Vintage
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Silver safety pen
This safety pen was either used or sold by a company in Vejle, Denmark called HP & Søn. Thanks to Claes who pointed me to a little history about this...
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Parker 51 Identification
I spent the afternoon trying to figure out which models of Parker 51 I have. To do this, I used the system at http://www.parkercollector.com/parker51.html, which is a great source of...
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Rexpen Diplomat
Rexpen was a sub-brand of TOZ Penkala which was founded in 1936 in Zagreb. (TOZ stands for Tvornica olovaka Zagreb, or “Pen Factory Zagreb”) This brand was so popular in...
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Waterman 52 1/2
This chased, black hard rubber lever filler started life around 1920s with a ring-top cap, but by the time I found it at a flea market, the cap was cracked...
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Bic Fountain Pen
It’s widely understood that the “death” of the fountain pen was brought on by the introduction of the ballpoint. Since “ballpoint pen” is synonymous with “Bic pen”, it felt a...
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Sheaffer’s Imperial AS9
I don’t need to say much about this pen, since there’s a good description of the slightly weird history of the AS9 on penhero.com. As Jim Mamoulides writes on that...
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New star for an old pen: Part 1
This posting is incomplete. I’ll come back and finish it off once I get the recipe to work properly. One problem with old Montblanc pens is that they are occasionally...
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This one’s a mystery…
I bought this pen based on some bad photos and a hunch that it was something interesting. Turns out that what I bought was a mystery. As can be seen...
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Montblanc De Luxe 275
Montblanc started its Danish production of pens and pencils in 1933. In fact, for a time after the war, the Copenhagen factory was the only running production, since the Hamburg...
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Vintage dip pen nibs
I fell down a rabbit hole with a USB microscope this week… From left to right the nibs shown are: Top row Middle Row Bottom Row