Fathers Old Pens - 15 Pens To Identify. The Good, Bad & Ugly.

[oneopentrail]

Greetings.

Having just gotten back into fountain pens myself I found an old pencil case my father had full of some interesting looking pens. These are grouped into fountain pens, ball and pencils. These are mostly rough and worn from age and use. (I've not used any of them)

The good pens are individually pictured and numbered.

I only know a few pen models such as vector, frontier, IM and duofold (of which there is a couple).

I'm not looking to sell any of these, if anything I would be inclined to clean up some of the rough ones if at all possible. If any are of worth then post it along with the name so that I know to take extra care of it and equally if some are worthy of trash then feel free to state this too.

As you can see I've numbered them in the post. The numbers going top to bottom in the set. Please ignore the fourth pen in the ball list as it's a fountain pen in the fountain pen section.

Cheers.

Fountain pens:

1
2
3
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b453/oneopentrail/pens/fountain_no_lids_zpsy3znsctk.jpg


Ball pens:

1
2
3
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b453/oneopentrail/pens/ball%20point_zpslunqbvvu.jpg

Pencils:

1
2
3
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b453/oneopentrail/pens/pencils_zpsmktmczuv.jpg

Good Pens:

1
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b453/oneopentrail/pens/image014_zpszhpptcv4.jpg

2
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b453/oneopentrail/pens/could_be_duofold_zpsdkf10yii.jpg

3
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b453/oneopentrail/pens/image012_zpsvwyi072w.jpg

4
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b453/oneopentrail/pens/could_be_75_zps6n6vkdim.jpg

5
http://i1045.photobucket.com/albums/b453/oneopentrail/pens/possibly_51_zps86z7isau.jpg

Edited July 3, 2015 by oneopentrail

[usk15]

1. Parker 45

2. Sheaffer foutain pen

3. Parker 75

 

No image for ballpens

 

1. Parker Duofold pencil

2. Not sure

3. Parker 45 pencil

 

Parker Ellipse rollerball

Modern Parker Duofold, looks like a rare colour

A Parker Jotter set, BP/pencil

A nice red Parker 75

Parker 51, Probably MK3

 

 

That is a nice collection!!!

 

Check this web:

http://parkerpens.net/index.shtml

[Frank C]

As far as I can tell, they are all nice pens; your father had good taste in pens.

 

Your next step is to clean the fountain pens. I take a glass of cool tap water and repeatedly fill and empty the pen until the water runs clear. Sometimes, this requires an overnight soak in a glass of water. Let the pens air dry. I put mine, nib down, on a paper towel folded into the bottom of a glass.

 

Then purchase a bottle of fountain pen ink or two. Fill the pen and try writing with it on some decent paper. See how they do. Most important of all, have fun!

 

Another option would be to take them to a pen store if you have one in your area. Most pen stores would have someone who would be happy to help you get these pens going again.

[oneopentrail]

1. Parker 45

2. Sheaffer foutain pen

3. Parker 75

 

No image for ballpens

 

1. Parker Duofold pencil

2. Not sure

3. Parker 45 pencil

 

Parker Ellipse rollerball

Modern Parker Duofold, looks like a rare colour

A Parker Jotter set, BP/pencil

A nice red Parker 75

Parker 51, Probably MK3

 

 

That is a nice collection!!!

 

Check this web:

http://parkerpens.net/index.shtml

Wow, thank you!

 

Had to re-load my browser to see the no image for the ball pens.

 

Will fix it now.

[oneopentrail]

As far as I can tell, they are all nice pens; your father had good taste in pens.

 

Your next step is to clean the fountain pens. I take a glass of cool tap water and repeatedly fill and empty the pen until the water runs clear. Sometimes, this requires an overnight soak in a glass of water. Let the pens air dry. I put mine, nib down, on a paper towel folded into the bottom of a glass.

 

Then purchase a bottle of fountain pen ink or two. Fill the pen and try writing with it on some decent paper. See how they do. Most important of all, have fun!

 

Another option would be to take them to a pen store if you have one in your area. Most pen stores would have someone who would be happy to help you get these pens going again.

 

I need to explore bottled ink too, but will try it on one of my own cheaper ones first. I'm sure it's really easy, but I have images of my first experiences of fountain pens all over again. Ink everywhere.

 

I wish I knew more about them. The nice 75 has a receipt from 1992. Have no idea about the others.

 

Glad I can actually put some names to them.

[finansista]

The black and gold Sheaffer (#2 on first pic) is a cartridge-filled Lady Skripsert IV in Paisley Black.

[JotterAddict62]

On the ball point pens;

 

1Classic

2 &3 Cap actuated Jotter flighters [ love them ] My Favorite Jotters.

[crescentfiller]

 

I wish I knew more about them. The nice 75 has a receipt from 1992. Have no idea about the others.

 

 

 

The 75 in the first picture looks pretty nice too! Is it ( Godron?) sterling or silver plated?

(It will be marked "sterling" on the barrel if it is 925 silver.)

 

Congratulations! Now, get some ink and enjoy them all!

[hood]

The 75 in the first picture looks pretty nice too! Is it ( Godron?) sterling or silver plated?

(It will be marked "sterling" on the barrel if it is 925 silver.)

 

Yes that's a Godron pattern, and I think silver plated as I believe the sterling silver versions had a black cabochon. It looks like an earlier version judging by the flat cap tassie so it might have something like 30µ on the cap band to show the plating thickness.

[hood]

I think the red 75 might be a Jasper Red Quartz Laque version.

Edited July 3, 2015 by hood

[Frank C]

 

I need to explore bottled ink too, but will try it on one of my own cheaper ones first. I'm sure it's really easy, but I have images of my first experiences of fountain pens all over again. Ink everywhere.

 

I wish I knew more about them. The nice 75 has a receipt from 1992. Have no idea about the others.

 

Glad I can actually put some names to them.

 

Where do you live? I could point you to a good pen store.

[oneopentrail]

 

Yes that's a Godron pattern, and I think silver plated as I believe the sterling silver versions had a black cabochon. It looks like an earlier version judging by the flat cap tassie so it might have something like 30µ on the cap band to show the plating thickness.

 

I think 30u is about right. I'll check tomorrow though as had a late night studying.

 

 

Where do you live? I could point you to a good pen store.

 

UK.

[Frank C]

 

I think 30u is about right. I'll check tomorrow though as had a late night studying.

 

 

UK.

 

Here's a list of pen shops in the UK:

 

http://www.marcuslink.com/pens/storesofnote/uk.html