Piston Filler
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Penol Ambassador Special
This Ambassador Special piston filler in “green paintbrush” celluloid was made in November, 1942 and serviced at the Christian Olsen factory in October, 1943, as can been seen in the...
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Penol Ambassador Gold Overlay
Around 1942, Penol introduced its new “Ambassador” model, replacing the “de Luxe” as its high-end pen. In production until the 1950s, the Ambassador was released in many variants. This one,...
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Montblanc 74
The Montblanc 74 pen is identical to the Montblanc 14 “Bishop’s hat” – the only difference between the two is the rolled gold cap on the 74. This pen required...
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Montblanc 252
The Montblanc 252 was probably made in the 1950’s in Germany.* It’s a small-sized piston filler with a rather unique-looking gold nib. It was designed by Albrecht von Goertz, a...
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Miller Streamline 623
The Miller Pen Company was established in 1908 by Johannes Iversen and was located in Copenhagen. The company was initially called “Johannes Iversen”. The name was changed to the “Orion...
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Geha 780
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,...
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Big Ben
I restored this pen for a friend. It’s a Danish-made Big Ben (I’ve written more about the Big Ben brand on some of my other postings). This one is a...
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Big Ben
In 1922, the Benzon Trading Company, founded by Niels Benzon, started as the distributor of Wall Eversharp pens in Denmark. By the 1930’s the company had started manufacturing its own...
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Liberty Kollegie Pen 501
Liberty was one of the smaller, second-tier fountain pen manufacturers in Denmark. It’s not difficult to find an “Original Liberty” at a flea market or antique dealer here. The Kollegie...
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Montblanc 34
The Montblanc 34 was in production in Hamburg from 1961 to 1970 and, along with the 32, were designed to be lower-cost variants of the 22 and 24. This is...