These Ebonite pens are manufactured in a small village called Thiruvallur near Madras, India. I found these pens in a small shop in Madras and he told me that now only two families in that vilage are engaged in this business due to falling demand for fountain pens.




The nibs in these pens get attracted by a magnet and hence are not SS. The workmanship in these pens is unbelievable at the selling price of this pen which is around one USD...

Regards,
Hari

Some shots of the iron nib and feed of the pen with tinted acrylic barrel and Ebonite cap:




Cheers,
Hari

Hari, these Indian pens you're documenting are completely fascinating! It's wonderful how so many goods in Indian were locally made - and sad to think that they may be disappearing.

Thanks! More, please!
Tom

Hi Hari:

For the wordeful pens you have been showing us in the last days I may say that in India have been producing some of the nicest pens ever,

Julio

Hari,

You need to hook up those pen makers with us in the FPN community! Win- win...

Erick

Thanks for all your comments, I believe these steel nibs are also handmade in TamilNadu, India. Have a look at these links:

http://virudhunagar.nic.in/industry/nib.htm

http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/21/stories...12108730100.htm

Regards,
Hari

Hari, have you tried the pens? How do the nibs feel?

No, I have not filled or dipped them yet. I have only tried them out dry on paper(at the shop) while selecting the pens and the nibs look to be reasonably smooth.