Today's Haul From Kolkata Pen Hospital

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A Platinex 220 all black. NOS, well preserved except a slight bend in barrel end finial.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Most of these pens looklike the ones I lost during my school days

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Well preserved Plato 66 blue colour NOS. Unlike many other Plato 66 the year is not stamped.

 

 

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Brand name- Blue Nile. ED pen, NOS. Very nice two tone nib.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cruiser ED pen- externally looking like Parker 45 flighter. Fitted with small open nib.

 

 

 

 

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Artex 247- look alike of Sheafer student pen. ED filling

 

 

 

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Artex 120 - blue, well preserved NOS, cap band missing.

 

 

 

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Artex 75 blue NOS- well preserved.

 

 

 

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Artex 322- design closely resembles Sheafer No-nonsense. I had not seen this pen during our school days! Nib and section design is impressive, ED pen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Wilson Slim pen, similar to Cross design. Also have a blue one . repairing that.

 

 

 

 

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Optimat- bulb filler pen. Well preserved but used . Never knew about this brand.

 

 

 

 

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An Artex 120 , Grey and black. Very well preserved.

 

 

 

 

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3 pieces of Artex 120L [ L for lady or light ??]- slimmer version of 120 and fitted with a slimmer nib. Well preserved NOS, with minor plating damage.

 

 

 

 

Size comparison between Artex 120 and Artex 120 L :

 

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A Grey colour Blackbird Scholar. NOS, but the gold patina on the nib faded out after one wash by LOC [ understand that low cost plating is prone to oxidation over long periods]. Open type nib and aerometric filler, the ink sac was wasted and the rusted press lever of the squeeze filler had to be replaced by a wing sung one. Clip plating is good, minor oxidation damage to parts of the cap band.

Any one knows about the Indian Blackbird brand ? Was it a subsidiary to SWAN India?

 

 

 

 

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Platinex 225 with thumb nail style semi hooded nib and ED filling. This section design is less common for this pen, so far I have come across Platinex 225's in fully hooded nib and section [ shown in earlier posts]- mostly ED filler and some a aerometric filler. This brown and chrome one is quite rare that way!

 

 

 

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Plato 55 - ED pen . This seems to be a used pen- the steel cap internals are badly rusted and jammed, so far I have managed to dismantle the section nib and feeder after two days wetting with WD 40! I do not know about the history of this pen but the elegance of this simple design intrigues me.

 

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A Platinex Vaccume [ Camlin 47 look alike or precursor as you might like to say] but this one is with nice looking cap [ I never liked the cap design of the earlier ones I had posted]. The Plunger mechanism took some time with WD 40 to ease up. The nib is NOS and the body needs still some more polish.

The main dirt materials that I clean off from these 200 odd old pens I have restored in this vacation, is dried up rubber band melts and stubborn compacted dust. A few of these pens need high speed buffing.

 

 

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This is a Plato 66 with its cap finial defective , otherwise excellently preserved NOS. What is most impressive to me is that this pen is manufactured 1961 as per date stamping , ie one year older than me!

 

 

 

 

 

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3 pieces Platinex 392 all steel, well preserved NOS.

 

 

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A Platinex 432N - NOS, very well preserved. Just ink tested, excellent writer. This too was a very common pen in our school days.