Help In Identifying An Old Pen

[TSS4LSU]

Still learning about pens but I got this pen as part of a group I won off ebay. It has "Imperial" down the clip. It has jewels(?) on both ends. Has a partially hooded(?) nib with no writing that I can see on it.

 

A few questions:

1) what is it?

2) How old? (I am guessing 1950s)

3) How do I get the nib out to clean? The sac is busted so have to replace it also.

[TSS4LSU]

Bump hoping that someone recognizes it

[Uncle Red]

Sorry I can't help, looks like it'll be a nice pen when you've gotten it cleaned up.

[sumgaikid]

Hard to say how old it might be and where it came from,but my guess is that it could be

from the 50's or 60's and from a country like Japan or one of the Slavic countries. It has

the 51-like styling of the barrel,but the lever-filler is a dead giveaway-by that time most

countries producing fountain pens were using newer filling systems. The clip is almost

Sailor-like in its looks.

 

BTW,I would send it to one of our well-known nibmeisters that frequent FPN.

 

 

John

Edited February 27, 2012 by sumgaikid