Is This An Ink-Pellet Pen?

[sirtoti]

Hello.

This is my first time seing something like this, so I'm not very sure if it is or not an ink-pellet pen.

The only thing I know about it is that it's a Johann Faber and the nib is a 14ct gold one (yes, I can read xDD).

[markiv]

The pen has a very nice plastic but don't know much about the manufacturer.

Looks like a regular piston filler to me. Are there other details which indicates it may be a ink pallet pen?

[sirtoti]

Well, the "mechanism" that you see in the third picture is smaller than the barrell's ink space (so it doesn't fit as a piston filler should to prevent ink leaks and to somewhat pull in the ink). And also, that torched bar can be unscrewed from the pen. It could be a very degraded piston filler, but then I wouldn't know how to fill it (because it just moves up and down and unscrews completely from the barrel). As I've never seen one before, I don't know. And that's why I asked here in the history subforum.

The brand Johann Faber seems to have been active until 1932 (or that's what I've read here). But it's hard to get anything clear from the net.

Edited August 25, 2012 by sirtoti

[dlmoak]

Ink Pellet pens are eyedropper pens, so this would not be an ink pellet pen. An ink pellet is placed in the barrel of the pen with water, which disolves the pellet to make ink.

[Seville]

Ink Pellet pens are eyedropper pens, so this would not be an ink pellet pen. An ink pellet is placed in the barrel of the pen with water, which disolves the pellet to make ink.

 

 

Not all ink pellet pens are eyedroppers as evidenced by the Atomica Magica. Below is a link to another thread that shows some excellent pictures

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/120886-lus-atomica-magica/

 

 

Philip

[dcwaites]

I understand that an ink pellet pen has a reservoir for water + pellet and a container for the pellets, as shown in the pictures of the Atomica Magica.

Older models (eg from the early 1900s) didn't look so elegant. I think there were some made for soldiers in WWI so they could refill their pens when they only had access to water.