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Friends,

 

Reviewing today a pen from another Indian company - Prasad Pen Works, situated in Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, Well, I heard of Prasad on the FPN, I think it was from Hari and duly phoned Mr Jain to see if I could get him to sell me some celluloid pens. It took four phone calls before I managed to select what he would send me and one of the pens was this one.

 

First Impressions

It is a beauty, a dark rose colour with iridiscent petal pattern, a medium sized pen with an unusual gold toned “overcap”, there is the faint camphor smell characteristic of celluloid and everything about this pen speaks “vintage”.

 

Appearance Size and Weight

It is a cigar shaped pen with rounded barrel end and a pointed clip screw, the pictures speak for themselves the celluloid is transluscent, the fit and finish is excellent considering the age of the pen. The size is 51/4 inches capped and 61/4 inches posted. maximum diameter, 0.3 inches.

 

Cap

The cap has two gold toned bands at the bottom and a distinctive gold “overcap” covening the top 1/4th of the celluloid. the clip ring fastens into the overcap with a black pointed screw, the clip is designed after the Parker “arrow” clip and is strong and firm. It bears the word “Prasad”. The cap threads are strong.

 

Barrel and Section

The section is black with a trumpet at the end, the barrel is made of the same rose patterned celluloid as the cap, the celluloid is translucent. If held up to light the ink level in the barrel is visible.

 

Filling Mechanism

The pen is an eyedropper filler, which is my preferred type. It holds 2 ml ink so a good capacity plus the simple pleasure of using one of the oldest ways of filling a pen. I have not needed sillicone grease with this pen, there is no leak around the barrel threads, not testing it in an airplane though!

 

Nib

This is the piece de resistance, I have fitted a Geha broad nib to this pen replacing the very sharp and rigid “copying nib” (designed to write on carbon copies) the pen originally came with, this nib is a marvel, line variation from F to BB with minimal pressure, a firehose with ink and it sings! For those of you who are unfamiliar with Geha nibs, they are very worth a try.

 

Overall

I give this pen a 9.5, would have given a 10 were it a soupcon longer and thicker, it is a delight to use daily, reliable, no skips or half starts, writes from the word go without flooding or hesitating (see writing sample). So nearly an ideal eyedropper in celluloid, enjoy the pictures.

 

regards

 

Ashish

 

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Wow, I like that pen. Very beautiful design, certainly a "vintage" look to it. Nice review...thank you.

 

-P

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

 

~ Oscar Wilde, 1888

 

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That's a beautiful-looking pen! Could you do a writing sample of the Geha nib so we can see how it writes? Your description is very enticing...

 

Writing sample coming up, please excuse my scrawl though!

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Way to go matching the ink to the pen!

If you don't mind, how much was it?

 

60$ including the nib.

 

best

 

Ashish

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looks in way-better shape and better built than a lot of the wearever or eagle pen co. celluloid pens i've seen or owned. thx for showing this beaut!!!

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dear ashish,

 

what a magnificient pen. thanks for bringing indian fountain pens to the forefront. i have seldom been more impressed with such a simple and elegant style in an f p. the translucent barrel is simply stunning.

 

happy writing.

 

rgds.

 

krishna.

ladies and gentlemen write with fountain pens only.

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Hello Ashish! Lovely pen you have reviewed. Your ink mixture is matching pen color nicely. Does this pen cap has an inner cap? Enjoy your pen!

Abhik.

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Hello Ashish! Lovely pen you have reviewed. Your ink mixture is matching pen color nicely. Does this pen cap has an inner cap? Enjoy your pen!

Abhik.

 

Hi Abhik,

 

It has an inner cap, thanks for your appreciation friends, yes I must admit to a sense of satisfaction that handmade pens from India are finding their niche with appreciative users round the world.

 

regards

 

Ashish

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Hi Ashish...good, you finally managed to get hold of a Prasad celluloid...lovely design, isn't it? My Prasad celluloid, though of the same design, doesn't have the overcap

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/82302-prasad-celluloid-fp-a-unique-and-rare-pen

 

...Enjoy the celluloid experience...

 

Shrujaya

Writing and posting about fountain pens exclusively on www.jaisiri.blogspot.in ... recent posts on Hema Pens (Hyderabad), Haul at Majestic (Bangalore), and Asoka Pens (Tenali)...

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