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    Default ONOTO DE LA RUE PEN.

    I am a fan of these pens and no one talks about this pen here.
    Is it because it is so rare or not to be found easily or need more skills and tools to restore these marvelous witing instruments?
    I am curious.

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    Cyril, gorgeous. You're killing me! I had two red and black mottled De La Rues, but I couldn't refuse the offers. :-)

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    Exceedingly handsome pens but not common in the States, unless one goes to a pen show and a particular dealer has them as a focus. I always admire them when I read about them on UK site or, of course, in good pen books. Thank you for sharing this collection!
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    Thats a lovely flourish of Onotos Thank you

    Probably some of my favourite vintage pens

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    Everthing looks better when the background is a photo by HCB.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyril View Post
    I am a fan of these pens and no one talks about this pen here.
    Is it because it is so rare or not to be found easily or need more skills and tools to restore these marvelous witing instruments?
    I am curious....
    I don't talk about them because I know nothing about them (apart from the fact that they exist).

    But since one can't own absolutely everything, it's nice to be able to read about the pens that one doesn't have, and think "well, maybe...".

    Thanks for the pictures.
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    Very nice collection, I have only owned four, a K3 which I really liked despite the fact that the K series are meant to be uncool. A nice lattice barrelled pen which was wrecked by a pen repairer who is meant to be good with Onotos, and two others which were nothing special.

    I would like one of the Onoto Henry Simpole overlays, that boat might have sailed.

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    Hi,

    well, I know many say Onoto nibs are some of the finest ever, and i trust them...
    Even as a MT Swan addict, more reviews of TDLR/Onoto pens and nibs are very interesting. :-)
    Great to see your impressive collection. Here only one DeLaRue Junior Pen is at hand, nothing fancy, just a nice high quality student lever filler.

    Best wishes
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    An original Magna, not one of the current ones with the faux-vacuum filling system, remains one of my "perhaps one day" pens...
    Vintage. Cursive italic. Iron gall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by silverlifter View Post
    An original Magna, not one of the current ones with the faux-vacuum filling system, remains one of my "perhaps one day" pens...
    Hi, dear Silverlifter,

    ... or one of those plunger fillers with over/under feed. Nearly got one last winter, but was outbid...

    Btw, I haven't forgotten about your samples, but still no parcels to NZ are possible from here. :-(

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    Default Re: ONOTO DE LA RUE PEN.

    Quote Originally Posted by SchaumburgSwan View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by silverlifter View Post
    An original Magna, not one of the current ones with the faux-vacuum filling system, remains one of my "perhaps one day" pens...
    Hi, dear Silverlifter,

    ... or one of those plunger fillers with over/under feed. Nearly got one last winter, but was outbid...

    Btw, I haven't forgotten about your samples, but still no parcels to NZ are possible from here. :-(
    Be patient Jens! Both the pen and the samples will come around again!
    Vintage. Cursive italic. Iron gall.

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    They are rather lovely pens. I find Onotos - and on one occasion two Onoto nibs, being used in dip pens! - in France occasionally, so presumably someone was importing them. I know Gold Starry started off importing Conway Stewarts; I wonder whether one of the other French manufacturers had a deal with Onoto at some point?

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    I found the hard rubber lever-filler De La Rues were about the same quality as Waterman's being manufactured at the same time. Being rarer made them special, but not better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by amk View Post
    ...and on one occasion two Onoto nibs, being used in dip pens!
    Found one crammed into a Platignum Gold Tone once. Before you ask, no, it didn't fit, but it did validate my habit of checking under the hood of even the lowliest pen just in case.

    Think I've got an Onoto somewhere; guess I should dig it out and ink it up.
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    My Onto The La Rue " The Pen " series. Piston Plunger pens. They are the oldest series from 1905 and still beautiful writers. I am not a Flex pen writer but I am into SPENCERIAN AND American hand .
    So the pens gives more potentials to write something similar closer scripts.

    Out of These pens one in the right side is the new pen and it has a under and over feed. But this feed is very solid feed than the Swan under and over feed pens.
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