Marlin Lever Filler...any Info?

[montserratplay]

Friends, I acquired a very cool (to me) lever filler that is from the Marlin company; I can't find much about the company on the Internet. Perhaps I wasn't looking hard enough. Does anyone have any information about this brand?

 

The J-bar is clearly broken and I think the section will require heat to remove. The sac? I don't know where it is, exactly; there's no resistance in the lever.

 

The nib looks pretty good and is marked "STAINLESS / 14K." Do pardon me as I ask a stupid question as I learn more about this stuff...the nib looks gray/silver. Could the nib have been gold-plated and the plating has been rubbed off?

 

I suppose I am just surprised that FPN has precious little to say about Marlin pens; you folks are so ridiculously well-informed about this stuff.

[Ghost Plane]

Marlin is an Italian brand and did a huge product dump a few years back. It was not unusual to find white gold nibs on their pens and they're awesome writers.

 

Moving this thread to Penne where you can learn more.

[montserratplay]

Marlin is an Italian brand and did a huge product dump a few years back. It was not unusual to find white gold nibs on their pens and they're awesome writers.

 

Moving this thread to Penne where you can learn more.

 

Thank you so much! This one was stamped/engraved with a name...a quick Google search may have turned up a bit of information...so I think the pen has been out in the wild for quite some time.

 

I agree that the pen certainly looks like it can be an awesome writer; it reminds me of a smaller Esterbrook. Solid and pretty.

 

I will definitely look around and see what I can learn. Part of the problem is that there are also Marlen brand pens and Merlin brand pens....so confusing!

Edited October 12, 2014 by montserratplay

[Tasmith]

Do you mean "Marlen"?

[Ghost Plane]

Auto-error strikes again! Stupid-phone keyboards. Grrrrrrrr

[montserratplay]

Do you mean "Marlen"?

 

I did double-check last night and I'm looking at the cap right now. The very top of the clip says "U.S.A." and "MARLIN" runs vertically down the cap. Like I said, I was worried I was mistaken and those names are so similar!

 

Auto-error strikes again! Stupid-phone keyboards. Grrrrrrrr

 

Oh, if you're lamenting a phone-caused goof, please don't feel bad. I love that FPN is a community where everyone is friendly with everyone else. We're all just trying to help each other out. (And folks like yourself have far more helpful information than many of us!)