No Name Pen ID Help?

September 27, 2021

Hoping to get some clues as to what this pen is- saw it in an antiques shop, thought "ooh pretty, a mystery" and promptly failed at finding any information by myself. I'm sure it's nothing fancy, but would like to try to clean it up. Not knowing exactly what I'm looking at has me wary.

September 29, 2021

I always answer when I see 75-100 views with no answers, even like now, when I know nothing but it's a very pretty old pen.

Get it re-sacked and enjoy.

I have the impression it's '30's a mandrill wound type of pen.

September 29, 2021

no clue either, I was wondering, since there is no other reference you can search, if you have tried searching the exact wording on the nib "iridium tipped made in U.S.A."

this may take you totally astray, but worth a try...

September 30, 2021

Thanks y'all! Yeah, I did a search on the nib stuff and it didn't really go anywhere. I'm going to the Chicago pen show this weekend so maybe I can have it fixed up there so I won't mess it up myself, which was my main concern!

September 30, 2021

good idea, enjoy the show

I have a feeling you may end up buying other pens besides getting this one fixed...

still I'd like to be in your boots

(I'm just on the other side of the ocean, and Chicago is a bit too far!...)

October 2, 2021

I agree getting it re-sacced at the show is a good way to go. I have broken celluloid pens trying to open them. (None that were so special I wake up at night in a sweat about it, but I would rather not have broken them all the same. And this pen seems special.