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Hi all, I am posting this thread to see whether anyone else recognises the logo on the nib of my late 1950s Geha 700 Schulfüller: The logo to which I am referring is the sun disk with 12 ‘rays’ on it, near the grip-section. None of other Geha 700s that I have seen in photographs have had this, 12-rayed, sun logo. I wonder whether it might indicate something about the nib, e.g. nib width, grind-shape, or degree of hardness/flexibility. This nib is a gold-plated steel nib. It is, as is correctly indicated on the pen’s piston-turning knob, an ‘FK’ nib - an ‘F’ nib with ‘kugel’ (ball) tipping. It produces a mono-width line, unlike many German nibs of the 1950s, which often had very ‘flat’-shaped tipping, and produce a ‘cursive italic’ line. In terms of flexibility, this nib is slightly ‘springy’, or ‘bouncy’; it is not, by any means, a ‘flex’ nib. It is slightly less ‘bouncy’ than is the steel ‘F’ nib on my Pelikan M205 from 2012, or the 14k gold ‘M’ nib on my Pelikan M400 from the 1990s (1991-97). It is much less ‘bouncy’ than is the 14k gold ‘F’ nib on my 1954 Pelikan 400, which nib has one of the flat-tipped ‘cursive italic’ grinds on it. So, has anyone seen this ‘12-rayed sun’ logo on another Geha nib before? Does anyone recognise/know that it signifies anything, or what the different logos ‘mean’? My thanks to you in advance for any answers. Slàinte, M.

Recognize logo on nib? Sterling cap near top hallmarked *1776VI (Vincenza guild), stamped 925 and also stamped "A" near band. Nib with logo stamped West Germany Iridium Point, but I don't recognize the logo although it looks familiar. Can anybody ID the round logo on nib? Since the sterling cap is from Vincenza, perhaps the origin of the pen is Italian? I've had it for years. The cap band is stamped Nova Jazz, along with nib size M in square. The nib logo has me puzzled. Hope the photos help.

This has been in my collection for a few years, mostly overlooked. During a CUPUFU session (cleanup, polishup, fixup), I noticed a 925 stamp on cap, with guild *1776VI hallmark. Another tiny hallmark with letter "A" on cap. The nib has a logo that looks familiar, but I can't place it, along with Iridium point W. Germany, so it has been around a while. Does anyone recognize tha logo on the nib? I'm drawing a blank. Hope the photos help.