Kaweco 113?

[leopet]

Hi, I have come across a beutiful black and gold fp branded Svanströms Quality Pen, a swedish brand. The pen is definitely an imported pen rebranded by Svanströms, it has the Kaweco logo on the clip and everything. It also says 113 on the body. My question is what Kaweco model it is and when it was made?

 

It is a great pen for writing, lotsw of iridium on the tip=). The nib says Valiard (or something like that) and England, any info about that?

 

By the way, it's a piston filler.

[Bo Bo Olson]

Looking in my Lambrou book, it resembles the Transparent 3000 from 1950, more than any other. The single cap ring also. So some variant of the 3000.

The Dia from 1948 has a slightly pointed blind cap.

 

I am not a Kawaco expert. I only have a Kawaco-Mercedes, with a nib marked Mercedes.

Mercedes pens were made by a man who learned by MB and quit to start his own pen company.

I have a second Mercedes pen....a 30 degree OF.

 

 

I am very happy that I just took a few seconds more on that Kawaco-Mercedes nib. I'd thought it semi-flex.

It is at least Slightly Flexible.

 

It seems to be between that and Full Flexible, in it's tines spreads 4X. It will Rail-Road Track.

 

OK...full flexible. :roflmho:

 

I'm careless with my nibs...and or I learn slow. I've found a number of my nibs were 'better' than I thought, when I took the pen I'd had for a while and scribbled because it was mentioned.

Edited January 8, 2011 by Bo Bo Olson

[leopet]

Thanks a lot for you reply, this pen actually has no blind cap, on the end of the pen there is a twistable knob whithout a cap on and that knob is indeed somewhat pointy, even though it can't be seen in the photos. Somewhere around 1950 seems to be a probable date then=)

[Bo Bo Olson]

Mine don't have a blind cap either, but I tend to call the end cap a blind cap.

It's a mid 1930's-early '38 pen I think, Black Chased Rubber.

 

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/jvqdA2F9YkD01282210235S-1.jpg

 

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/Mx4DnYQpbUtI1282210824S-1.jpg

 

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/D2zqkCQLn5i81282210245S-1.jpg

 

I'm missing a brass ring, but will go to my goldsmith and have her make me one...some day. I also have a few pens that need a bit of the gold put back into some one's name.

 

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/CoDbj0rTFARu1282210818S-1.jpg

Got to get some of the better black rubber dye too. It's end caps are green with age.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm300/BoBoOlson/PMep6CIRO5cJ1282210240S-1.jpg

 

Down the road, I'll get a couple more Kawaco's. They start to intrigue me.

Edited January 8, 2011 by Bo Bo Olson

[watch_art]

well, by blind cap, he's referring to the filler knob. some of us use the terms interchangeably, whether that's right or not...

 

edit: HA! bo bo! jinx! owe me a coke!

Edited January 8, 2011 by watch_art

[Bo Bo Olson]

:embarrassed_smile:

I just realized it has real cork...and must always be wet, so I cleaned the little of the Pelikan Blue Black that was in it, and re-loaded with Waterman South Sea Blue.

 

Good thing I store it nib up. Good thing the last owner kept it inked.

 

......

The nib is perhaps not Full Flex after all, I don't get the full handlebar mustache Capitol L, just close...and I don't get the sidewinder rattle snake S.

It's a nice S, but not quite 'fat' enough in the middle.

 

Still, I'm happy with the nib, it's more than what I thought it to be originally.

Edited January 8, 2011 by Bo Bo Olson

[leopet]

Well Bo if you are looking for more Kawecos this one might be up for sale, dependig on the price of course

[Kaweco]

Kaweco Kadett IMHO

The nib is not original

[leopet]

Hm.. maybe it's a Kadett then, what year do you think it was made?

[Bo Bo Olson]

Kaweco is a year or two away. :embarrassed_smile:

[leopet]

Turns out it's a Kaweco Helios from the 30s - 40s..