Filling System
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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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Hoover 827
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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Parker Duofold Senior
This NOS (New, Old Stock) Duofold Senior was made in 1925 (the date can be established by the fact that it has a single flush cap band or ‘girdle’ as...
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Rosendahl’s “dipless” pen
This is an integrated dip pen and inkwell made by Rosendahls with a porcelain base made by Rörstrand in Sweden. The one thing missing in this set is the feeder...
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NOS Skribents
I was recently fortunate enough to come across some New Old Stock Skribent Senior 4 and Super 4 pens. As is mentioned in Holten and Lund’s book “Montblanc in Denmark”,...
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Oblique dip pen holder
I’m currently taking an online course in Copperplate calligraphy with Chantelle Hoffmann at Bespoke Strokes. One problem that I had was in finding an oblique dip pen holder here in...
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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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Montblanc 206
The 206 is the largest of the three models in the 202/204/206 series, all made at the Danish factory in Copenhagen from 1950 to 1954. They were available in two...
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Wonder / Liberty
This pen is a mystery. Online searches for a lever-filler made of ebonite with a gold overlay and the “Wonder” brand don’t get many hits. However, the more I look...
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OMAS 361 T
In 1948, OMAS, a fountain pen manufacturer located in Bologna, Italy, patented and released the 361 model. It would be almost 30 years before Parker released the 180; so-called because...