The Eagle has landed

[OldGriz]

Yup, it sure did...

Here it is... My Eagle Pen Company BCHR Lever filler.

It looks like it has never been used... the chasing is as crisp as the day it left the factory and the BHR is black as a coal mine, the red end caps are in perfect shape without a mark on them.... the gold ring on the top is also perfect.

The nib is a spotless 14K medium flexible that even I can handle a bit... not as flexi as my Waterman 52 1/2 or my Sheaffer 20C, but definately a flex nib.

Capped length is 4.375" and posted is5.625". Cap diameter is .5" and body diameter is .437". Over all, a very comfortable pen that balances well in the hand.

 

It is interesting that all the books I have seen refer to Eagle pens as mediocre at best and only refer to the cartridge filler and later pens they produced. I have never seen any reference to any of these pens any where... I would not call this pen a mediocre or poorly made pen... it appears to have been made as well as my 2 Sheaffer BCHRs or my Waterman 52 1/2.

The only markings on the pen are Eagle Pencil Co., New York, U.S.A. on the body in two lines and Eagle Pencil Co. U.S.A. on the lever filler. All markings are deep and perfect.

Well you take a look at the pen and the way it writes and tell me what you think....

[Slush99]

I think it's a beautiful pen...

[chupie]

Me too. Love how it writes!

[JRodriguez]

Nice find. I really like it.

[Roger]

Great catch, Tom.

 

I know your modesty won't allow it so I gotta tell Chupie that you make a lot of pens look good like that. The same pen in my hand would be legible, but without the character. Hell, I want to buy every pen that I see you and Antonios write with!

[Stephen-I-am]

Tom, what black are you using in your example?

 

Stephen

[Johnny Appleseed]

Well Tom, your making me really regret that I didn't bid on that one. We could have gone mano-mano over it - or I guess it would have been moola-moola.

 

Seriously, I think it's in good hands.

 

It's hard to place a lot of the nth-tier pen companies in terms of quality. Some companies shift up and down the ladder so to speak. Willrite, for example, was a pen maker from 1924-1930 or there abouts. They started out making fairly high-quality hard rubber pens and overlays, but as the depression set in they switched to cheap celluloid pens made by Wearever. Even Conklin can be hard to place- they were top of the line for the first half of the 20th century, then ran into financial trouble, were bought out and suffered a rapid decline to a 2nd or 3rd tier company.

 

Then there were companies like LeBeouf and Triad, that mad top-of-the line pens, but never made it in the market and are thus not well known (but very sought after).

 

John

[Venus]

That's a beautiful pen. Thanks again for all the help today also. See it's not taking me long to catch on.

 

Cheers,

Venus(Dennis' wife)

[OldGriz]

Tom, what black are you using in your example?

 

Stephen

That black is 3/4 Mont Blanc + 1/4 Quink....

The Mont Blanc alone is OK, but no where near as dark as my Pelikan Brilliant Black that I like...

[Ann Finley]

What a good find! Really a classy looking classic pen. Wish I could find 'em that looked lilke that and worked, too!

 

Best, Ann