My Gold and Ebonite Pens Currently

[KBeezie]

These are the restored pens I currently have that are either gold-filled metal, or has a hard rubber (Ebonite) body (and their companion pencils).

 

Currently inked is the "Swan Pen" (early 1920s) in the third slot, and the Waterman 55 in the 4th from the right slot. The Platinum Izumo technically counts because it is an Ebonite body and cap, coated in urushi in the tamenuri process.

 

I'm hoping to one day find a Wahl gold-filled, silver, or hard rubber pen of the length that normally takes their #6 nib. (Largest Wahls I have are the Lapis Lazuli Gold Seal with a #4 Personal Point Flexible Broad, and the Full size Doric with a #4 Personal Point Signature Semiflex Medium). 

 

Left to Right :

• Wahl 214AW "Checkerboard" Pattern, 1920s, w/ 14K Wahl #0 EF Semi-flex
• Wahl 322AW "Dart" Pattern , 1920s, w/ 14K Wahl #2 EF Manifold ("Stick it to the Floor" Firm as stated in the catalog)
• "Swan Pen" Mabie, Todd & Co NY (U.S.A.) in a Rosette ("Floral") pattern, Early 1920s, 14K Firm #2 EF
• Wahl Gold Filled Pencil, 1920s
• Wahl 431A "Unique/Check" Pattern, 1920s (late?), w/ 14K Wahl #3 Fine nib
• "Banker's Pen", black chased hard rubber, 1910s, coin filler w/ 14K "Banker's" #2 EF Semi-flex
• Conklin Crescent Filler 4P (Pocket), late 1920s, w/ 14K Conklin #4 Flex Fine
• Platinum Izumo Biwatame (tan tamenuri), ~2010+, w/ 18K Platinum President Coarse (BB) nib
• Waterman 55 (Canada) in Dark woodgrain hard rubber, ~1920s, w/ 14K Waterman #5 (Canada) Flex Medium
• Wahl 7202C in "Rosewood" hard rubber, late 1920s, w/ 14K Wahl No.2 Needlepoint Semi-flex
• Wahl Pencil in "Rosewood", Mid to late 1920s
• Shorter Wahl Pencil in Rosewood

 

 

[PatrickA]

Beautiful pens, really like the look of the Rosewood Wahl's.

[KBeezie]

2 hours ago, PatrickA said:

Beautiful pens, really like the look of the Rosewood Wahl's.

Definitely my favorite of the red/black mottled patterns I've seen. The waterman is nice too, but not as "organic" seeming like wood like the Rosewood. I've seen some Waterman examples where the mottled or ripple part was predominately black with slivers of red... that was an interesting look. 

[Bo Bo Olson]

With permission of Penboard De...mine has slightly a different chaing pattern. A 30's Fendomatic made in Milan, 18k RG. sub brand of the German Fend.

Mine but Penboard has great photos...

 

No name I think it's a Herlitz body...Luxor in it's fishbone, and the overlay is made in Pfortzheim, the German jewelry center. I don't know if it's mid '30's before hitler stole the gold or late '40's...more than likely the latter. 14 K, for both.

Showing the jeweler's clip, i refer to as a Pfortzheim clip.

 

1925 'gothic' Waterman gold overlay pen....

 

 

Rolled Gold MB 742. Standard sized and quite heavy, a great nib directly between the clump of semi-flex and the clumping of maxi-semi-flex.

 

Just the fountain pen...unfortunately a nail so unused. last pen to the right in the second picture.

 

I have a black English rolled gold cap P-45 but have no good picture.

'51-54 Pelikan 500, rolled gold cap and piston cap.

 

 

'Original Reform' made by Mutschler, , I paid much too much for in it is cheap metal and gold colored plastic....but the nib...

 

More than likely brass, but has never tarnished....nice nib and well balanced for a small pen...no name Pforzheimer clip.  From the finial, could be late '30's, before metal was stolen from the pen industry...war pens have no metal rings, just pressed marks so  Pens stopped May '43, ...so late 40's could be it's date.

note the lines in the ink window. For a no name, i like this pen a lot.