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Pilot Super 200
There’s a good blog posting about the Pilot Super 200 on this page. Apparently, this model had a wide range of nibs available. This one is a fine with a...
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Eversharp Popular Doric
The art deco styled Eversharp Doric line was introduced in 1931. The first generation design (made from 1931 – 1935) had a gold cap band that did not extend all...
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Hoover 783
Hoover (along with Orion, London, and Gefion) was one of the sub-brands of the Danish Miller Pen Co., started by Johannes Iversen in 1908, although the Hoover name didn’t appear...
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The Belleoram
This pen is made of cumberland ebonite (the barrel and cap), black ebonite (the section / grip), and brass (for the threaded portions of both the barrel and cap). The...
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Pocket dip pen
In the days before the fountain pen was invented, people used dip pens. In the days before the Kaweco Lilliput and the Pilot pocket pens, people needed a pen that...
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Montblanc 204
The Montblanc 204 was made in Denmark from 1950 to 1954 and was available in two colours: coral red and black. It’s a button filler made of celluloid, and (as...
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Penol Ambassador #5
Penol’s top-of-the-line pen was the Ambassador series, which started production in 1942. The third series in the line was started around October of 1946 and lasted less than a year....
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The Avondale
This was the first pen I’ve made using cumberland ebonite, so I decided to make it a little homage to the Waterman 7. The curves on the cap are more...
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Waterman 0552 1/2 L.E.C.
I’m quite certain that this pen has an interesting history that I’ll never learn. The model number gives us lots of information about it already: 0: gold filled5: full overlay5:...
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Orion 474 / Montblanc hybrid
I bought this pen on an auction in Sweden, taking a gamble that it was a Montblanc #2 Safety pen from the early 1900’s. Once it arrived, I could easily...