Royal Pen Company? Any Information About This Pen And/or This Company?

[OakIris]

I have a pen that I bought at a local antique store for $5. I replaced the sac and the J bar and rather like the way it writes. It is a bit rough around the edges - bite marks on the cap, lots of brassing, ink view window nicely ambered (is that a word?!?) - but, I think, well worth the $5 purchase price. I have not been able to find out anything about this pen. I am assuming, perhaps incorrectly, that "Royal" refers to the manufacturers name. At best I am sure the pen was made by a third tier company but I would like to know a bit more about the pen and the company, if anyone here has any information.

 

There is no imprint on the barrel. "Royal" is stamped on the clip. Of course I don't know if the nib is original to the pen but it has the following info stamped on it:

Durable Tip

Durium

8

14Kt Gold Plate

Made in

USA

 

Here are some photos:

 

 

 

 

 

Holly

[wimg]

Hi Holly,

 

Very interesting.

 

The only Royal brands I am aware of are the ones from France, Britain (Mentmore brand), Germany (Excelsior brand) and the USA (Holland brand). IOW quite a few Royal brands.

 

Considering the nib imprint, I would say it is likely a pen made by Holland in the USA.

 

HTH, warm regards, Wim

[OakIris]

Thank you for your response, Wim.

 

I had seen a brief mention in an old thread here that John Holland Gold Pen Company did have a sub-brand called Royal, but haven't been able to track down much info about the Holland pen company OR the Royal brand. It would appear that this Midwestern manufacturer is not well known here on FPN. Richard Binder in his pen glossary stated that Holland made " high quality fountain pens" but gas nothing in the glossary about any company called "Royal."

 

I will keep looking and perhaps someone else here will have some information to share with us, even perhaps some pictures of their Royal pen/s - surely I can't have the only one still in existence!

 

Holly

Edited January 26, 2015 by OakIris

[DanDeM]

Holly:

With the exception of this Royal stylo from John Holland,



the others in the collection have no markings on the clip, lever or barrel. The only identification

is a nib imprint:

ROYAL
14K

Not likely your handsome specimen came from Cincinnati.

 

However, to let you know that you are not alone, here's a set with Royal markings on the clip.

The nib reads;

Durable Point 14k Gold Plated Smooth Writer

 

 

As Wim mentioned, there are alot of Royals out there.

Dan

Edited January 28, 2015 by DanDeM

[OakIris]

No chance that my pen is an exception, Dan, like the stylo, in that they decided to imprint "Royal" somewhere on the pen? lol So, I have an unknown pen from an unknown company.... I do like to have some idea of the provenance of my pens, no matter how incomplete. This is probably my first pen for which I don't even know where, approximately when or by whom it was made. I think I will survive, and I imagine I will have other "unknown" pens join my collection in the future!

 

Really like your Royal pen and pencil set, too, Much prettier and "fancier" than mine and I do like mechanical pencils, too. I take it you have had no luck finding out anything about your Royal set, either?

 

Holly

[DanDeM]

Really like your Royal pen and pencil set, too, Much prettier and "fancier" than mine and I do like mechanical pencils, too. I take it you have had no luck finding out anything about your Royal set, either?

 

Holly

 

I bought it against the chance that is was made by Holland and it might break the

pattern that seems to developing for these pens. Once in hand, and compared to

other Hollands of about the same age (Mid-Late 1930's) it quickly became clear

that the material and workmanship is not up to JH's standards.

 

Am guessing mid-late'30's because by late 30's / early '40's flat top styling gave

way to a more streamline, cigar shape profile.

 

It sits in a pen case with other orphans, but judging by the plating, the shape of

the clip, the rather light weight celluloid and the plated nib, wouldn't be surprised

to learn it was made by Wearever.

[texascharlie]

I have a pen that I bought on the internet that has a nib marked Royal. I went online and found one that looks just like it at Peyton Street pens. The picture displays the same clip and yellow tips on each end. Also the nib is marked exactly like mine.