Stylographic Pens

[DanDeM]

I don't have a handy source for gold wire of the necessary thinness, but I've had good luck using fine stainless steel wire for weighted stylo needles. Not so suitable for bending into the tiny coils needed for a sprung needle, unfortunately.

 

 

Does this mean the wire can be extracted from the weight?

[Vintagepens]

I've usually had pretty good luck either extracting the stub of the needle from the weight or drilling a new hole for a new needle. As I recall, the needle is usually glued in place, so with a little heat the stub can be pulled out.

[Misfit]

Could a vintage Koh-I-Noor be fitted with an Esterbrook or Osmiroid nib and work as a fountain pen?

Edited May 20, 2017 by Misfit

[DanDeM]

A new arrival for this thread.

Interesting bit of construction, the lever is mounted on an axle, rather than the usual retaining ring. However, unlike

Moore, who occasionally used the same method, the axle is completely hidden within the barrel. On Moore pens the

axle is inserted into a hole drilled through the barrel and actually can be seen as two metal dots on either side of

the lever. Not the case here. Nice detail.

 

The barrel is inscribed:

“FOUNTPENCIL”
THE PICK PEN CO. CINCINNATI O. USA

The entire stylus assembly screws into the barrel…



and contains a needle that is neither weighted not a coil.



The hard rubber tail extends into the section which, at its interior end, has a cross bar that prevents the needle from

dropping into the sac, but allows ink to flow around it and down to the point. A negative finding shows that neither

the needle, nor the metal shaft that holds it, are magnetic, suggesting that they might be gold.

A large pen, 5.4 inches capped. This shade of Jade, which is notorious for its fading and staining,

 

 

 

convinced me, after removing the old debris, to leave the pen sans sac.

Enjoy.

Edited June 25, 2017 by DanDeM