Brand
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Waterman 0324
The Waterman 0324 was made between 1900 and 1909. It shares some characteristics with this pen, but not enough that I think that they’re related. According to Waterman’s Standard Numbering...
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The Avondale
I spent part of my summer vacation making this as a birthday gift for a friend. It’s made of Cumberland ebonite with a roll stop made from mammoth tusk.
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Conklin 75
In 1898, Roy Conklin founded The Conklin Pen Company in Toledo, Ohio. One of their notable contributions to fountain pen “technology” was the crescent filling mechanism, where a crescent-shaped bar...
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Pilot Myu
The Pilot M701 Myu, like the Parker T1 and Falcon 50, has a nib that is integral to the section/grip and was in production in the early 1970s. It’s a...
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Parker VP
VP stands for “Very Personal” writer, so named because the nib can be rotated to suite the writing angle of the owner. This one is a blue model, made in...
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Parker 51
This 51 Vacumatic Mk 1 was made in Canada in 1946-47. The barrel is stamped with a 6, but as can be seen in the photos below, the nib was...
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Pilot Capless
This Pilot Capless is an early model, dating to around 1964. It looks like it’s in good condition, but I suspect that the door isn’t closing properly, so it tends...
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Just Write
https://archive.org/details/fc-fc-2494 This film from 1920 shows the making of a chased hard rubber Conklin fountain pen.
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Montblanc newspaper ad
This advertisement is from Berlingske Tidende, December 24 of some year… I bought this single newspaper page at a flea market this morning, and the year is no where to...