The Matador Thread

[christof]

That's fun!

I have another version of mechanism on a 811:

 

 

C.

[kawuska]

That's a riddle these Matador pens: numbering, nib sizes...And now I learn that Siebert&Loewen was making "Oxford- Everdurable" pens for danish company.

[Otter1]

Nice to see this string revived, particularly like seeing the disassembly pictures.

 

Matador is a puzzle--you can add all their model names to the list of things that cause confusion: Click, Standard, Express, Garant, Turbo, Turbino, Original, Tranparent, Superior, Gnome, and others I haven't seen yet or forgotten. I'd love to find a Matador catalog one of these days...

 

-Otter1

[Azuniga]

A common dream a Matador Catalog !!

 

I just saw in another forum a J Matador nib, it is broken and will be repaired, I asked the owner to show images here... if he does not i will soon...

[GeoffMartin]

Hi,

 

There are some partial-disassably shots of an 814 on my site at this page.

 

I've just started working on an Oxford Everdurable as well. That work will be documented as I progress on this page.

 

Cheers

-geoff

[patata]

http://fotos.miarroba.es/fo/f6cb/225793C59B23571260291C57125C29.jpg

 

http://fotos.miarroba.es/fo/59ec/1F5793C5C519571260552257125C53.jpg

 

http://fotos.miarroba.es/fo/46e6/2C5793C5B725571260461D57125C45.jpg

 

http://fotos.miarroba.es/fo/1fd4/2D5793DB6028571275F127571271EE.jpg

 

http://fotos.miarroba.es/fo/9aab/315793DB7F2E571276122B5712720D.jpg

 

http://fotos.miarroba.es/fo/33cf/305793DB902E571276242A5712721E.jpg

 

http://fotos.miarroba.es/fo/2e88/385796B0331D57154AC917571546C1.jpg

 

Hello everybody

We present a Matador 200J.
Nib has broken. I hope to fix it.
In the last image, the body is already clean of sulfur. Nice eh?
Someone can give me some information about this pen?
Thank you.

[christof]

Welcome to FPN.

Great Pen. Congrats. It's from ca. 1934...

 

 

The description means: Nr. 200 Extra Strong and Large Pen, Round (diameter)....15.- RM/pP (Reichsmark per piece)

 

Hope you will get the nib fixed well (not an easy task at all...)

I have a Waterman's J nib of which I think that J stands for kind of calligraphy nib grind. It's flex and stub...

 

 

C.

Edited April 20, 2016 by christof

[markiv]

Welcome.

You have done an excellent job of cleaning it up. You might want to share your method.

I am eagerly waiting to see the nib restoration.

Hello everybody

We present a Matador 200J.
Nib has broken. I hope to fix it.
In the last image, the body is already clean of sulfur. Nice eh?
Someone can give me some information about this pen?
Thank you.

 

Christof, wonder if you have rest of the catalog somewhere.

Welcome to FPN.

Great Pen. Congrats. It's from ca. 1934...

 

 

The description means: Nr. 200 Extra Strong and Large Pen, Round (diameter)....15.- RM/pP (Reichsmark per piece)

 

Hope you will get the nib fixed well (not an easy task at all...)

I have a Waterman's J nib of which I think that J stands for kind of calligraphy nib grind. It's flex and stub...

 

 

C.

 

[patata]

Hello

Simply applied cleaning fluid ceramic glass cooktop. Then rub with a brightener.

Thank you very much for the information

[GeoffMartin]

Ceramic cooktop cleaning fluid to re-blacken hard rubber? This is the first time I've heard of this...

 

I'm curious to know what the long-term effects of this will be on the pen... I'm also curious as to why it would work...

 

Finally, I'd like to know exactly which cleaner you used...

[patata]

http://www.lsa-conso.fr/mediatheque/7/8/9/000067987_74.jpg

 

http://tienda.ceosa.es/productos/big_titanlux_pulimento_lquido_125ml-7440.jpg

[RMN]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://fotos.miarroba.es/fo/33cf/305793DB902E571276242A5712721E.jpg

 

 

 

Hello everybody

We present a Matador 200J.

Nib has broken. I hope to fix it.

In the last image, the body is already clean of sulfur. Nice eh?

Someone can give me some information about this pen?

Thank you.

 

 

You seem in luck.

 

Goldnibs is located in Spain (Segovia) and they could possibly repair this for you.

