By Request - Some Of My More Recherché Pens

[Cob]

Dick, who kindly welcomed me to FPN in the welcome thread, asked if I would post a picture or two of some of the pens I mentioned in that thread.

 

Well I am happy to do this, First of all, here from the 1920s is a Macniven & Cameron Waverley No 3 fountain pen. As with a number of my pens, it is in fact a Frankenpen having an early USA-made Mabie Todd stub nib. Note the image of Sir Walter Scott on the clip - a reference to Sir Walter's "Waverley" series of novels.

 

 

 

 

The second pen is another M&C product, just stamped "The Waverley Pen". I suppose it could date from any tmie from the 1930s to the 1950s. One can imagine this one in the hands of an especially dour Aberdonian Bank Manager - as he signs the letter which informs the unfortunate client that his account is "overdrawn in the sum of £87 15s 9d." and would the client let the Bank have "a remittance at his earliest convenience"!

 

 

Cob

Edited November 10, 2014 by Cob

[The Pantaloon Duck]

Thank you - I love them!

 

£87 15s 9d was a lot of money back in the day

[Cob]

You will quickly learn that my photographs (at least those made with a digital camera) are rubbish. I hope that the following one makes clear the principle of the accordion filler. Of course these being French pens, what else might one expect to find inside? These two are new old stock; each carries its original price which suggests that for their evident quality, Walkover pens offered very good value. The Speedy is marked F575 which makes it pre-1960, as the New Franc was introduced that year. The Altesse Luxe is marked 29NF (= 2900 old Francs) At the time (very early 1960s) this would equate to about £2 or $5.60 US. About £40 in today's money.

 

The Accordion system is very effective and rather simpler (though operating on the same principle) as that of the Mabie, Todd Swan Visofil V. Here's one I fixed earlier:

 

 

Cob

[Cob]

Thank you - I love them!

 

£87 15s 9d was a lot of money back in the day

It's a bloody lot of money NOW!

[RMN]

Hi Cob

 

Thank you very much

 

Lovely pens, and I like the commentary as well...

 

And the filling system: simple comme bonjour, as the French say... But the simplest solutions are often the best...

 

 

D.ick

[Cob]

Hi Cob

 

Thank you very much

 

Lovely pens, and I like the commentary as well...

 

And the filling system: simple comme bonjour, as the French say... But the simplest solutions are often the best...

 

 

D.ick

Thanks very much.

 

I suppose I should have explained that the Accordion system incorporates a breather tube (like a Parker 51 or Visofil for example) that permits filling up to the top - of the breather tube. The tube fitted in the Speedy is clear so does not show in the picture.

 

Cob

[Bo Bo Olson]

If one goes back far enough in the day, a pound was worth $5 gold dollars.

That red ripple pen is a jewel.

Edited November 12, 2014 by Bo Bo Olson