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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    Quote Originally Posted by eachan View Post
    All very well known in the UK. All quality pens.
    At some point we’ll have to have Will weigh in on what should go on the list. Regional branding may be tricky to sis’s out, but this is all casual, anyway.
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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jon Szanto View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by eachan View Post
    All very well known in the UK. All quality pens.
    At some point we’ll have to have Will weigh in on what should go on the list. Regional branding may be tricky to sis’s out, but this is all casual, anyway.
    I think in the spirit of this thread, it's okay to have brands that are obscure to the poster, but are commonly known some others.

    In the end, I hope we all learn something, and that's really what I envision this thread to be about.
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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    Fair enough if that's how you want to go but I can't accept as obscure pens that had production runs in the thousands - rather more than most modern pens. The problem here is the limitation of people's knowledge of pens made in countries other than the US.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eachan View Post
    Fair enough if that's how you want to go but I can't accept as obscure pens that had production runs in the thousands - rather more than most modern pens. The problem here is the limitation of people's knowledge of pens made in countries other than the US.
    Eachan, let's suppose a member from UK posted here that he found a neat little pen called WASP.

    That brand may be obscure to him, but not to me, so I would tell him that WASP is a sub-brand from the mighty Sheaffer, and there are quite a bit of them produced back then. The result is that the member from UK learned about his new pen, and I am reminded that WASP may be an odd and obscure brand from someone who are not pen collector in the US. Which is totally fine with me.

    That scenario is exactly what just happened here. A member posted about some pens whose brand is obscure *to him*. And you pointed out that those are actually quite common pens in the UK.

    One of the outcomes is that even I (not the OP) learned a new brand called Altura that I wouldn't have known apart from this.
    The other outcome is that everyone learned *from you* that those brands are quite common in the UK.

    With this give-and-take approach, I think we all would continue to benefit from this thread.

    And alluding to what Jon said earlier, this thread is not my "crusade", it's just a friendly chat among pen friends, that happens to be international in scope. I hope that you would consider this perspective and continue to have fun here
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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    Nothing I was said was intended to be unfriendly or to spoil anyone's fun. I just made what I felt was a necessary clarification. Lets leave it at that.

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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    Quote Originally Posted by eachan View Post
    Nothing I was said was intended to be unfriendly or to spoil anyone's fun. I just made what I felt was a necessary clarification. Lets leave it at that.
    That's the way I read it.

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    Nothing I was said was intended to be unfriendly or to spoil anyone's fun. I just made what I felt was a necessary clarification. Lets leave it at that.
    Then I am relieved.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eachan View Post
    Nothing I was said was intended to be unfriendly or to spoil anyone's fun. I just made what I felt was a necessary clarification. Lets leave it at that.
    That's my takeaway, too. I think we are just casually cataloging pen brands that we had not personally been aware of. IN that light, and in the thread of the discussion, we become enlightened by our colleagues with different and/or broader experience. The unknown becomes the known.

    And it's among friends.
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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    As per Jon's request, here's another look of the now christened "Gee Bee Steiner" pen

    This old woodgrain ebonite pen of sizeable dimension (for vintage pens) is not only in a nice condition, but also has a unique name fit for this thread. On the barrel, the brand is Steiner None Finer.

    I thought someone had a real sense of humor engraving that on a commercially marketed pen. It's catchy!
    And probably that was exactly the response they were hoping for.

    The only thing this pen was missing is its original clip, so I put a stop to it, a rollstop, that is.



    Yes, this pen is now working again. It came with a Warranted 14K which is really flexible. Deliciously so.

    For more info on how the rollstop came to be, go to this thread which has a sketch of the airplane also.
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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    I haven't suggested any make of pen because of suspect that if I know about it then I can't be obscure.

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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    Quote Originally Posted by An old bloke View Post
    I haven't suggested any make of pen because of suspect that if I know about it then I can't be obscure.
    This thread is about learning together about pens that are not known.

    Whether it's not known to some of us, one of us, two hundreds of us, doesn't matter, as long as collectively we all learn something that enrich our enjoyment in this hobby.

    If you want to be pedantic about the actual meaning of the word "obscure", then yeah, this thread probably won't be that useful for you.

    But if you consider switching your perspective, and take this thread as it was intended, then for sure you can participate, and have fun with the rest of us.

    Suggest any make that you think could inform or educate others.

    Just leave Scheaeffer out of this...
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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    There's the Rex Lady 100, my little piston-filler. Ever heard of that?

