What''s The Oldest Fountain Pen In Your Collection?

[praxim]

I have an Onoto 3000 I can fairly positively date to 1920-21, another from about 1922-25, and both write very well. Waiting in the workshop is their forebear, an 'N' model which will date anywhere between 1905 and maybe 1918. It has the original over-under feed, and no further dating clues within the range when they were produced.

[ardene]

My oldest pen is a streamlined Lady Duofold which I can date to have been produced between mid 1929 to mid 1930 because of the imprint which ran for one year only. It writes wonderfully.

Edited October 22, 2018 by ardene

[BaronWulfraed]

The oldest chronologically is a Sheaffer Valiant Touchdown, followed by an Admiral Snorkel.

 

Oldest (in terms of ownership) would be a Sheaffer Imperial/Stylist (I've seen conflicting definitions -- 727/777) followed by a near tie for Imperial 440 and Parker 45 (all three have been in my hands since ~1972, bought new)

[GSeye]

Very interesting topic, my oldest fountain pen is a 1918 Swan eyedropper with an over gutter feed and A Victorian dip pen made with Mother of pearl " with a 14k nib

[JakobS]

Esterbrook Relief 2-L with a medium oblique nib, I am assuming it was made sometime in the 1930"s, but perhaps it has a similar date to some of my Esterbrook Dollar pens in the mid 30's to early 40's.

[wrkerr]

My oldest.

[senzen]

Parker 75 Milleraies, earlier generation; so not that old! Smoooth nib.

[NinthSphere]

Diamond Point Safety Clip bchr eyedropper.

[PAKMAN]

Perry Pen Company black chased hard rubber pen with a Perry nib with nice flex. Very early 1900's I believe.

[Honeybadgers]

late 1910's conklin crescent. Followed by a few 1920's eclipses.

[thx1138]

Onoto from WW1, with inscription saying made in USA for British war effort or words to that effect.

[GlenV]

Cool pens mentioned here! Some of my favorite pens I have are from the 1920's. Maybe my favorite decade? Prior to those I have a Conklin slip cap, S4, this pen I think is between 1904 or so and made through 1911 or so. This one has one tine missing iridium and had to repair the cap. Still cool to me though. I the pic is also an American Pen company "Moore's non leakable " this one has a great nib but needed other repairs... getting a really early pen in good shape is not that easy ( without being more than I'm going to spend anyway )

Edited December 18, 2018 by GlenV

[siamackz]

No. 1 Rouge et Noir from c.1914

[AAAndrew]

Some cool pens. Since before modern fountain pens the term "fountain pen" meant any dip pen or quill with a reservoir (so the ink would "flow like a fountain" longer than normal dip pens), I'm going to count my rather mysterious Woolley fountain pens. Not sure of any information about the company, including how long they lasted, but I can say that this pen is almost certainly from the 1860's.

 

 

It comes in various shapes and sizes, but they all include the applied reservoir on the bottom.

 

 

 

Other than this, my 1880's Eagle with the glass cartridge is my earliest. Just don't have any photos with me.

[anujbhai]

A Waterman's Ideal #12 (Patent Aug 1899 - May 1903). Don't have any idea when it was manufactured. Made in USA. Bought 2 week ago.

[CS388]

No. 1 Rouge et Noir from c.1914

What an astonishing pen, sia.

 

Thanks for sharing.

[CS388]

Some cool pens. Since before modern fountain pens the term "fountain pen" meant any dip pen or quill with a reservoir (so the ink would "flow like a fountain" longer than normal dip pens), I'm going to count my rather mysterious Woolley fountain pens. Not sure of any information about the company, including how long they lasted, but I can say that this pen is almost certainly from the 1860's.

 

 

It comes in various shapes and sizes, but they all include the applied reservoir on the bottom.

 

 

 

Other than this, my 1880's Eagle with the glass cartridge is my earliest. Just don't have any photos with me.

 

Quite a beautiful solution.

A nice step on the evoultion to the fully fledged ink carrying pens.

 

Amazing nibs - and so old!

I always enjoy your posts.

Thanks.

[siamackz]

What an astonishing pen, sia.

 

Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!

[bass1193]

No. 1 Rouge et Noir from c.1914

Wow What a stunner! The modern renditions of this pen from that company are the only modern offerings worth pursuing, in my opinion.

[gregamckinney]

The oldest pen in my coollection is a pre-previous century Waterman

 

 

Best Regards, greg