I observed this auction of a Doric:
WAHL EVERSHARP DORIC 12 SIDED CIRCA 1930 ESTILOGRAFICA



and I noted the two decorated bands on the cap, one at each end. I own a few Dorics myself and I checked in few other resources, but I wasn't able to identify anything close to this.

I have not seen that before, though i make no claim that my experience is all encompassing.

Given that this plastic tends to be fragile and is known to craze and crack at the top, this well could represent an elegant repair, but i don't insist.

I do like Dorics

A montage...


A wahl-made non-wahl doric





rare...


A collection i bought at once in NY at the pen show. I believe the embedded-baby-pic was a wahl-advertised option. Neat pen



regards

david

The problem with one-offs that are not fundamentally different is they can so easily be aftermarket done for any number of reasons. This reminds me of the mandarin duofold with the black at the base of the cap. The long standing rule on these kinds of things is this: If you own it, it is a rare and valuable prototype. If you don't, it's a hokey thing thrown together by someone with too much time on their hands.

If we could see the cap top end-on it would be easier to tell. The "1st generation" Doric is a patented design which included conical ends. That a penmaker at the factory might be induced to craft a unique design for whatever reason, can not be ruled out.

Cap and barrel bands are often used to hide plastic or hard rubber repair joints where a good piece is fused to the remaining good part of a bad cap or barrel after the bad part is cut off.

This pen? Who knows, but I like LB's answer. However even if I owned it myself, I would tell all my friends it is probably a cutely done but repaired soldier clip pen.

Syd

Do the top and bottom of the cap have the same circumference? If not, that would be quite a job for an amateur to create that top ring, would it not?

I like it.

Fred

An amateur couldn't do it. It was done either aftermarket by someone who knew what they were doing, or perhaps at Wahl in a model shop or on someone's lunch break. My bet is on aftermarket to cover up a defect. I don't particularly like it so I guess that's why I'm biased toward it being to cover a defect. I can't hardly imagine anyone coming up with the idea to do that to an intact pen.

Whilst i too suspected/suspect "repair", still folks do get strange ideas about decorating pens. Waterman took some plain 5x type pens and put gold filled crown on 'em turning 'em into 0195x's.

regards
david