Lf Information On A Ballograf Fountain Pen

[Darkbulb]

I don't know much about Ballograf apart from that it's a Swedish brand that has been around for quite a few decades - and that I used their pens extensively growing up.

 

It's mostly famous for its ballpoint pens but there are the occasional fountain pen that pops up here and there.

 

I decided to take a $14.50 gamble on this pen as I have some nostalgic memories of the Ballograf pens - and I also rather like the look of the pen.

 

If anyone have any information about the pen and/or thoughts on it I would be more than happy to hear as all I know is what was in the ad;

 

"This Ballograf is old model, I presume. Gold plated. In very good condition. Not said if it is Germany or Sweden made."

 

 

Some photos of it;

http://i64.tinypic.com/2vsf3lu.jpg

 

 

"M" - assuming "Medium" on the nib:

http://i63.tinypic.com/faq5wh.jpg

 

http://i68.tinypic.com/20z1v08.jpg

 

http://i67.tinypic.com/30djpk5.jpg

 

http://i63.tinypic.com/2j5kwo2.jpg

 

Now, I have no delusions of that it will be a 'high grade' pen - Ballograf was, and is, very much a mass market consumer product manufacturer - but it would be fun if it was at least decent enough to bring out from time to time when I feel extra nostalgic about the brand

Edited March 28, 2016 by Darkbulb

[Darkbulb]

I did some digging and I believe this pen is from a series w/in Ballograf called "Serie 2000"

It appears to have been a product made in the late 1970's and into the 1980s and the prices for these nowadays are pretty consistently around $15-30.

 

Will be fun to see how it performs.

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/rVwAAOSwAuNW3DxK/s-l1600.jpg

 

https://youtu.be/sy69uB5Qy4M

Edited March 28, 2016 by Darkbulb

[aeba]

Oh well. My brother bought one of those, but a ballpoint some time in late '80s or early '90s. The case still has it's original price tag: 180 Finnish marks, around 30 € not inflation corrected.

[Darkbulb]

Oh well. My brother bought one of those, but a ballpoint some time in late '80s or early '90s. The case still has it's original price tag: 180 Finnish marks, around 30 € not inflation corrected.

 

Thanks it will be fun to try it out... Worst case I'm out $14 and have a pretty pen to lie around...

[Darkbulb]

The pen arrived and looks rather good

 

http://i66.tinypic.com/2prtf75.jpg

http://i66.tinypic.com/28hg5z5.jpg

[Darkbulb]

Unfortunately the ink cartridges it came with didn't fit it..but...at a pen meetup this weekend I was gifted a pen...that had an international/standard half-cartridge in it..that DID fit

I was rather amazed at how much I liked it. An extremely smooth writer where the ink flowed very evenly.

(I also flowed a bit out through the side of the barell so I need to figure out what's going on there but it might have been a temporary glitch).

I very much enjoyed writing with it:

http://i63.tinypic.com/5x3g29.jpg

Very fun pen to doodle with:

http://i65.tinypic.com/dyvf3p.jpg

Great pun and well worth the $12 or so I spent on it

[ksx4system]

On 3/28/2016 at 8:53 AM, Darkbulb said:

Not said if it is Germany or Sweden made.

 

According to Ballograf staff member Serie 2000 fountain pens were manufactured in Czechoslovakia not West Germany. Only the ballpoint pens were (and still are) manufactured in Sweden.

 

I have a white Serie 2000 specimen with a gold M nib, bought it in NOS condition few weeks ago. It's a great, pretty wet writing pen.