The 14 was first released in 1959. It’s a piston filler with a hooded 18 k gold nib and an ink window, as can be seen in the photo below. The design of the cap band was intended to READ MORE
Montblanc Meisterstück 14
Category: Piston Filler
Geha set
The Geha Company was started in Hannover, Germany in 1918 by two brothers, Heinrich and Conrad Hartmann. (The company name is a shortened form of Gebrüder Hartmann, or Hartmann Brothers). The company, which started production of fountain pens in the 1950’s, was READ MORE
Pelikan 100
The 100 was Pelikan’s first fountain pen, and was the first to use a differential piston system, patented by the Hungarian engineer, Theodor Kovacs (see this page for more details). This particular pen was probably made between 1932 and 1938 READ MORE
Montblanc 146 barrel with a 246 cap and nib
I purchased this pen without knowing enough about it. After some digging around (and with some help from the friendly people at fountainpennetwork.com) it turns out that this is at least two different pens. The barrel is a Montblanc 146 READ MORE
Osmia / Faber-Castell 883 & 189
This set is dated 3.9.57 as was therefore probably made in the 1950’s. The 883 fountain pen has a Fine nib with a nice flex and a clean ink window, and is in very good condition. The 189 pencil uses 1.18 mm READ MORE
Big Ben
This is a Danish Big Ben, unknown model. It’s a piston filler with an aluminium nut, visible in the photo below. Although it’s not immediately obvious in the photos, there is an ink window that has darkened slightly over the READ MORE
Lamy 42CH
This black Lamy 42CH has a medium nib with a moderate amount of flex. The original box and instructions are still with the pen. It has typical traces of use, but is in excellent condition and can make a great READ MORE
Big Ben Master
Green Marbled Nib imprint: Warranted, 14CT, Osmiridium Nib size: #5 Cap: postable, but not secure Length, capped: 134.8 mm Length, uncapped:116.5 mm Barrel diameter: 12.5 mm (max) Cap diameter: 14.0 mm (max) Mass: 21.5 g (empty) This pen has a nice READ MORE
Big Ben / Luxor
Cap: Postable Length, capped: 131.7 mm Length, uncapped: 120.5 mm Barrel diameter: 11.4 mm (max) Cap diameter: 12.5 mm (max) Mass: 13.0 g (with empty cartridge) V201651
Matador Junior 004
Item number: V201635