Stratford 77 Fountain Pen Photo Thread

[PenHero]

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This is an interesting pen I picked up and did a little research on.

 

This is a Stratford 77 fountain pen in emerald green metallic pearl c. 1940-1943. Stratford was a brand of Salz Brothers Inc. It's a 5 inches long button fill (Salz called it a knob filler) fountain pen that uses a striped celluloid very similar to the 1st generation Conklin Nozac Penline. The pen fills by removing the blind cap from the end of the barrel, inserting the nib in ink and pressing the button to compress the ink sac and fill the pen. Note the gold plated 77 button inset above the clip. The clip is stamped with the Stratford logo. It features an ink view section made of Lucite. The trim is lightly gold plated and shows typical plating loss. The nib is stainless steel and stamped with the Stratford logo over 77 over U.S.A. It was offered with a celluloid cap and barrel in striped emerald green, silver grey, and golden brown metallic pearl and jet black. It was sold in a fountain pen and matching pencil set for $1.00.

http://www.penhero.com/Temp/Stratford77Green_1280_01.jpg

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[PenHero]

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This is a Stratford 77 fountain pen in golden brown metallic pearl celluloid c. 1940-1943 with a matching pocket knife. Stratford was a brand of Salz Brothers Inc. It's a 5 inches long button fill (Salz called it a knob filler) fountain pen that uses a striped celluloid very similar to the c. 1939 Eagle Prestige. The pen fills by removing the blind cap from the end of the barrel, inserting the nib in ink and pressing the button to compress the ink sac and fill the pen. Note the gold plated 77 button inset above the clip. The clip is stamped with the Stratford logo. It features an ink view section made of Lucite. The trim is lightly gold plated and shows typical plating loss. The nib is gold plated stainless steel and stamped with the Stratford logo over 77 over U.S.A. It was offered with a celluloid cap and barrel in striped emerald green, silver grey, and golden brown metallic pearl and jet black. It was sold in a fountain pen and matching pencil set for $1.00.

 

http://www.penhero.com/Temp/Stratford77GoldenBrown_1280_01.jpg

 

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[PenHero]

Hi, Folks!

 

This is a Stratford 77 fountain pen in silver gray metallic pearl c. 1940-1943. Stratford was a brand of Salz Brothers Inc. It's a 5 inch long button fill (Salz called it a knob filler) fountain pen that uses a striped celluloid very similar to the 1st generation Conklin Nozac Penline. The pen fills by removing the blind cap from the end of the barrel, inserting the nib in ink and pressing the button to compress the ink sac and fill the pen. Note the gold plated 77 button inset above the clip. The clip is stamped with the Stratford logo. It features an ink view section made of Lucite, though this example is clouded with dry ink. The trim is lightly gold plated and shows typical plating loss. The nib is stainless steel and stamped with the Stratford logo over 77 over U.S.A. It was offered with a celluloid cap and barrel in striped emerald green, silver grey, and golden brown metallic pearl and jet black. It was sold in a fountain pen and matching pencil set for $1.00.

 

http://www.penhero.com/Temp/Stratford77SilverGray_2048_01.jpg

 

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[PenHero]

Hi, Folks!

 

This is a Stratford fountain pen in emerald green metallic pearl c. 1940. It is very similar to the c. 1940-1943 Stratford 77. The primary differences are the clip style, cap bands and nib. Stratford was a brand of Salz Brothers Inc. It's a 4 7/8 inch button fill (Salz called it a knob filler) fountain pen that uses a striped celluloid very similar to the 1st generation Conklin Nozac Penline. The pen fills by removing the blind cap from the end of the barrel, inserting the nib in ink and pressing the button to compress the ink sac and fill the pen. The clip is stamped with the Stratford logo. The cap band has a fletching or arrow feathers design. The cap top band has two thin lines. The cap still has the paper band printed with IRIDIUM TIPPED. It features an ink view section made of Lucite. The trim and the nib are lightly gold plated and shows typical plating loss. The nib is stainless steel and stamped Iridium over TIPPED over MADE IN over U.S.A. The similarity to the Stratford 77 probably means this model was offered with the same celluloid cap and barrel in striped emerald green, silver grey, and golden brown metallic pearl and jet black. It sold for 49 cents in 1940.

 

http://www.penhero.com/Temp/StratfordGreen1940_2048_01.jpg

 

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