    IMG_3974.jpg

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    What a very pretty little pen

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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    Quote Originally Posted by penwash View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by An old bloke View Post
    I haven't suggested any make of pen because of suspect that if I know about it then I can't be obscure.
    This thread is about learning together about pens that are not known.

    Whether it's not known to some of us, one of us, two hundreds of us, doesn't matter, as long as collectively we all learn something that enrich our enjoyment in this hobby.

    If you want to be pedantic about the actual meaning of the word "obscure", then yeah, this thread probably won't be that useful for you.

    But if you consider switching your perspective, and take this thread as it was intended, then for sure you can participate, and have fun with the rest of us.

    Suggest any make that you think could inform or educate others.

    Just leave Scheaeffer out of this...
    Thank you for clarification.

    I almost feel as though I've been scolded and should say, 'Yes Mother. I'll do better next time.' That aside, my comment was in response to the exchange above discussing one's awareness of only one pen of a brand that may have numbered in the thousands as one respondent put it. My comment was my ignorant attempt to express the sentiment that there, people like me, who despite a long life of fountain pen use -- seven decades in my case -- understand that our experience is in fact limited, and that we do not know it all, nor do we pretend to do.

    You have my apologies for my ignorance.

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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    I just enjoy these beautiful pen pictures!

    Uncertain if the Federal I posted way upthread is considered obscure. The two accompanying NoNami probably are.
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

    And my other blog is a tumblr!


    And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:

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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor Kenshin View Post
    Uncertain if the Federal I posted way upthread is considered obscure.
    Hey, it made the list! Obscure enough for me!

    Quote Originally Posted by An old bloke View Post
    I almost feel as though I've been scolded and should say, 'Yes Mother. I'll do better next time.' ... You have my apologies for my ignorance.
    Let's all just take a step back for a moment. This thread is not comprehensive nor rigorously academic and not meant to be exclusive. It is a light and casual attempt to survey anyone who wishes to contribute and answer a very simple question: "what is the most obscure pen you have come across?". There isn't any need to make it more or less than that, no one knows them all, many of us have slim knowledge compared to the great collectors of the hobby, and we're trying to have an enjoyable thread collecting pens that surprised us with their mysterious lineage.

    Eachan brought up a good point about regional brands, and I think we've addressed this. Please, please: there isn't any need for defensiveness or any other grievances. Chalk it all up to the inability, at times, for the written language to adequately convey our meanings. I can state, without any hesitation, that neither Will nor I have a desire for anything but for people to have a good time looking at lesser-known pens. Nothing more. Take the thread for what it is and let it give you a bit of respite from the difficulties of our world at large.
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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    Quote Originally Posted by An old bloke View Post

    I almost feel as though I've been scolded and should say, 'Yes Mother. I'll do better next time.' That aside, my comment was in response to the exchange above discussing one's awareness of only one pen of a brand that may have numbered in the thousands as one respondent put it. My comment was my ignorant attempt to express the sentiment that there, people like me, who despite a long life of fountain pen use -- seven decades in my case -- understand that our experience is in fact limited, and that we do not know it all, nor do we pretend to do.

    You have my apologies for my ignorance.
    That part I am highlighting above is not a fair statement.

    I have *always* been very careful in crafting the sentences that I put out in a public forum.
    Yet somehow my statements seem to reached you in a way that I *never* intended.

    Nowhere in my attempt to appeal for the purpose of this thread, have I not being respectful of your perspective. By inviting you to *consider*, I am leaving the choices to you -- out of courtesy.

    How that can be implied in any shape or form that I am "scolding" you, is beyond my comprehension.

    Also, you don't have to apologize for anything, we are fellow members of this forum and as far as I'm concerned, we are of equal standing, and there are no "offences" recorded anywhere.

    As Jon mentioned above, there are enough issues in the world, shall we just leave things that are meant to be light-hearted stay that way?
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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    Hush!

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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Hush!
    That Deep Purple song?
    My other pen is a Montblanc.

    And my other blog is a tumblr!


    And my latest ebook, for spooky wintery reading:

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    Default Re: What is the most obscure FP brand that you can think of?

    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    There's the Rex Lady 100, my little piston-filler. Ever heard of that?

    IMG_3974.jpg
    Nope, never heard of it.

    How long is this Rex Lady when capped?

    This reminds me that I have probably the smallest and daintiest piston filler (that I've ever seen), it's smaller than even Merlin Merlina, yet a piston filler.
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