The "Doric"

[hari317]

The Doric was one of the many brands manufactured by Mhatre pens and plastics in Mumbai, India. These pens are very well made and soundly engineered, employing the ED filling mechanism. I have been able to locate these two examples only after more than two years of search.

 

This post features two variants; the steel capped one is marked simply as the DORIC and the all plastic one is called the DORIC JUNIOR.

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Doric/IMG_4060.jpg

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Doric/IMG_4061.jpg

 

The DORIC has a superb spring loaded clip:

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Doric/IMG_4062.jpg

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Doric/IMG_4064.jpg

 

Both the pens have the same GP steel nib:

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Doric/IMG_4065.jpg

 

The DORIC has an Eversharp type feeder, the Junior's feeder is the regular Indian Ebonite feeder:

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Doric/IMG_4066.jpg

 

Mhatre I believe bought some of the tooling from Eversharp and made many models based on Eversharp like the Clipper Airflow

 

Cheers,

Hari

[bluemoon]

:clap1: Really great find and really great photos.

[framebaer]

I like the "Waterman inspired" clip on the one pen!

[hari317]

:clap1: Really great find and really great photos.

Thanks Bluemoon.

 

I like the "Waterman inspired" clip on the one pen!

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

 

Regards,

Hari

[DHC2010]

I agree, congrats on a great find!

[Rena]

Hari,

Thanks for taking us along on the examination of the "Doric" — many interesting features to note in the styling and in the materials. It's unusual to see an ED from India that is not made from ebonite, isn't it? Do you know when this pen was produced?

[hari317]

Thanks Doris, Rena.

 

Rena, there were several plastic FPs made in India from the early 60s onwards to date. Wality and Camlin are the major brands that still make platic pens using machines. Extinct brands were Wilson, Plato, Pilot India etc. The handmade pen turners used Celluloid and Ebonite, these are the pens that got the most exposure on FPN. I suspect the Doric was made in the late 60s.

 

Thanks for your interest in pens from this corner of the world.

 

Regards,

Hari

 

It's unusual to see an ED from India that is not made from ebonite, isn't it?