Anybody Knows This Beauty? Is It From China, Korea Or Japan? What Is This Pen?

[Lodzermensch]

What is this pen? What is the brand / producer / origin?
What model is this?

This is a pen given to me by my father in early 80-ties. I used it for a couple of years as my every day pen.

I cannot identify the producer nor the model.
Must be produced somewhere in 1970-ties ot late 1960-ties? Much likely to be from China ? Maybe Japan?
Maybe someone is able to read the signature on the nib?

Edited February 23, 2019 by Lodzermensch

[Bo Bo Olson]

No help, would think Japanese.

Japan started getting big in fountain pens in the late '90's....before that it was rather nitch to local market.

Could post this in the Asian sub section.

[Honeybadgers]

Calling Dill - he can read/write both chinese and japanese. Should be able to just figure out what that character on the nib is

[penzel_washinkton]

No, that is definitely Korean character.

I think it is along the lines of Chinria ? Chinrima? I am not well versed but can read the characters a little.

 

Probably a person that is well versed in Korean can help.

[capillaryhaemangioma]

Definitely korean. Says 친리아 or chinria/chinlia as the poster above says.

[Mr.Rene]

I have seen some Pilot made in Brazil with this kind of Cap...

[Mech-for-i]

Korean for sure .. no doubt about it

[steve50]

This is a NORTH KOREAN fountain pen. The writing on the nib says '천리마 (Chollima)' which is some mythical creature (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chollima). For another Chollima fountain pen: http://cafe.daum.net/_c21_/bbs_search_read?grpid=8PIW&fldid=JqwZ&datanum=3355

 

Also: https://estilofilos.blogspot.com/2015/01/north-korea-i.html

 

According to the Wikipedia page: Chollima is an important symbol in North Korea. It is used as the nickname of its national association football team. The state also gave the name to the Chollima Movement, which promoted fast economic development, similar to that of the Chinese Great Leap Forward and the Soviet Stakhanovite movement. After the Korean War, the country required rebuilding to function again. In order to expedite the construction, President Kim Il-sung devised the slogan "rush as the speed of Chollima".

Edited February 24, 2019 by steve50

[mitto]

Good to know about a North Korean made pen.

[Lodzermensch]

This is a NORTH KOREAN fountain pen. The writing on the nib says '천리마 (Chollima)' which is some mythical creature (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chollima). For another Chollima fountain pen: http://cafe.daum.net/_c21_/bbs_search_read?grpid=8PIW&fldid=JqwZ&datanum=3355

 

Also: https://estilofilos.blogspot.com/2015/01/north-korea-i.html

Thank You for help. @steve50 Yes this must be Chollima.

In late 70-ties imported pens in my country were mostly from China, I guess. What a surprise. to learn about being an owner of a fountain pen from North Korea

.

@ Mr.Rene - Yes

You are right - to some extent they copied Pilot pens.

Edited February 27, 2019 by Lodzermensch

[Buford]

That really is cool. I sort of have a thing for pens from strange corners of the globe (and from historically significant times). I have a SOYUZ pen from the USSR and I also have an Avto Ruchka (also USSR) and a Chollima on order. I'd love to get my hands on a pen from Nazi Germany. 

[Claes]

@Buford

>I'd love to get my hands on a pen from Nazi Germany. 

 

Do you mean a pen with their insignia &c or "just" from those decades?

 

Have fun!

Claes in Lund, Sweden

 

[Buford]

3 minutes ago, Claes said:

Do you mean a pen with their insignia

Yes

[Claes]

Ah, what a pity -- because "from those decades" would have been m-u-c-h easier to locate...

[inkstainedruth]

On 10/20/2024 at 11:09 AM, Buford said:

That really is cool. I sort of have a thing for pens from strange corners of the globe (and from historically significant times). I have a SOYUZ pen from the USSR and I also have an Avto Ruchka (also USSR) and a Chollima on order. I'd love to get my hands on a pen from Nazi Germany. 

I picked up a couple of piston filler pens for cheap at an estate sale a while back and at least one turned out to have been made in East Germany (before the Berlin Wall came down, I'm guessing).  One is a brand called Heiko (that's the one that I've been able to determine was from the DDR), and the other was made by a company called Singwitz.  

Have no idea if they work, but for $8 US apiece I was willing to take a chance.  And at some point I'll take them to a pen show (I've got too many already for OPS in a couple of weeks that are higher priority at the moment) and see if anything can be done to get them up and running again.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth