Please help identify this Cross Fountain Pen

[Kikay]

My father just gave me this Cross Fountain Pen and I can’t seem to find much information so as to identify what it is. Perhaps people who are very familiar with the brand can help identify it for me?

I have checked the pen itself and cannot find anything written on it except for “Cross” on the clip and the gold trim. I also notice a letter “Q” below the threads on the section part.

 

It came in a black box with a felt nest in green.

 

Any suggestion or points to identify the pen will be much appreciated.

[Mr.Rene]

Cross "Solo Classic" f. pen.Regards.

[Kikay]

1 minute ago, Mr.Rene said:

Cross "Solo Classic" f. pen.Regards.

Thank you for the information. Seems a bit older than some of the Cross Solos I see when I Google. I’ll modify my search to include “classic”.

[GHgirl]

Can someone help me identify this cross fountain pen. The pen clip looks like a propeller blade. The pen is very stubby.

[Mangrove Jack]

On 12/11/2022 at 5:47 PM, Kikay said:

My father just gave me this Cross Fountain Pen and I can’t seem to find much information so as to identify what it is. Perhaps people who are very familiar with the brand can help identify it for me?

I have checked the pen itself and cannot find anything written on it except for “Cross” on the clip and the gold trim. I also notice a letter “Q” below the threads on the section part.

 

It came in a black box with a felt nest in green.

 

Any suggestion or points to identify the pen will be much appreciated.

 

The Cross Solo was made in the late 80's to early 90's; that's when I got one. Though it has a somewhat plastic type body it is a well made pen with a nice nib. It has to be! since it was made for Cross by Namiki (Pilot) in Japan. 

I have a few of them and enjoy using them. There is also a matching ballpoint pen which is nice and well balanced. 

 

Have you used this pen ? What do think about it ?

[inkstainedruth]

I have a couple of Cross Solos (a red one with an F nib and a bright blue one with a B nib) and I like them very much.  The red one I bought from the estate of a friend, and I liked it so much that one year at OPS, I bought the blue one (don't remember who the seller was -- the guy was in the hallway outside the big ballroom at the old site, right before the hallway turned the corner).  I waffled till the last minute (by which time the blue was the only one left -- the nib was just a bonus).

I keep thinking that someday I should try to see if I can find a yellow one and a purple one....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Mangrove Jack]

I have a white Cross Solo FP and a black Cross Solo BP. When they are clipped in a shirt pocket together they are a surprisingly good matched pair. The caps are identical and so are the clips. A lovely black & white combo. 

[RonLyke]

I think I have the same one in black. I found it in a shop in Rapid City. It writes beautifully. I never knew the model name.

[Kikay]

On 3/18/2023 at 8:11 PM, Mangrove Jack said:

 

The Cross Solo was made in the late 80's to early 90's; that's when I got one. Though it has a somewhat plastic type body it is a well made pen with a nice nib. It has to be! since it was made for Cross by Namiki (Pilot) in Japan. 

I have a few of them and enjoy using them. There is also a matching ballpoint pen which is nice and well balanced. 

 

Have you used this pen ? What do think about it ?

Yes. One of the loveliest standard nib writers I have. I did not know it was made by Namiki in Japan.

[Doc Dan]

On 2/10/2023 at 10:47 AM, GHgirl said:

Can someone help me identify this cross fountain pen. The pen clip looks like a propeller blade. The pen is very stubby.

I looked and looked and haven't found this pen. I'm stumped. Somebody here knows, though. 

 

Post this here: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/forum/37-cross/  in the Cross sub-forum. Somebody will chime in. 

[MrThoth]

Sorry I'm only just now seeing this. The short pen with the "propeller blade" clip is a Cross Compact.