 

 

D.ick

[kawuska]

It's time to dust the Matador thread with some heavy hit.Some of us sometimes dream to take a wayback machine and enter a pre-war stationery in some capital city to do some shopping.I did,well...almost.Here are the pens that came my way thru some time-hole. Each pen never seen ink. Each in it's box, with papers, leaflets, instructions, all in all: NOS.Most probably they were made in Krakow Matador factory on Wroclawska 9 street.Three of these pens had price-stickers on barrels (which I gently removed for safe storage).Pricing is an important information: the "6" size nr "824" was 48 zloty, blue "Turbino" 36 zloty, smallest black nr "921"- 30 zloty.Pen catalog of other
stationery from 1938 shows: "Soennecken 616" for 40 zloty, "Pelikan 100N Tortoiseshell" also 40, "Montblanc 134"- 42 zloty, "Waterman Patrician"-100 zl(!).It looks these Matadors were rather expensive pens.Some very nice surprise for me was to see, for the first time, a "Turbino" pen, until now I thought there were only pencils with this name.Only one ring on cap separates it from 9xx series.The biggest pen here is "824" and here's a puzzle: I have another, exact same pen but marked "924".Even though this domed-captop model started around 1929-30 I believe these pens come from '30s: the seller had other Matadors like "Express" and "Standard" in the same condition, boxes so I believe they were produced alongside each other.Also these cardboard boxes graphics did not change much since 1925.On their sides it says: "Every pen absolutely guaranteed" and "With best 14 carat american gold nib".
Enjoy!

 

 

http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q732/Kawuska/box_zpsk3eltd2z.jpg

 

http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q732/Kawuska/leaflets_zpsu5kkfx6b.jpg

 

http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q732/Kawuska/group_zpsj5h4tetm.jpg

 

http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q732/Kawuska/Turbino_zpstgkylu5i.jpg

 

http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q732/Kawuska/1-5_zpsym0cr0g2.jpg

 

http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q732/Kawuska/knobs_zps4xqi0z2l.jpg

 

http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q732/Kawuska/caps_zps52bxxiwv.jpg

 

Edited June 20, 2016 by kawuska

[Azuniga]

Lucky you kawuska !!

Congratulations, a wonderful finding...

[markiv]

You Sir have won the 'best sumgai ever' prize in my eyes. WOW

Well just in case if you wish to let go off a duplicate model please consider this pedestrian Matador collector.

 

 

It's time to dust the Matador thread with some heavy hit.Some of us sometimes dream to take a wayback machine and enter a pre-war stationery in some capital city to do some shopping.I did,well...almost.Here are the pens that came my way thru some time-hole. Each pen never seen ink. Each in it's box, with papers, leaflets, instructions, all in all: NOS.Most probably they were made in Krakow Matador factory on Wroclawska 9 street.Three of these pens had price-stickers on barrels (which I gently removed for safe storage).Pricing is an important information: the "6" size nr "824" was 48 zloty, blue "Turbino" 36 zloty, smallest black nr "921"- 30 zloty.Pen catalog of other
stationery from 1938 shows: "Soennecken 616" for 40 zloty, "Pelikan 100N Tortoiseshell" also 40, "Montblanc 134"- 42 zloty, "Waterman Patrician"-100 zl(!).It looks these Matadors were rather expensive pens.Some very nice surprise for me was to see, for the first time, a "Turbino" pen, until now I thought there were only pencils with this name.Only one ring on cap separates it from 9xx series.The biggest pen here is "824" and here's a puzzle: I have another, exact same pen but marked "924".Even though this domed-captop model started around 1929-30 I believe these pens come from '30s: the seller had other Matadors like "Express" and "Standard" in the same condition, boxes so I believe they were produced alongside each other.Also these cardboard boxes graphics did not change much since 1925.On their sides it says: "Every pen absolutely guaranteed" and "With best 14 carat american gold nib".
Enjoy!

 

[christof]

[kawuska]

Thanks!

Anything new in Matadors with you, guys?

[christof]

Thanks!

Anything new in Matadors with you, guys?

 

unfortunately not

 

to be honest, I stopped collecting completey because of poor availability.

 

C.

[Parcival]

I saw displayed pens from France. I'm not convinced that derives from German company. Here is an English:
http://www.ebay.it/itm/MATADOR-n-77-VECCHIA-PENNA-STILOGRAFICA-DI-COLORE-NERO-MACULATO-/222161423789?hash=item33b9da4dad:g:l6wAAOSw-4BXaYXq

[playtime]

I grovel before the greatness of this group:)

 

Wow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q732/Kawuska/caps_zps52bxxiwv.jpg

 

Edited June 21, 2016 by playtime