What Is The Oldest Pen In Your Collection?

[pjsmithe]

Conklin Crescent Filler. Works great and has a new sac, but I'm missing the locking ring. So it's real easy to push in the crescent bar, expelling ink. I really need to find a lock ring for that thing, so I can start using it again.

[dapv]

As I've been consolidating my accumulation into a collection , currently, my grandfather's Parker 51 Aerometric with a fine nib is my oldest fountain pen. Well, except for a very old flat head barn nail I found when I was a kid. I filed the tip down to a nib of sorts for dipping and drawing. It actually works pretty well because the nail body is rough enough to hold ink, and the nib smooth and rough enough to draw and write.

[Penman222]

Medium black Parker Vacumatic Major (see pic on left), 1946 1st quarter. Use Aurora Blue, writes perfectly every time.

[sadiemagic]

After reading some of these posts, I don't think of my 1929 Parker Duofold button filler in black and pearl celluloid, with a medium nib, as "old" anymore!

 

But it is my oldest pen, followed shortly by some Sheaffer Balances.

 

Neat thread!

[Fernan]

Waterman 12 POC (BCHR), Made in Canada, in Montreal (Saint-Lambert), some time between 1909 and 1917.

 

An eyedropper.

 

A really nice writer. Works well. Use it often.

[georges zaslavsky]

My 1923 Parker big red duofold senior single band flat top pen

[Dindi]

Waterman 12 POC (BCHR), Made in Canada, in Montreal (Saint-Lambert), some time between 1909 and 1917.

 

An eyedropper.

 

A really nice writer. Works well. Use it often.

 

That's also my oldest pen -- Waterman 12. Has one of those legendary Waterman "wet noodle" nibs...sigh.

[LedZepGirl]

My oldest pen is a Conklin Crescent filler, it's made of black hard rubber. I have no idea when it was made, but my guess would be the 1910s or early 20s. It has a flex nib and lacks a pocket clip.

[ticoun]

Made in Canada, in Montreal (Saint-Lambert), some time between 1909 and 1917.

the other day i was wondering where in Montreal were waterman pens made. well, now i know.

[Fernan]

Made in Canada, in Montreal (Saint-Lambert), some time between 1909 and 1917.

the other day i was wondering where in Montreal were waterman pens made. well, now i know.

 

Rue Waterman, à Saint-Lambert, au coin de la rue Elm. L'édifice n'existe plus.

[Deirdre]

1924 or thereabouts, an Ancora Rapid Safety filler.

 

http://gallery.me.com/deirdre/100008/P1070335/web.jpg

[Gobblecup]

1924 or thereabouts, an Ancora Rapid Safety filler.

 

http://gallery.me.com/deirdre/100008/P1070335/web.jpg

 

 

[OcalaFlGuy]

This Wahl Rosewood set, I think around 1926. These are the Ebay pics. It looks quite a bit nicer now after Ron Zorn restored it. While he was in there he also swapped the #2 Signature nib that came in it with a Wahl factory stub in the same series that I got from Syd.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[sztainbok]

My earliest pen is an Eagle with a glass cartridge filling system, I think it is circa 1890's. The body of the pen is blackened brass and the rubber seal where the glass cartridge is inserted is hardened as is the ink in the corked glass vail. The nib looks like a dip pen nib with a primitive collector.

[richardandtracy]

...also, the split feed indicates something really early, which makes me think it's very possible.

Th split feed is early & your seller was correct. I understand the split feed came in in 1908 and continued to 1916, possibly 1918. That makes it easier to date. Lucky thing getting one of those - I have tried to buy them on E-Bay & they always get away from me.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[Shangas]

Oldest pen in my collection?

 

Swan eyedropper ca. 1900-1905. Made of BCHR.

 

If anything, this pen was a lesson in patience.

 

I'm used to fast repairs which I can do in a couple of hours. This one took a couple of days. Long term soaking in warm soapy water to remove decades of old ink from the threads before I could pull the pen apart, clean it and then fill it and write with it.

 

It's one of my favourite pens.

Edited October 19, 2011 by Shangas

[Larry T]

My oldest pen is a turn of the century A.A. Waterman twist filler, with a 1899 patent date on it. Richard did a wonderful job restoring it for me.

 

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a52/ircameraman/Watchandpenweb.jpg

 

Larry

[MarkAL]

My earliest are first-year Sheaffer's OS Balance -1929

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/DrMonzon/IMG_1775.jpg

and by the way, I am thoroughly enjoying thatRomeo y Julieta Churchill.

 

 

That's a sweet collection of Habanos!

[JLT]

My earliest are first-year Sheaffer's OS Balance -1929

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy241/DrMonzon/IMG_1775.jpg

and by the way, I am thoroughly enjoying thatRomeo y Julieta Churchill.

 

 

That's a sweet collection of Habanos!

 

And don't forget to tell us how you found the Lusitania! I haven't seen one of those in quite some time.

[Kaptenmork]

I bought two pens today, one 51 and one vaccummatic(?), I guess the vaccummatic must be from WWII

 

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9791/sam0514z.jpg