Vintage
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Monte Rosa 042G
Monte Rosa was a sub-brand of Montblanc, created as a “student” line of pens in the mid-to-late 1950s. V2024032
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Penol Standard ballpoint
These are two Standard ballpoint pens from the late days of Penol production in Denmark. They released the Q-Pen in 1949 and the factory shut down in 1966. I don’t...
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Montblanc 223D
This mechanical pencil was one of the last models made by Montblanc in Denmark. Produced from 1954-1958, it was identical to the 223, but with the top portion coved with...
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New star for an old pen: Part 2
I have tried for years to figure out a way of replacing missing stars in the caps of vintage Montblanc pens. Doing so is especially necessary when the missing star...
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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...