most beautiful vintage celluloid?

[gregamckinney]

"Thankfully" my piston blew up very early, when enough folks had had the material and willingness to repair them.

I use mine frequently and without (too much) trepidation.

 

Best Regards, greg

[zaddick]

Mine has a lovely medium sub and was in regular rotation until last week when I cleaned it (somewhat stressful for me) and put it away for a while to rest.

[georges zaslavsky]

Soennecken's celluloids as well as the Sheaffer Ebonized Pearl are among the nicest

[fountainpagan]

For me Soennecken 111 tortoise is the most beautiful

 

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/35/wnh0.jpg

 

But Bayard has some beautiful ones too (Le Spécial 8 - 1930)

 

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/661/Ejfbmi.jpg

 

And I find the "icy" celluloides quite nice (Astro Pen 1930)

 

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x768q90/540/pJORb4.jpg

[inkstainedruth]

Wow, there are some really nice looking pens in this thread.

Not sure I have a favorite. I'm a sucker for the Estie J pens in the mackerel pattern (particularly the red and the darker blue). Not sure if they're celluloid pens, but I would not say no if someone gave me a Duofold Lapis Lazuli, or a Pelikan Lapis. And I like the "Blue" (and, to some extent, the "Red") color ways on Duovacs.

I'm also a sucker for the sort of combed-look striations in Vac Shadow Waves; and I saw a Duo. I don't like cracked ice patterns for the most part, but I have an Arnold pen/pencil combo that's a cracked ice pattern in yellow and I saw photos of one that was white that was really pretty.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[fountainpagan]

Arnold pens have some pearlized celluiloïdes which are of great beauty, you are right, inkstainedruth. I had forgotten those.

[amk]

Wow! That Soennecken tortoise is terrific. It's what happens if you feed a Pelikan LSD!

[fountainpagan]

Wow! That Soennecken tortoise is terrific. It's what happens if you feed a Pelikan LSD!

 

 

That Soennecken has been my Graal, for years. I fell inlove the moment I saw it.

Edited December 4, 2014 by fountainpagan

[gweimer1]

Lately, I've been really liking these two.

 

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/Favorite_Cellulose_zps0f816f55.jpg

[sombrueil]

So what are those gorgeous pens, eh?

[gweimer1]

So what are those gorgeous pens, eh?

 

Ahhhh...details.

 

I have no idea what the blue one is. I got it at the Ohio Pen Show for $1, and then fit the section and nib to it. It's been my daily pen lately. The barrel is glass smooth.

The brown/tan one is a Waterman Lady Patricia that just wowed me from the start. I had planned on selling it after I restored it, but it writes so smooth that I'm keeping it. Not bad for a $17 investment.

[balson]

i am really fond of the Persian pattern waterman patrician/lady patricia pen. i just think it ages so gracefully, so many other celluloids look terrible when they discolor but that pattern is the only one i can think of that looks as good if not better.

[inkstainedruth]

 

Ahhhh...details.

 

I have no idea what the blue one is. I got it at the Ohio Pen Show for $1, and then fit the section and nib to it. It's been my daily pen lately. The barrel is glass smooth.

And what a lovely daily pen it is.

If I were the sort of person that matches ink to pen barrel -- which I'm (mostly) not I'd be putting a medium to dark blue ink in it, or a blue-black that doesn't lean teal.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[fountainpagan]

Lately, I've been really liking these two.

 

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/Favorite_Cellulose_zps0f816f55.jpg

 

 

These are really beautiful.

 

I amaze at the bargains one can get in the US!!!!!

 

I find the blue one quite unsusual. If ever you are tired of it...

[Bo Bo Olson]

One of the most beautiful pens shown here on the com was a second tier Blackbird of the Swan company....in the top five of the pretty pens I've had the pleasure to see.

 

That Soennecken was my grail pen, but the money burned a hole in my pocket after only three months.

I got a 500, 400n both in tortoise, Celebry and a Pelikan pen stand in a week instead.

 

Money and I have but a passing acquaintance.

Edited December 10, 2014 by Bo Bo Olson

[sombrueil]

Well, firstly I couldn't identify celluloid without looking at a book. I joined this forum around the middle of this year and since then have somehow acquired:

 

1. A striped Parker Duofold Debutante. Is this celluloid? I don't know, but then I showed it to some local people who said that, even in its unrestored state, it was just like paua shell inlay (paua is a New Zealand shellfish thing that polishes up all iridescent and stuff).

 

2. A cheap-as Moore Pen in a pattern that I believe is referred to as basketweave - and it's green. Most stunning finish I have ever personally set eyes on. Is it celluloid? I don't know, probably.

yes, those are both celluloid. See why I love celluloid?

 

well actually I should not swear to the Moore, since I am not familiar enough with the brand to say whether they hung in long enough to make the transition to "resin".

Edited December 11, 2014 by sombrueil

[ink-syringe]

I adore the Parker Vacumatics standard aesthetics. I love those pens. It doesn't hurt that the best pen I have owned is a '42 Golden Pearl stub.

 

But I also love a lot of the old Waterman designs. The Thoroughbred, which was not a deluxe pen as far as I can tell is nevertheless, totally gorgeous, especially this finish. Red marbled (?) with thin green streaks. Lordy.

 

& this very pen, posted in the classifieds here, is now on it's way to me.

 

I have never seen one up for sale that wasn't the grey & red. Love the looks of this, Very Christmas-y too. hehe.

 

 

 

 

[gweimer1]

I love those Watermans. The Esterbrook Dollar Pen is really similar to those.

[Cob]

Mabie Todd of Course; I cannot believe that so far there has been no mention of MT's superb pens.