ma pens were made in lady, medium and senior sizes. The brown arco is a lady size Da-Ma but there is no model inscription on red arco ringtop. I referred to both as dama primarily due to their size.
fountainpenkid (September 30th, 2021), Viktaurian (September 30th, 2021)
Interesting...I did know that about sizes; was the hyphen in that case actually there to discourage confusion with the Italian word "dama?" If so what did "da-ma" mean? I know no Italian but apparently those two words would translate nonsensically to "from-but"...
Is that red arco material pearlescent? It's not clear from that picture...
Here is little gem with an equally pleasing nib - Omas Extra in its smallest iteration.
Barry Gabay (October 26th, 2021), catbert (October 25th, 2021), christof (October 24th, 2021), fountainpenkid (October 24th, 2021), Jon Szanto (October 26th, 2021), penwash (October 24th, 2021)
markiv--as I remember, your documentation of that very pen is what made me start looking for my own OMAS Extra vest pocket....
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Barry Gabay (October 26th, 2021), markiv (October 25th, 2021)
I hope it nudged you in the right direction your's looks to be in superb condition based on that ink-window!
fountainpenkid (October 26th, 2021)
Here is neat Tibaldi for today -
Barry Gabay (October 26th, 2021), christof (October 25th, 2021), fountainpenkid (October 25th, 2021), Jon Szanto (October 26th, 2021)
What is that filling system? It looks like the plunger is threaded but then there's a tube?
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