Dignitar Pen

[Parcival]

This is a German brand. I have a pen octagonal safety. length 14 cm. is number 396.

anyone knows anything about this brand pens

[Kaweco]

This is a German brand. I have a pen octagonal safety. length 14 cm. is number 396.

anyone knows anything about this brand pens

Hi Parcival

I have never heard of Dignitar and it sounds not very German to me. Do you know who made the pen?

[Parcival]

Hi Kaweco,

I found only this information:

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/dignitar-894-sunrise-marbled-253283714

http://www.tiroche.co.il/ItemPagePastResults.asp?id=5212&array_index=0&search_words=dignitar

The pen resembles the Montblanc safety. So I think it's German.

I'll upload a photo later.

[Kaweco]

Aaaaargh!!! That hurts. Do you trust ebay sellers?

[Parcival]

here's a picture

[Kaweco]

nice pen! Has it a gold nib?

[Parcival]

It has a gold nib - Reform.

I bought it with this nib at a flea market from a foreigner - a Romanian or Serb, i'm not sure.

[Parcival]

It is all booty

1.Montblanc 32

2.Dignitar pen

3.Pelikan 400NN

4.Favorit - with Osmia 4 nib /I think it's German/

5.Ibis

6.German silver 900 pen - button filler

7.Vintage Kaweco sport set

Edited August 18, 2012 by Parcival

[Kaweco]

Hi Parcival

Reform nib? Yes that is a good adress! Reform made good safety fountainpens during the 20th. Is there any sign of an emblem or symbol? I must confess I had never heard of Dignitar Pen but this could be an export trade mark. There had been many brands in this 8- facetted style, like Mercedes, Clio, Matador and others. During the 20th Montblanc was only one among numerous competitors. Nobody had an interest to make a n MB similar fountainpen

(quote: The pen resembles the Montblanc safety. So I think it's German./quote)

Kind Regards

Thomas

[Parcival]

I looked at the nib in more detail - certainly changed, Reform 14C-585 Germany /from 70's/.

Marks only - Dignitar pen and 396 /foto/.

It really is possible to be made ​​for export.

[Otter1]

Nothing like adding to a thread a year later--hope it is useful to someone--I've found a lot of good info searching FPN in the past and like to add to it when I can.

 

I have picked up a couple of this maker's pens (whoever they are)--both have the same clip with a leaf-like image on them and a 14C warranted nib marked with a circle divided into 6 parts like a pie.

 

The big black piston filler has no textual markings (and looks a lot like a Matador Superior which is why I picked it up) the other is marked on the cap and clip as Controllor. I suspect the original poster's Reform nib was a replacement, but I could be wrong.

Attached are some pics to show the details I'm talking about..

 

The 2 pens:

The clip showing the word Controllor on it as well as the leafy shape at the end.

The nbs with the pie-shape on them.

 

-Otter1

 

 

[Otter1]

Again, I don't know if Dignitar was a pen-maker or not, or just a reseller, but here's a pen on Ebay labeled as a Dignitar again with the same marks on the nib and clip, although it has a different looking piston exterior than mine:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261257635538?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

 

I copied a couple of images from the listing.

First image you can see the pen is labeled as Dignitar Pen.

Second Image you can see the same nib (better picture than mine):

Third image is the complete pen where we can see that leafy ended clip:

 

 

 

-Otter1

[penboard.de]

Adding to the mistery... another Dignitar Pen , a BCHR safetyfiller pen, from the way its built pretty sure a German pen - Nib as well points to German make, as its a nib made in Hamburg by the company Pluma - they also made nibs for Astoria. Many nibs of this style you find on Astoria subbrand pens.

Strange though the imprint Dignitar Pen U.S.A.

 

http://www.penboard.de/pb/1/110013g.jpg

Regards

Tom

 

 

[Otter1]

Hi Tom,

 

That's interesting.

I wonder if the inscription on your pen says USA though--that middle character looks more like a "P" than an "S" to me, although honestly, even the "P" is a bit of a stretch.

 

-Otter1

[barriep]

The nib on this pen has the imprint "14K" like American pens rather than "14 carat" so maybe made for export?

[barriep]

 

This pen has the same warranted nib with the "pie" symbol as the Dignitar pens but has the imprint "National Juwel", which I believe is meant as "National" being the German manufacturer and "Juwel" (Jewel) being the model. Lovely pen, piston filler but only adds to the mystery?

[kubrandl]

DIGNITAR PEN

 

Miroslav Tischler wrote in his book about Penkala (1990s) that it was a shop or enterprise in Zagreb:

 

Dignitar pen, 1930s founded in street: Smiciklasova, Owner Vilim Rosenberger, existing till 1941.

 

I have some of those pens, some are German like National, others ?

 

I think it is a shop label, like Kunstmann in Munich

 

Gerhard