New desk pen

[Shari]

I haven't looked at a lot of desk pens, but this pattern was a new one on me. Barrel marked "from the makers of Eversharp"

 

http://www.cfa.ilstu.edu/sszeck/pens/wahldesk.jpg

[david i]

I've seen pocket pens like this. Low price point. Oxford-ish but not marked Oxford. Syd has a model name for the pocket pens, iirc

 

david

[Rick Krantz]

I've seen it in pencils, quite often...

 

marble base looks like something I just got with a first year 51 in cordovan brown attached to. <_<

Edited January 18, 2007 by Rick Krantz

[Wahlnut]

Shari,

It is an Oxford Desk Pen. As a general rule the Oxford pens were marked "By the Makers of Eversharp". The holder you show is not the right one for the pen, however. The correct holder would be the "skyline shape" holder. The holder you show in your picture would be from prior to approx. 1932. I have a double desk pen set in this material.

Syd

[Shari]

Thanks, folks. I was pretty sure the holder was not original; in fact, I was not sure it was even Wahl-Eversharp. It came in a Parker box.

 

What years were these pens made?

 

I resaced this and inked it last night--it isn't the Wahl signature nib I love, but it certainly is a pleasurable writer!

[Wahlnut]

Shari,

The pen comes from the early '40s. The stone base and the (what looks like a magnetic) ball socket and maybe the ball are not Wahl or Eversharp. However, the humidor is. It will say Wahl and other things around the circumference of the gold gilled wide band at the bottom of the humidor (that's is what Wahl called the "trumpet or vase" on their desk sets. I only see one trim ring on the humidor. Usually there are at least 2 rings and on the larger and more expensive sets 3. If you ever want a correct base and holder, let me know.

 

Syd