Nib Style
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Parker 75 – Insignia Cicelé Set
The Parker 75 was designed by Kenneth Parker (son of George Parker), and better known as “KP” to his colleagues. It was designed to be a higher-end pen in the...
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Wahl Pen No. 4
The Wahl Pen dates to the 1920’s – before the “Eversharp” addition was made to the brand name. This example is one of the shorter all-metal pens made by the...
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Wahl Eversharp Equipoised
Wahl Eversharp came out with the Equipoised (or “Equi-poised”) line as a medium-priced pen in 1930, one year before the Doric line was introduced. There is some slight brassing on...
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Wahl Pen No. 2
The Wahl Pen was introduced in 1921 and featured an all-metal cap and barrel with a lever filler. The thin barrel with integral end cap meant that a larger ink...
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Sheaffer Balance Petite
This black and pearl Sheaffer Balance Lifetime Petite was made in the USA in the either 1929 or 1930. Although the Balance production ran well into the 1940’s, there were...
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Montblanc 226
The 226 (see this posting for the logic behind the Montblanc numbering system) was made in Denmark between 1941 and 1954. The #6 nib has no iridium tip and was...
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Parker T-1 fountain pen and fibre tip/rollerball
The Parker T-1 (T for Titanium) is possibly the last pen made that was intended to be a usable pen, but wound up being a collector’s item (in contrast to...
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Wahl Doric Standard
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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Lever repair in a Wahl Doric
I’ve been using a Wahl Eversharp oversized Doric with an adjustable nib since I purchased one online around Christmas (actually, I bought it on Christmas Day… shopping for toys while...
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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,...