Pilot Eyedropper Filled Pen Made In India, Celluloid.

[hari317]

Pilot pens were manufactured in India for a few decades. All the parts including the nibs were manufactured in India during this period. I have previously documented some examples of India made Pilots. Link.

 

Yesterday, I found this well worn example in Bangalore. I just wanted to document its existence by showing some pictures. This pen has a larger size 3 steel nib with a wonderful EF point. The pen has no sutoff valve and the cap and barrel are made of Cellulose Nitrate. The pen has lost its cap rings, I think one was narrow and the other was wide.

 

Pictures:

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Pilot%20India/IMG_1019.jpg

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Pilot%20India/IMG_1020.jpg

 

Clip Imprint, the plating is battle worn from decades of use:

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Pilot%20India/IMG_1021.jpg

 

The Barrel Imprint:

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Pilot%20India/IMG_1022.jpg

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Pilot%20India/IMG_1023.jpg

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Pilot%20India/IMG_1024.jpg

 

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii197/hari317/Pilot%20India/IMG_1025.jpg

 

Cheers!

Hari

[subbu68]

nice to see the old 'gold'. I had one but I ruined it due to my ignorance - rather ignorance of a 8 year old.

[fountainpagan]

THat is a beautiful vintage, Hari.

 

Great catch. Congratulations.

[hari317]

thank you.

[New_Falcon]

Thanks for a very interesting post.

 

I know a lot of time and effort has gone into tracking down these pens, documenting them and graciously sharing your knowledge.

 

I know there's a lot of posts and I have been going through them but is there a central post with all the links?

[hari317]

Thanks for a very interesting post.

 

I know a lot of time and effort has gone into tracking down these pens, documenting them and graciously sharing your knowledge.

 

I know there's a lot of posts and I have been going through them but is there a central post with all the links?

Thank you.

 

Unfortunately, I do not have an index of my threads, but hopefully the following link works:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=user_activity&sid=6e2a3a6321d86506ee108e567d70173e&mid=6237&userMode=title&search_app=forums&search_app_filters[forums][searchInKey]=&search_app_filters[forums][sortKey]=title&search_app_filters[forums][sortDir]=1

[TassoBarbasso]

this is so interesting! I'd be curious to see a writing sample

[hungrynerd]

I just got these two pens in the mail today. Are these the eyedropper Pilots? (I can't see your photos in this post, unfortunately.)

 

The cap says "PILOT" and barrel has "PILOT INDIA"

 

It seems to be an eyedropper - there's no way to attach a cartridge from what I see.

[hari317]

Yes these are ed pens. Some sections might have an o ring. Just wash the pens in plain water. Apply silicone grease to section threads and use the pen.

[hungrynerd]

Woohoo!! The o-rings look a bit worn, and one pen has a nib that looks like it's trying to escape so they might need a little more care before they'll write... thank you for verifying!

[hari317]

Woohoo!! The o-rings look a bit worn, and one pen has a nib that looks like it's trying to escape so they might need a little more care before they'll write... thank you for verifying!

some nib-feeds have indeed become slightly loose due to plastic issues. However they can simply be pushed in snug and more often than not they simply work.

[Spkpraneeth]

I recently discovered a comparable PILOT India celluloid eyedropper in good condition.

It comes with a 14K gold nib.

 

The clip's gold plating had worn a little with age. Otherwise, the pen is in great shape.

 

[hari317]

11 hours ago, Spkpraneeth said:

I recently discovered a comparable PILOT India celluloid eyedropper in good condition.

It comes with a 14K gold nib.

 

The clip's gold plating had worn a little with age. Otherwise, the pen is in great shape.

 

what a lovely pen, congrats!