Interesting Eagle Pen

[Johnny Appleseed]

I picked up this Eagle pen in a parts lot. It has an orange-painted brass body, missing a nib, and has seen better days. These were cheap pens, usually with a brass nib, often sold as school pens. Sears sold one version of these in the 1920s for $0.23.

 

What I found really interesting was the sac on this one, which is orange to match the rest of the pen.

 

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a150/laridae/EaglesOrange.jpg

 

And lest you think that the sack color came from some paint rubbing onto the sac, take a look at the fresh break in this picture -

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a150/laridae/Eagle-orange-sac.jpg

 

It is orange all the way through. Of course, the sac is quite hardened by now - does that make it RHR? Anyone else find old vintage pens with colored sacs?

 

John

[Brian Anderson]

I can't be for certain, but I vaguely recall seeing a similar Eagle like this yesterday at the pen show. I also thought it to be an interesting piece, but did not buy it.

 

Best-

Brian

[Elaine]

well it is red, it's hard and it's rubber, so I guess it is!